Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-07

Cheyenne fol-
lowing paper On successful dry farming
IS from tl1eS pen Of +. R Parsons Of
Parker, Colo who viii deliver an an
dress before the Third Trans issis-
sippi Dry Farming Congress at Chey-
,enne yo. Feb. 233 g, "a and Is:
~ hen first landed III Colorado a.
1880. 4 was already equipped with n
fair knowledge Of forestry and thes
intensive agriculture which IS prac-
,ticed in England, France and Ger
many, the basic principles Of which
are deep blowing, tensto fifteen inches,
following between every crop, recipro-
ri fertilizing, which means putting
backsin The soil what you take out, har-s
rowing and rolling Of graii, crops and
rotation. :as.. !, !. z,-..S . !. :EEss
Rotation and fertilizing are not al,
present indispensable in, the west, but
the other above mentioned principles
are also the chief factors in dry farm
ing. s5ss is. X. 5:sss .ss .i Il 81 NE.
Before coming to this country ] also,
dry farmed On the east coast of South
Africa, raising corn and alfalfa, prin-
cipally for the ostrich farms. / rented
4 ranch near Denver for two years To-
acquire an understanding Of what Colo
RADIO could do for agriculture without
irrigation. i commenced ~ blowing
deep with three horses and ! hand
splow IS soon IS the frost was out Of
III. ground .labbing and narrowing
into shape every three hours, thet, fal-
lowed Until June, disking out all the
weeds and pisnting corn one IN hill
two feet apart, and navy beans. ..5
nh The results were surprising to the
5,eighbors, Il the corn fetching three
cents ! pound for seed corn, and the
beans about six. %: ='e s.. Is s, =@ s=:.:.
The next year ! repeated with the
same crops, getting even better results.
Ia tie late fan ! made trip to CALI
fornia "a Investigate conditions there.
Il returned, however, 70 Colorado and
finally settled on my present ranch IN
1885. commenced operations on 100
acres with two J3oo-peund horses,
twenty GOOD cows. some pigs, chickens
and bees 3ss S.:5 ,s..l S := a5$s ::
I plowed the sod clean under eight
inches deep, although it took son,e-.
times two days 70 plow an acre; disked
and narrowed it, until i was as fne as
old ground and seeded It to fall rye
and winter wheat, twenty and thirty
pounds to The acre, respectively. The
sneighbors shook their heads and said
u VAS NJ ", srazy q plov sod that deep. thlat
ii would never rot, but It rotted beau
tifully, never bothered me again, and
people came from miles around. to see
Tie crops. which grew from Ave to
seven feet high. :=
8 IA the spring l planted corn, one 10
/ hill, , also 4 garden and small orchard
for family use, blowing as deep As pos
.sible. and following from February 10
pianting time. I also put in Ave acres
.of alfalfa ten pounds TO the acre,
which made 4 fine stand. 81.
VA s Hon g sRalss ! oarden.
ii, III dening, pillow q spade as deep
as possible, then plant everything ir5
trenches, six OF eight inches wide and
three inches deep fIll Up the trenches
gradually, IS tie plants grow Up. By
doing this their roots are established
At good depth out of the way Of heat
and drouth. Allow plenty Of room;
more room means more moisture. Ten
der lettuces can BE raised all summer
81 shading with q board, Rhubarb,
asparagus ana onions are good droutt
rr,e.sistels and viii come from the roots
every season. ooseberries and cur
rants grow wild All over the west and
can can Be raised by anybody Anyone cai,
have ~ wild plum orchard by planting
Tie seeds sin the fall It will come into
bearing in three Or four years Water
melons musk melons, summer and
winter sqnashes also belong i, the dry
farm gardens.
AZ the end IF the first season 4 had
ali the rye hay, winter wheat fodder
and corn i could possibly use also q
cellar full Of garden stuff. 4 kept the
cows IN milk As soon as the grass BE-
gan IL 90 dry by feeding green suck
sers from the COW patch
NOTICE or SPECIAL ELEcTioN.
Pursuant to aSresolutioH passed BY