The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-04-25
The Campbell Dry
Farming Convention

about four inches high. As soon as
the rain came ne narrowed it again;
as % as 1t from that an
other rain came. n he narrowed It
again. He said I have done as Mr..
have ruined my oats sure" He got
s~eventy-two bushels to the acre.
Q. How deep do you propose to
pack the soil?
A. Right down to the bottom.
Be careful to cultivate when the
soil is moist.
want to say just a few words with
reference to this mulch, dust mulch:
it will not hold the moisture as a coar
ser mulch will. By catching the
ground when it is moist you will be
able to get a mulch that is in little
the soil begins to show a little dry1ess
is the time to cultivate, so as to hold
the moisture below.
l went to Hill City, Kansas to estab-
lish the Pomeroy Model Farm. We
had a meeting; l told the people what
1 Il pIOPOoC0 ~ 0O dAo WhOiC L a oClCC
ted my grounds; they gave a sarcas-
tic smile, and when l told them / was
going to set out an orchard and culti-
vate it from early spring until late
in the fall they again smiled. They
had two things in their minds, one
had been farmed for fourteen years,
and but one crop was grown; the 9TH
err was the blowing of the wind. We
have been farming seven years grow
ing not less than six consecutive sue
cessful crops. Hence land has won
derfully increased in value around
there.
@. Suppose you were going to break
for kafir corr this year, how would
you do it?
A. 1 would break it four inches,
follow it with the roller, double disc
hen harrow it.
q. Suppose you had a young or
chard, how many times would you irri
gate?
A. Well, a young orchard should
have been thoroughly soaked before
your trees were set; after O put
them in, 1 would start in and cultivate
it, keep up that cultivation thoroughly
INT keep the water Off the trees this
year
@. If the ground was sod land?
A. 1 would not irrigate this year
unless you have an exceptionally dry
season; If I did I would irrigate pref
ty thoroughly and watch that; the com
mon harrow would not do; take the
disc or the Acme harrow. The best
tools for handling the orchard are the
disc harrow and the Acme harrow
both. The Acme can't cut quite deep
enough, so go down deep with the
disc, the smaller the disc the better.
@. Would you recommend the win
ter wheat as far south as this?
A. So far as 1 know there is no linn
it to this going south; l have seen it
grow as far south as Plainview, Texas
Discing close after the harvest, is a
protection to the ground to keep it il
good condition.
Q. l have ground in oats plowed
last year, am going to put it in al
falfa?
A. Disc it good; keep up n cult
walton through he year.
Q. Is it any use to use manure un-
der u theory?
A. Yes, stree. Be just as careful
to save your manure here, not be-
ool1co uO1r coil ic mot fnrtiln hl1t hn-
cause it increases the humus, and thai
holds and increases your water carry
ing capacity.
@. Don't that apply to any soil in
any country?
A. 1t increases the base, yes.
@. 1 sowed ten acres of oats, 1
~ploughed the ground and narrowed
and the oats have not come UP. Do
you know of any way?
A. 1 lave no particular way of
coaxing them out of the ground.
OF course. if 1 were going to sow
oats, I would pillow the ground in the
fall; l would be sure the ground was
moist so I could pack it, then 1 would
stir the surface with the Acme har
row.
Q. Do you advocate the fall sowing
of oats or the spring sowing?
A. 1 have tried fall oats with no
success in the north, 1 understand
they nave good success with fall oats
here in the south.
If I were going to SOW alfalfa I
would endeavor to cultivate with the
common harrow to get the mulch a
little shallower. l would SOW il the
early spring. If 1 thought it was not
going to rain 1 would use the drill.
In answer to the gentleman's state
ment that he had mis- ground in oats
now, 1 replied when he cuts the oats
to disc it AID to keep that cultivation
going on hat surface until the fall
next year then seed in the fall.
@. Would you pillow early in the
season?
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