The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-13
BASEBALL SUITS

The dry lands of Wyoming are estimated
ut 2o.ooO,oD acres. Idaho has 10000 acres.
In the western part of Texas and eastern
Mexico there are millions Of acres of land
awaiting the coming of the homeSteader and
every inch of it will produce some neces-
sity.
of arid and Semi-arid land possible to re-
claim by irrigation if all the waste water
We're utilized is 10 per. cent of the total
area IL we exclude the irrigated lands
mountain. worthless land. the timber lands
mines, the government reserves and other
lands suitable for grazing there remains 20
per cent of the entire section reclaimable
by dry farming
Let pause a moment to explain the
term to the city reader 1t is more correct
in speaking of dry farming to use the term
.Scientihc farming This means. farming
successfully with the natural precpitation
which must he so conserved and used as to
strated that the soil, when properly pre-
pared and cultivated. will absorb and hold
moisture. The so-called dry farming. there
fore means the converting of the soil into
storage reservoir for the moisture which
supports plant life during the season when
precipitation is not sufficient. When the
the arid and Semi-arid west, the moisture
is either quickly evaporated from the sur
face or passes into the ground. from
which 1T is almost rs quickly drawn by the
of dry farming is the conservation of tho
moisture that falls. and the secret of the
conservation is the destruction of the little
cells ut the surface through which evapora
ton is active. and the secret of the de
struction of the little cells is the frequent
narrowing of the surface, which prevents me
forming of crust The soft dirt or gran.
uar condition permits the moisture to pass
rapidly into the ground and likewise holds
It where it will do the most good. Under
the Campbell system. which is we'll known
in the Dnkotas. Nebraska Kansas and Col
orado and the Cook system in Wyoming,
Idaho and East oregon, the dry farmer
poughS his ground from eight to ten
inches deep preferably in the fall. in order
that it may receive the benefits of the win
ter The land is also ploughed at
right angles to the prevailing winds that
hold as much snow as possible.
The profits Of dry farming are not uni
form They vary, with the section For
instance in one district in Kansas where
the altitude is 1900 feet. the farmers ar"
making clear profit of 20 per cent on
their non-irrigated lands. In Laramie
years experience has been earning % per
cent on his crop. A Colorado farmer claims
to have dry farmed his land at profit of
100 per cent. but this figure is regarded as
extravagant.
These are the returns estimated on 1850
acres Of bench lands in Montana for the
first year As to the amount Mount, of forage to
for hay yield tons per acre. making 70
tons worth at the lowest. s. a ton or s623
Twenty five acres OF peas left to ripen VIII
WELD seed worth S3I5 and some hay. Five
acres of SOY beans yield seed worth $40
The same amount of artichokes would yield
at low estimate seventy five bushels. and
ten acres of potatoes similar amount
Fifteen acres of tuhers would yield ! Nn
bushels worth 30 cents a bushel or s.,Gl;
Five tons to the acre would be "A low yield
for the root crops and twenty five acres IN
this character of crops would be worth y.
n ton for feeding live stock Some OF me
cereal yields would he barley, twenty five
bushels on sod making 625 bushels worth
II cents a bushnl. 500 Ten acres of
macaroni wheat would WELD $50 bushels mt
co cents bushcl $50 There would be
cash returns from alfalfa the first year
Here is the summary: Pens hay Si2o:
peas and seed. S375 bean seed. S125 tub
ers, 500: root. S625: barley. $500: macaroni
wheat, $50: making total of $500. The
cost of putting in such n crop would he
S1.50O. the marketing $500. This would