Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-07
HOW one COLORADO RANCHMAN
MADE GOOD At DRY FARMING

ther consideration whatever, even mi
the driest years. # the trees are plant
ed far enough apart, forty feet fox ap-s
pies, twenty for piums and cherries and
ten for small fruits, the moisture IN
creases year ~ year, which soon ren-s
ders i absolutely droutt-proof. 5ss
The Land my orchard was planted In
was originally perfectly dry, down til
one hundred feet After following for
one year previous to planting, ! had
gained four feet Of moisture, after:
twelve years cultivation there exists:
moisture in the subsoil as. deep as If;
teen to twenty feet. Most Of the mois-as
ture, also tie roots Of the trees, are IN,
the top three feet, getting al the time,
less moist with depth. ..,s;= \. 5s}
BY simple trick Of blowing the dead
burrows should be made identical with
the rows and the holes dug in the fab
TO fill up with snow during the winter
BY turning up high back burrows b.
tween the rows, when the. trees are
small, immense snowdrifts may ~
caught in every blizzard equal to several
good irrigations. After the trees III
tain their growth the amount Of snow
that banks upon an orchard will often.
more than equal the whole precipitation
for the sussn,er months. JIM. I.
Any fruit tree that is raised with.
irrigation can be raised equally well il:
the dry orchard. s II ..o. I: d u ].
The Montmorency and Morella cher
RES, the Tstge plum, the Yellow Trans
parent apple, the Duchess, Red June
Rome Beauty, Jonathan. Stark's Deli;
cious McMahon, White and Wealthy !,
are my favorites. 1870, - = : E.
The orchard should be cultivated.
whenever = heavy crust or cracks form
il the soil after rain, but not necessarily:
after light showers. ~ j .s: =. 3..ss
Alsath ~ ~ Farm ceop. n.
! farmed 100 acres for three years.,
SINCE then have added some loo acres.
to The original ranch and usually winter;
one hundred head Of stock On dry raised,
alfalfa. This crop is one Of the best for
the dry farmer and supplies a large
amount Of feed for little more than
the cutting. ..@ =. !.
This season has been the driest in
twenty-eight years and this winter
finds us with foot Of snow all over
the pastures, but with plenty Of hay
and grain to carry all our stock
through in good condition. 4 thorough
" believe ID coordination farming, a
farmer may just as well feed his own
produce and secure the profits as allow
some other man to do it. But it is
more sensible in every way to get your
feed first then buy the stock.
Alfalfa win grow almost anywhere,
the failures come from shallow plow-
ing, and planting other crops with it,
which, Of course, use up the moisture
and kill It out Ten pounds to the acre
lis sufficient. April is the best month.
Harrow after cutting disk when thor
oughly established. Alfalfa fall rye,
winter wheat and corn are the best crops
for. the beginner. For spring grain the
land should always be ploweds deep and
fallowed at least from the fall until
spring q longer Where the precipita-
ton falls below ten inches I believe
in following whole year, = proceed
ing which has been adopted by the
foremost dry farmers of Utah. In the
matter Of blowing, it is more practical
to do a good job at the start than to
try and supplement- poor blowing
BY narrowing and cultiyating crops all
summer. Ss; 1t vi ag4 I'd I: s.s. z35s n -,
People are apt to think that dry
farm work IS too laborious and intri-
cate to pay well J, but the fact is, it is
about half the work Of irrigating; we
can do farm work nearly every month
in the veal. Western prices are the
highest in the United States, and the
cost Of dry farm land mere, nothing.
In years, wet o. dry, the moisture al
ways comes sooner Or later We have
70 do our part BY conserving il ], and
the requisite knowledge IS anybody S
for the asking. In thirty years ! have
never lost = crop Or 4 tree from droutl,
OF had to buy pound 81 hay for M
stock. n s5 s4s, 2
FOR 0als. 81