The Ordway new era., 1906-02-09
THE FARM AND RANGE
pry Farming In Colorado.


| yor OF the Campbell process OF tiiiage
and soil manipulation us method 70
conserve the moisture and thus pro
duce profitable crops is semi-nrid anu
even in arid districts, Mach also may
be said In approval OF seed selection
and the adaptation OF species To ar,d
conditions But we should Denr ia
mind that when all is said ana wheh
all due acknowledgements are "i"uc'
the fact remains that we must look "
localities where irrigation Is pracuca'
bic for the greatest successes In Colo
RADIO agriculture.
We have seasons OF great Prccip"".
tion and seasons when the rainiai, ID
small, The climate Is not changihs'
The weather bureau records snow ina.
for more than thirty years there mas
been this swing from extreme ariuI,y
to unusual moisture. Last year w"s
one of great precipitation. Az !no
Denver station from Mnrch ISL 10 MN
lst II was four inches more thah noi'
nal. After May lst the precipitation
was slightly below normal at tnis s,a'
tion. Nevertheless for the whoie time
from March lst TO August LIST IL was
far in excess over years oil aphofhia'
drought.
To reckon with security upon doing
ANYTHING without irrigation in TINS
state we must base our calculations
not upon the precipitation OF normal
or average years. but upon that Oh ao'
normally dry years. II the method en-
ployed fails when the moisture is less
than that OF a normal or average year.
b.. tod N In only nitlt
the total number of years. and II may
be questioned II success of that kind Is
worthy the name. We must. therefore.
base our calculations on abnormaliy
dry seasons, II We would build rational
and stable hopes of success In farming
without irrigation.
Last year having been unusually
wet during the growing season from
March LIST TO August 1st. Il is not safe
TO build hopes exclusively on what
was achieved then. In numerous places
crops were grown successfully without
irrigation and without the use OF
either the Campbell process or accli-
matized seed. No special process OF
any Kind was needed In the localities
In question. Were all our seasons like
that of 1905. we should not be COM
Crops would be grown successfully
every year without irrigation. In 1884
and 1855 we had similar seasons OF
rainfall. Thousands OF people settled
on The plains in the eastern part OF the
state. believing that the ''rainbclr' had
moved westward. In few years there
after many OF them had moved away
and some were asking help from Den
yer.
Let us start right, therefore. Let us
calculate from n sound basis. for then
there need be no mistake and no af'
tcrmath OF disappointment. Starting
this way, II is safe to say that by care
full. thorough. intelligent employment
OF the Campbell process success may
be achieved on the plains In the east
ern part of this state In more than hall
the years 1t might fail In excessively
dry years. but probably the failures
would be no more numerous than
those occurring from one cause or an
other In the recognized farming states
OF the central West. But let no one
make the mistake OF thinking that
success can be achieved by slip.shot
method OF employing the Campbell
process. Mr. Campbell will insist. and
b' ihHhA III tpAht ~. 'hste Phot'"e
or system is not TO be measured ol
judged by results when his instruc
tions are not followed. To call 4
method OF tillage the Campbell sys
TEN does not make II so.
Success depends. then. upon the hon
est. thorough use of'the Campbell sys
TEN. and every man seeking to cstab
lish home on the plains far ava,
from practicable irrigation should TAX,
account of this proposition. He SHOULD
understand the Campbell system. an,
then he should be prepared TO follow
Mr.. Campbell's instructions. He will
have no right TO complain. II. refusin;
to do this. he falls TO secure profit
able harvest. Probably many people
willing to take chances. will venture t'
farm without irrigation and withou
close adherence to the Campbell pro
cess. Failing. they will denounce th'
country and also the Campbell sys
TEN. although neither the country no
the method advocated by Mr.. Campbell
will be at farlt.-Denyer Republican.