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farnsers IT the sscsson wlll d<,sbtie~s
sesd what Vie esstIesasa says ssaus
~, ~ hse experIusssts u.sy prove cf
value ~ them spoa land~ tso high
for Isrlesssoa-
The 'Csmphell system" ~ t.e,ng
wiAsly d,scssssl and .yad.csses ere
evea bsvsg formed 10 expsriasss,
upon q large scale On dry plalns
asosnd Dsaves ssd rear the ksasss
hae A. spplssd to our uosssaIn
seSseas 1t Is bsst sdaEsed for dsep
ue~a sosl, aud bot Ut ell fos sseep
sloyr~-H erouHd wkevs bed vock "
within foot on t~e Of the surface
Howevsr, If she plan ~lll eass,le
csov~ 10 be raised in eastern Colo
redo where they cultivate to retain
merely the meagre rainfall, then
there are vast mesas In Gunnlson
county that can he irrigated with
spring flood water aud easily eglti.
waited 10 retain 1t.
Il have been at work for q good
many years, began Prof Campbell
Some have asked me how | hap
pened TO commence 1t. You have
heard the old sdage that necessity
is the mother of invention. haven't
YOU Well, that's where ] was. /
started in the Dakotas in 70 The
first three years were SIMPLY ideal
l harvested my third crop IN 50 and
obtained over 1900 bushels Of
wheat from 800 acres-a thing that
has never been done there since
When YOU consider the broad stretch
Of absolutely level country we had
and the rich, black loan soil, good
water 80 feet below the surface, pro
ducinR sach results as that i,r three
years, is it any wonder | became en-
thusiastic? invested every dollar
] had IN farns, and urge! all of my
friends to invest, aud | borrowed
iss. ss far a. dared. / thought I
had STRUCK the garden spot of this
great country; but the very next year
right on top OF this enormous crop
we raised almost nothing. aud it was
here | began. A little incident in
connection with the work Of SIN
the fall we commenced plowing
back this ground We had no rain
in the fall and we commenced plow
ing this ground over dry. Also we
got in two tracts of 81 acres each ON
a quarter section when it froze up
That winter we had quite little
snow. In the spring the moisture
percolated into the soil and we had
one quite early rain. The first rhlns
did in the spring was To finish
plowing these TWO lands, following
with a harrow. The result was
that the two lands we plowed in the
spring gave us 20 bushel crop,
while practically all we plowed in
the fall we never harvested. was
not alone. A few others had the
same results. What was our CON
clusion? That spring blowing was
the thing. Now you see how easily
we can be deceived. Fall plowing
would not do; it was demonstrated
to us; 80 the next year we placed
quite a portion of it under pillow only
to find that the fall blowing gave Us
= crop and the spring blowing gave
us nothing. This was my experience
for seven or eight years before l dis
covered a single fundamental prin-
ciple by which could do the same
thing and get the same result.
Now we frequently see in print
the Campbell System. We fire.
quently hear people say that they
know what it is. Gentlemen, must
admit don't know myself. Every
year we find something new-we
reach out . little farther. Some
thing like ten years ago / devised
the Sub-Surf.ce Packer-thought l
had solved the whole thing. Then
l conceived the idea Of drilling with
the rows 20 inches apart and culti-
ing. j built q machine that was =
success; 62 were built next year and
put on the market In '96 in North
Dakota we raised 25,, bushels of
wheat, Sc bushels of barley and 90
bushels Of oats; but we soon discov-
cred difficulty. We had to be 80
extremely careful in cultivating so
that We would not injure the crop.
We finally dropped into the idea Of
summer tilling Begin in the spring
early by double disking. Let me
illustrate as to what the loosening
up of the soil may mean. Down in
Texas in the Pan Handle district,
where We are working this year. we
had four weeks Of dry weather. The
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