The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-10-10

while practically all plowed in the fall was
not alone few others had the What
easily be deceived Fall blowing would was demon
pillow spring only the fall blowing gave us crop and
the spring blowing nothing This experience for seven
eight before discovered fundamental principle by which
could do the same thing and get the same result
Now we frequently see in print the Campbell System We fire.
queny hear people they know what Gentlemen
init don't know myself Every find something
reach little farther Something like fourteen devised
the Sub Surface Packerough had solved the whole thing
to find that that the surface cuvator you much
about great thing Then conceived the idea of drilling with the
inches apart and cutvatng built machine which
was success Sxwo were built next and put the market
In 90 North Dakota raised 25 bushels of wheat bushels of
barley and bushels but discovered difficulty
to be extremely careful cultvatng that would nu the
We finally dropped into the idea g Begin the
spring early by double skng Let illustrate what the loosen
ing of soil Down i'll Texas the Panhandle district where
working this had four weeks dry weather The fields
adjoining had moisture whatever while field very moist
clear down to four feet and inches When the surface
ooSened up the morure go in and as in contact
with the moist soil below goes Immediately down. This is illustrated
i'll watering plant When turn the water it first does
not seem to prcoae at all but soon works its down and all
disappears contact with moist soil and goes the bottom
Another feature which seems to me extremely wonderful the fact that
we lose no wafer by prcoaoh Nature scenes to nave provided that
this great stretch of country where
not let the down but after it reaches the bottom
gins to work its way up again When we have had moisture down
three four feet and had four weeks without rain there
variation in the depth the moist soil to exceed two inches in all that
e we nave attempted show you we can store water IN the soil
We have made the statement that will come back Now the
question of handling that top seven eight inches of soil in such
rT moisture III the ground so hat can De USED during
long dry spell when get rain This the thing that has
the finer and frmer that soil the depth eight
inches the hold per ub inch
of roots Now perfect system perfect plants With
reference to the holding capacity the soil about various
demonstrating this pound of pound
the finest bdhot put this into glasses of equal filled with
water equal heights shook each glass that each
cred with film of water then turned which would
hold the most and to surprise found that the little shot retained
nearly three times much water the shot You the finer
the soil the through the
SOIL We cannot explain this than explain how we
step up to box wall and talk friend thousand miles
Everything depends upon the condition of the soil only get
breaking he upon the possibilities of Colorado That rech Of
country that has been looked for absolutely worthless
proven by already done but what better crops can be
the eastern slope of Colorado average than in Illinois,
enthusiast being crank; go as
to say was crazy guess was Today enthusiastic
step simply point to greater possibilities About years ago
conceived the idea of what called summer g We started out
this plan and the first raised 42H bushels per Consider
ing the fact that the best average yield the of Illinois
past twelve AZ had apparently than doubled the
felt somewhat certain that could this
arid country and raise kind of crop every year On the Pom
farm in Hill City grew three crops continuous 1901 OBJ
tanned AK bushels of wheat to the and had good crops
81 feel that have only barely begun this work while years
ago thought had pretty nearly reached the limit The farther into
this question the to 1.-THE under
stand told you about my big crop Following that
eneed experimenting and did not reach anything definite until 1892
In 1891 built my packer In 1892 got results similar to the
yous year 1898 they about the and in 1894 the
this whole western country swept with hot winds when the crops
all around up Dakota failures had thirty Of
potatoes which brought 46 bushels to the aence big potatoes
and my wheat and corn Then took said the
question OF summer tlngevery other cropping Now the
point We must be careful in handling this ground after
g Just as soon Our wheat taken of we disk that ground
possible follow the harvester with the disk stop the vapoa
ton When the crop taken off the strikes the ground and evap
Grafton simply When the surface oosend up vapo
ton stops Wy Because increase the size of the and dry
the soil
"Now the question culture Let go
again Begin as said before doubedkng in the spring stir the
the spring and continuing until the last of June first Of July AT
ter go over the ground with Acme harrow Then ow