The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-11-24
DRY FARMING RULES
Ten Commandments for Success
in Western Arid Regions.
Ne Who obeys Them Shall Reap Album
dant Crops and He Who Violates
Them Shall BE Punished by
Decrease In Yield.

Them Shall Be Punished by
Decrease in Yield.
tCBy ". c. PALMER Agricultural Editor.
Extension Department. North Dakota
Agricultural CollogeJ
]. Thou shaut plow deep.
Leu rain get into soil easily.
Let i'm big rain without runoif
Provides more feeding space for
plant roots.
More plant food made available
II. Thou shalt keep the surface soil
4oose.
Keep soil moisture from evaporat-
ing.
Lets rain get into soil easily.
More plant food made available, due
TO more moisture.
Harrow the grain after II is up two
inches or use weeder
Ill Thou shalt cultivate level
Level Goil has the least soil exposed
TO the air.
More evaporation from a ridged soil
Level soil win take In rainfall much
faster than 1dged soil.
On ridged soil the rain runs of
through the burrows.
The soil In the ridges dries out so
nshat the plant has less moist surface
soil TO draw on for food and moist
ure.
Ridging the soil is most effective
way for getting rid OF both the moist
ure IN the soil and Of rainfall.
Nv. Thou shalt summer fallow when
rainfall rs less than l5 inches.
Tho summer fallow saves up two
years rain for one crop.
The summer fallow kills weeds and
plant diseases.
The summer failow should be cult.
wated.
When rainfall Is over 15 inches, corn
will be as good preparation for
crop ns the bare fallow.
V. Thou shalt add organic matter
90 the soil
Holds moisture and plant food.
Improves mechanical condition OF
tho soil.
Helps make plant food available.
Lessons drifting and blowing of the
coil.
Lessons washing OF soil
Stable manure is the best form
Piow weeds under when green.
vi. Thou shalt keep down tho
weeds.
Wee1s use up moisture.
Weeds use up plant food.
Weeds crowd the plants.
Weeds shade the crops.
Weeds make II difficult for the plant
TO grow.
Weeds mako It hard to work the
land properly.
VII. Thou shalt grow early matur-
ing crops.
Growing conditions best in early
summer.
Winter grains better than spring
grains.
VIII Thou shalt grow corn. every
three 20 five years.
The cultivation given corn saves
moisture.
The cultivation given corn kills
weeds.
The cultivation given corn kills
olant diseases.
Corn best preparation for a grain
scrop.
Corn produces fine stock food, both
grain and fodder.
Corn produces more per acre than
other crops
DO not hill up corn. as this wastes
che moisture
TX. Thou shalt grow clover or al.
falfa every few years.
Glover and alfalfa add fertility to
The soil.
Glover and alfalfa add organic mat
ter to the soil
Glover and alfalfa kill weeds and
plant diseases
Glover and alfalfa produce most
valuable hay.
Glover end alfalfa produce very val
Hablo seed crops.
X. Thou shalt keep stock.
The most profitable way of market
!ng grain and fodder is through stock.
They produce manure which is very
necessary to the soil.
They bring about prosperity.
Who oboys these commandments
shall reap abundant crops.
lie who violates them shall be pun.
fshed by decrease in yield In proper
tion to the trRnsgression.
Best Garden Soil.