Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-07
CAMPBELL SYSTEM is SURE
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The Campbell sgetem j. Sights un-
.d~ersiOod II concentrates the limited
rainfah ~ two seasons on n crop BY
storsng mos q the moisture Ia the
ground How this 5s done f. difficult
10 explain ~ not easy 20 u5der-
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rapid adoption j. that II means lots
~ NrrE- more than twice IS much
~ the ordinary farming. which takes
chances u enough rainfall al the right
time. HARD WORK e not Una the
hfAt FpfinkAng OF pioneer settlers are
looking Tor Fhey are seeking the
speculative rsN IN the price Of land I
Not only does the Campbell system
require twice az mhcn WORK. but u
also requires tNtce as much land as
ordinary farming In eastern Coo
faoo, Wnere fertile land II cheap, this
latter requirement i easily compiled
with. 4 crop ls only raised every al
tFrnate year. but during the interyen-
ing year the land does not lie fallow
word "fallow IL enormously
used m this connection II means 10
let the land lie idle to recuperate it,
exhausted fertility The Campbell sys-
tenn land has fertility enough TO last
"A century. n does not lie Idle. II
is cultivated q whole year before the
crop IL planted. This cultivation con-
sists 81 deep blowing = the spring
and narrowing with an acme after
each rain throughout the winter. sum
mer. spring and autumn The spring
blowing enables the first following rain
70 soak down into the soil instead OF
on 10 the sea The harrow
ing breaks up the crust and cracks
into a pnlverized mulch and about two
inches deep. The sun dries out this
mulch and II. being dry. arrests the
upward capillary attraction Of the
moisture stored below. When it rains
again this dry. pulverized mulch alb
serbs the water that would run OF
from hard ground aud conducts it be-
low But unless the fresh crust and
cracks are freshly narrowed after each
rain. capillary attraction Will coax the
water TO the soil surface where the
sun viii evaporate II. Every boy
knows that IL he scrapes two inches of
dust from the dry DAD where he
plays ne VIII come to moist ground.
That moist ground. and the cause Of
it's remaining moist. is the entire key
to the Campbell system. The dust op-
crates as a dam TO stop the upward
capillary flow OF water that is going
on below through the moist soil.
Following this preparatory year of
storage. the crop is planted
In the spring OF the second year and