Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-04
MULE SHOWED HOW
Packing ot Earth By Hoofs of
 Animal Taught Lesson.
stsrting in 1883 on South Dakots Homestead Claim, H. w. Camp bell To-Day Has Profitable
 Farms in Four States

Lincoln. Neb.-Twenty-fv years ago. during the "daik days" of the west, when every crop failed, and thousands of settlers vera retO-ning back east" a discouraged farmer in South Dakota, looking over his ruined field for the lsst time before trekking back to Vermont, noticed that in the tracks made ky his old lame mule, where the soil was packed by the weight of the animal, the wheat had grown strong and tall As a result of this observation, South Dakota is just now harvesting one of the larg- est wheat crops of any state in the union, and is filled with prosperous farmers, while the erstwhile discour aged farmer himself, H. W. Camp bell of this city. is owner of five big wheat farms aggregating 30,000 acres which produces an average of 60 bushels per acre. He is known as tks 'BonoDza Farmer of the west, and all be-ause a lame mule trampea across his wheat field one day.
 The good stalks of grain growing in the mule tracks, and surrounded by puny stems, set Campbell to thinking From it he evolved new system of farming. His neighbors laughed at him and remained poor. while Campbell grew rich. When he wanted new tools with which to farm, according to his new ideas, the farm implement manufacturers made light of his ideas. Campbell made his own tools. and to- day they are being manufactured in Odessa, Arad, Hungary, Hyderabad and half dozen cities in the United States.
 When Campbell took up a home stead in Dakota territory, in 1883, all he possessed, besides his family, was few farming implements, a blow, a wagon. etc, lame mule and a long horned OK The OK and mule, yoked together, broke the sod and put in the crop of wheat The rains came, the water fell on the loose sandy soil, sank into the ground and ran of just about as fast as t fsli- As re. suit, when the long, hot days of the sunny summer arrived. the blades of wheat dried up and died
 Other farmers had similar expert ences. After several years they de cided to leave the country, and wrote back home" for funds with which to do so
 Campbell had been 8 machine shor foreman in Vermont, and had no one to whom he could write for assistance He was desperate, and was preparing to leave the country, going anywhere
 But he walked out to look once more at his burned field. And he no ticed small punches of good wheat His curiosity was aroused. He ex | amined carefully and found that these punches were growing in the track: of the old mule
 What did it?" he asked himself. But he didn't leave the farm. Fol days, however, he asked himself ths question, What did it?" And final ly the answer came to him.
 Tt was the packing of the eartl by the weight of the mule"
 The next year, when Campbell sowed his wheat, he rolled it with !; home made roller for days and days His neighbors laughed at him.
 When the wheat sprouted every ker nel came up, and so did that plante; by his neighbors, who again laughed ! at the fool Vermont machinist wh, thinks he knows how to farm"
 Then came the long, hot days, ant the neighbors' wheat dried up ant burned.
 But Campbell's didn't. His field were green, and in the time of haI vest it was found that he had raise the biggest crop that country eve saw. Campbeil's theories had bee proven, and the next year every farm CT in that country packed his, whea ground down at the bottom of tn turrow.