The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1909-07-23

lure stands today for very much more
than it did ten years ago.
In the period from 1888 70 1898
our efforts were mainly along the
line OF preventing tn i'll effects OF
drouthy seasons upon the general crop
WELD ahA in this line Of research
much was accomplished. IN 1898 We
began 4 broader and more elaborate
study Of Scientific Soil Culture.
We became fully convinced by the
results OF our work in 1896 and 1897
that the average yie!t Of all fields,
whether in the more humid sections
with their greater rainfall. the more
arid Of seni-arid sections having a
lesser rainfall combined vita 5rave
uncertainty as to timl.aeSs and guam
tity, or under irrigation-ln short, by
the common methods Of soil treatment
practiced under all conditions ana in
all sections of the counry-that the
ayerass Weld Of grain was not half
what it might be or should be if the
methods Of tillage were materially
changed.
Prompted by these conclusions
reached after fifteen years Of ex-
perience ana observation, We start
ed out to prove by practical demon
strauon that the average yield of
al. farm crops could De easily doubl-
ed by simply changing the method
of tIlling the soil and without re-
sorting 10 commercial fertilizer. That
these last ten years OF research have
not been in vain is evidenced by
The results achieved at numerous
places al over the semi-arid belt
Results in All Regions.
In seasons Of droutA when others
by the more common methods OF farm
Ing nave grown from nothing 10 or
10 bushels of whea, there have been
grown under our methods IRON 80 to
40 bushels per acre.
Ii the more favorable seasons when
others have produced by The common
methods from II to - bushels per
acre, there nave been grown under
methods OF tillage We have outlined,
from 40 TO 60 bushels of wheat and
over per acre.
1, has also been proved by expert
ence that the application OF the same
Fundamental principles the Weld ri
all crops can be proportiona,ely in
creased.
The fundamental principles Of the
Campbell system Of Scientific Soil
Culture apply 10 CROP growing ID all
sections. and We are fully justified in
claiming that the average WELD can be
materially increased; but when We
turn to tte semi-arid section, these
principles become vital.
Looking to the Soil.
Our present system of tillage is not
a comHinauou Of rigid rules outlining
certain mechanical work that must be
done under any and all conditions,
the result Of continued experiments in
deep and shallow blowing, deep and
halioW cultivation. etc. 1t looks
rather 10 the condition OF the soil
a. maintained from year TO year.
In 1896 Ne conducted experiments
in eleven different places along the
lines Of the Burlington railroad, the
Northern Pacific and the 500 Line,
receiving financial aid from all these
companies. the fields being located
in North Dakota Nebraska, Kansas
dlIh Nt)iOl tAD. III lNJi Ai4f CLiiOliN
and Elkhorn railway came in for
share OF the work and more stations
were added on the other roads, max
ing a total Of over thirty.
Through a chain Of circumstances /
connected with these farms We reach
ed the conclusion that the crop growth /
aud grain yield were governed largely
By he physical condition of the soil /.
and careful experiments the past ten /.
wears have shown this 10 have been /.
an important step by leading up 10 in
yestigation along this special line.
Moisture Conservation.
While the conservation of the mois- .
ture is an important factor it is by no /.
means all. 1t is only one Of the many
vital things to be carefully considered |
If We are 70 reach the high limit Of
yield in all fields that now seem. pos
sible.
While we do not wish to convey the /