Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-12-02
CAMPBELL SPEAKS
ON DRY FARMING
Science Has RevoIutiOnized
the Pursuit OF Farming In
the Great West.
THE ART OF pLOwING EXPLAINED

Pruf n. " Campbell. fathes Of the
Campbell system" of dry farming
lccturod 10 the students al the Axri
cuiiural college Fort Collins. Colo.
iast Saturday mqrnlng on the science
ot farming successfully without irriga
tlun. IN brief. Mr.. Campbell said.
Ten years aso very few OF us 70
allied that it made any difference
when tho soil was titled. We thought
thar everything depended upon the
reahon. We have. hy CystemEtil
study and observation found cat
many things about farming. and vi
have advanced enough % sag that We
know what 90 Do. whcn 10 DO Il and
what results We may expect. nrouthk
~ course. have their effect. bar W.
know how 10 minimize damage from
this source.
Amer all. the farmer ia the corner
stone upon which the business struct
are festa. Ten years ag0 there we're
almost total crop failures all oser Tire
west People aid not knuw what "a
90 nnr where to go hnainess waf al
complete slandstill. merchant
bonght little because they knew the
farmer could In turn purchase but
little. and this was because the farmer
raised nothing aud hed no money 10
DAY ole debts with. let alone buying
new goods. The manufacturers had
their men ON half time. railroads
were Transporting little. and In snort
business generally was In a chaotic
condition. The farmer ~ now growing
four blades whore he formerly har'
vested one blade. and a poor one AZ
that and a. result. business 10
gaod everywhere and vaiaes have In.
creased. and Il h not because of a
'hOom' but because vie are Just be-
Elnning 10 realize the intrinsic value
oi our agricultural land
scientific farming. which Just now
SIS doing 80 much toward the recia'
nation ~ the raw prairie land uf the
west ~ not confined to the almple
question uf deep plowlng, suhsuriace
packing or frequent shallow cuitivn.
finn There are conditions on every
farm that must BE- eonHidered sep
nrnfrly. Generally speaking. the
sronna should not ~ plowcd when "
is iry There should BE- some moist.
ARE When the soil IN moist II readily
breaks apart The pl0w should be i'm
NNfhlatri1 iuiNMtN WIN tue nhNeNt-
face packer and this settles The soil
Arnly. Follow next with the Acme
harrow and the result r. a hne mulch,
The soil is now In what We call fine
condition. which enables Il To hold
moisture, 20 Increase the power Of cap.
nls=y attraction. aud Il aiso facilitates
root growth.
"Chcmleal composition OF the soil
a not everything Equally important
"a the physical condition, BY which the
plant food n made available, Add by
which We can control the water and
,he air. The air Ia the soil Is just a.
imporTant as the water IN growing a
cr0p. This fact We have demonstrate
cd on our farms In Nebraska aud
Kansas. There Il bright outlook for
Young men who take up farming as a
business, bat n you succeed yOu must
be uR 10 date In your methods You
have AT this college an opportunity 10
form correct ideas Of live stock pro
nuciion, crop culture, and In short,
sou take up farming after your course
mere you are a hundred times better
prepared than those OF us who have
ior years been s,uuying the seieuce
" farming"