Gunnison news-champion., 1905-11-03
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started oat IN this plan SD ~ ~
year RAISED A.. busiseI. psg 80.
Considering the fast thst ~ -
average yield in the state 81 bllions
ier the pssi II yesrs wss 111 -
had appspeatly move thsa Aea1D1
,ssN hNcsA1kr. 30 Wt bcht
certain that we co~ld coas 90 -
this arid country cad v0iss anue
kind OF a crop every wear o. -
Pouseroy far,a in Hill City, ve osu9
three continuous crops: in 1904 -
obtained AZ, bushels of wkss1 -
the acre. and had good csops y
1902, 1903 and 1904
u feel that ! have only fairly -
gun in this work, while 10 yeass 80
thought had pretty nearly psoCAsl
the limit. The farther into sAis
question we 60 the more ~ 80 -
1.-THE more We see To andesuean1.
] told you abou, my big csoP -
1882. Following that ! comesaas1
experimenting and did not vsenA
anything definite until 1899. II
1891 | built my packer. In lso7 ]
got results similar TO the psevioss
year; in 1898 they were sbost w.
same, and in 1894, the year tAis
whole western country was swep1
with hot windH, when the crops q
around me up in Dakota were lail-
ures, had 3s acres Of potst~ss
which brought lao bushels 70 ~
acre-Hice, big po<saoes-snd my
wheat and corn were . sscCess
Then took up, as said, the ques-
ton OF summer tilling-every other
year cropping Now 10 the point:
We must he careful in handling this
ground after summer tilling. just
as soon as our wheat crop is taken
off we disk that ground; if possible,
follow the harvester with the disk so
as to stop the evaporation. When
the crop is taken Of the sun strikes
the ground and evaporation is simply
enormous. When the surface is
loosened up evaporation stops. Why?
because we increase the size of the
pores and dry the soil
Now as to the question of sum
mer culture: Let me go over that
again. Begin, as we said before,
double -disklng in the spring; stir
up the soil with a revolving disk
and then go over it again beginning
early in the spring and continuing
until the last of June or first of July.
After every rain go over the ground
with an Acme harrow. Then plov
seven inches deep in the ordinary
way and then go over the ground
with a subsurface packer, which
makes a compact bottom. Then
follow with the Acme harrow again
After working the soil this way for
year put in your wheat either in the
fall or the spring as is usual The
first year we do not put in any seed.
Just keep the soil loose, and after it
has been cultivated in this way for
year three crops can be raised, one
after the other.
Now | want to come to the phys
ical condition of the ground when
the work is done You have little
idea Of what radical difference
there may be in the possible results
of field by little change in the
condition of that ground so far as
moisture is concerned. To Illus
trate: Last year farmer raised
very fine crop of wheat and disked
his ground Immediately after cut
ting; in fact, he followed the har-
vester, and after the threshing was
done right away he started in to
plowing a strip about seven rods
wide arouad 50-acre field; then for
some reason he quit and it was over
a month before any further work was
done. During that time very little
rain had fallen. 1t was hot and dry.
An enormous growth of weeds came
up there. Evaporation, together
with what moisture had been taken
out by the weeds had nearly dried