The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1909-03-12

the main push II you will excuse tln
slang, are, by no means, all that will
grow mere. Olner fruits and crop
do we'll; but mean no criticism b,
saying tnat the raising of apples ans
alfalfa seems to be a fad" viii
people here-a fad tnaa pays then
well too, for Uhey are the badkbon'
of commerce in this locality. Po.a.oei
beets, celery, onions, tomatoes, etc.
do excellently we'll. Corn will DE-
we'll in the stalk and fodder; but In
the filling out of tine grains, will
hardly come up TO tine promise given
by the stalk. Tue lack of dew
Is the cause of tine shortage of grains
on tine cob. TLere is no dew mere
and when the corn is in silk and
tassel, 1t is dry above ground; and
me young ear, with It's silk al. tle
tip, fails through irs dryness, to
catch the pollen from the asset, that
in its mysterious influences, makes
the grains grow ON tine cob. IT.
regation at tine roos Of the stalk
will not perform the office of the dew
in causing the pollen to adhere to Une
silks.
This locality is claimed by It's peo-
pie TO be a veritable garden spot,
and they have good foundation for
the claim. 1t has made many people
wealthy, and many more are on the
road to wealth, with excellent pros
poets for success. Il is blossoming far
more abundantly and to a better pur-
pose tnan the proverbial rose. What
interested me, as / think perhaps
some of your readers will be interest
ed, are the conditions that prevail
and tine methods followed in extTac;-
ing wealth from the ground. TO say
they have no rain mere, would be
nearly but not quite true. A little
In July and Angus, only, but not
enough to do crops any appreciate
good. Those VINO would depend on
rain mere should not come; or, if
they were here, they should move
away, quickly. Life and grown from
the ground is entirely sustained by
irrigation. The country would be
almost an arid waste WITHOUT n, with
not tree or shrub TO shade rab-
bit. The familiar old order TO tine
hog to Root, hog or die" would be
abandoned; for the nog would die any
how. Here it is irrigate or die" Be-
sides North spring River that | nave
mentioned, and some oUhers similar,
but smaller, tine wafer for the city
and farming country is obtained by
boring wells $50 10 500 feet deep, TO
the artescan flow. They are cased
with six or eight inch pipes, accord
ing to amount Of water desired, and
the water spouts few feet above the
ground, TO the full capacity of the pipe
used some at the highest edge of
the city, will not spout, but will come
within a few feet of the surface OF the
ground, and then a pump with une
same capacity as the pipe, is TO hoist
the water ou., at the same rare as
those which spout with their own
force. And electric or a gasoline
motor is tnen used TO run The pump,
which when stained, will go witnou-
further attention, ill you get all
the water that is needed. 1t will even
work while you sleep" To distri-
butte tine water 10 all parts of field
is an easy matter if me ground is
fairly level, or if it mas a slan2 away
from the well or the supply diJcn. |
A little furrow will carry the wafer
except up hill.
This method of cultivation is nightly
landed by those VINO are following l.. !
They are not harassed by the uncer-
tainty as o wnelner me clouds Will |
pass around them or over tnem. No |
damage or destruction of crops on &C |
count of TWO mucn Iain--no slow ruin
of green fields by long dry spells thaG
make the neart sick a. signt of burnt
meadows and twisted corn blades.
Long dry spells have no OeITors for
these people; for Trey lave one long |
dry spell mos. all tine time, and they |
like it. Tney do no. depend on rain;
and they are never disappointed. BY
irrigation they get what ;ney consider
better than rains, because they can /
control tine moisture, and apply jusC
as much as is needed, just wnen and !
where It is needed. If poato es need !
rain when Alfalfa, Close by does not |
X is as easy to arrange as it is 70 |
feed hungry man and Let one that is
not hungry, go united.
This all sounds, very nice, and |
seems to bring satisfying result s; but
Mr.. Farmer, from Kentucky Or any |
other safe that has dry spells and
Wet spells. and many other kinds Of
spells, at hap-hazard and uncontroll-
able by man,-wnere ne Is used 20
waiting for rain, TO come wren ne |