The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-25
MIR. George L, Farrell
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"what are you going TO do with
that"
"why, am going to feed my
cows"
Gan that" | asked
Certainly, you can't expect to get
anything out of them unless YOU put
something into them
That is the way with dairy farming.
If you want to get anything out Of 1t
you must put something into it. You
must work and work hard; commence
in good season, and continue to work
until you have the whole thing In
good trim, and then wait for the out
come. Now, some Of these neighbors
Of mine used TO plow over about once.
After IL was sowed only about one
third of it would get into the ground;
and about June, when the hot wealth
er came, it would begin to dry out.
You want to work your ground well
and Tx il up so that it looks like old
ground, and then SOW about thirty
five pounds to the acre, then | promise
you good crop.
A year ago last fall I had a piece Of
ground, 10 acres, which | plowed
eight inches deep and then sub.soilcd
it eight inches deeper. | sowed thirty
five pounds to the acre. There was a
man from Deweyvile who had new
thresher, and lie agreed to come over
and thresh it for me. AS we walked
along dead-furrow through this land
lust before Ihreshing, he remarked:
"How much do you expect to the
acre."
"Oh' think it will go about thirty
bushes to the acre." answered.
II don't; why there isn't enough
stubble here for that"
Il don't raise wheat for stubble-I
raise it for heads | answered him.
IF were sowing on land that was
watered, ! would SOW three times as
thick, but here on a dry farm | only
SOW thrty-fve pounds to the acre"
OF course, he thought was not SOW
ing enough. He would have Sowed
more.
After while threshing started up.
After they had been threshing for a
few hours. this Dcweyville man came
around and said:
81 declare, this is running out better
than any Of our wheat
II am glad to see it, | said.
When We finished threshing those
10 acres, it made forty bushel to the
acre. He was very much surprised.
If you put in more than thirty-tive
pounds to the acre, there is nothing to
support it. If you Sub-Soil it the
moisture will not dry up so soon, and,
by putting in thirty-tive pound to the
acre, there will be plenty of moisture
TO support it. 1t is a pleasure to dry
farm, when you know how. | like to
see men raise good crops.
Another circumstance | must relate.
a man by the name of Erickson
moved into the neighbOrhood and
lived close to my farm. He was very
nice man, honest and faithful. One
day he inquired if | was going to SOW
any rye. informed him that | was
and he asked for, the job Of sowing it
and wished his pay in rye. was will
ling and | agreed to give him three
bushels of rye day. hauled out the
rye into the field. Erickson cane
down and got breakfast and wanted to
know how much to SOW to the acre.
"One-half bushel," informed him.
what, only one-haIr bushcl to the
acre." he asked
"ies, that is all; don't want more
than one.half buShel to the acre"
"Why. am going to SOW three
bushels to the acre on mine"
"You Just remember that you are
not in Denmark now, and you will lind
that out before fall comes"
He planted three bushels to the acre
and | planted one.halr bushcl, When
mine came up it looked rather thin
and unpromising as compared with
his. After while | employed 4 man