The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-08-29
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dr. farming .- = process Of retaining
The moisture u nz.gral soil -sser-
s94- from azste .l evaporation and
2erc9.zro1. and securing s, IN the
.1t-s1I to- -1e 1ltr -er- % crops.
Although 10. generally ErOxn and
a-. L.-e understood. dry farming is
ao. A. Innovation j has been car
r-. Va s1ccessful.y for over forty
Yeas IN America and p-od-c i've eI-
.eliue-. haze been made iE most Of
The desert clulrr-e- o. The World
d. Southern California dry farming
lzs 54-sn successfully operated since.
$50. xane .r Washington, oregon.
idaho. Wyoming Montana Colorado.
Nebraska. Kansas and me Dzko,as
!. has gone beyond The Experimental
sage
Dr. william Mcdonald. one Of the
greatest living authorities On agricul-
.u--. explains MS system i1cidly.
Dry farming many oe defined a. he
cJnserys-i0n of me soil moisture dur
lug long periods Of hot weather by
means q -lIage. ae says. together
ri 2 the growth ot drought resistant
plants ]. is not of course. farming
without moisture. for iha; would 0e
clearly impossible The term is uoE
widely and loosely applied 70 q psrtic-
ulzr form O. farming In a. places
where the normal rainfall ranges from
zero 10 thirty inches per ann1m. That
&. 10 say tha, q farmer 10 a certain
dlstr!c- u U-a1 migh, speak Of dry
farming viii nine inches Ot rain.
while his neighbor IN Eastern Nebras-
IA. sikh a rainfall Of tTenty-nine
inches must equally well propose 70
conserve his FurDlus moisture by
proper ,iliage a.oDg dry farming lines.
"Bu although the fundamental pr.n-
clples would be the same the details
OF the taO operations would Dc vastly
different. For the Utah farmer would
require 20 accumulate a -UO years
rainfall 20 produce q satisfactory crop;
whereas his fortunate brother in Ne
braska would doubtless demand an
annual crop from an abundant supply
Of moisture.
on the map Of he United States Of
thirty-nye years ago viii be observed
that huge tract colored yellow. coy
ering large portion OF the great
Wes, vas marked The Great Ameri-
can Desert" Modern maps reveal but
small space Ike those wellow blotches
marked a. desert wastes. Much OF
the land. ,ha, in the years gone by,
was considered useless for farming
and Ras given over 20 immense cattle .
ranges on which the fearless spectacu-
lar cowboy nourished, is now in
nanny places broken up in small
farms. supporting many thousands.
The transformation has been due
10 The application OF scientific pril-
-ip'es strengthened by experimental
knowledge Of soil. climatic conditions,
and plant life peculiar 20 particular
environments Vast tracts OF land are
open TO the farmer OF America. out
be only Hill succeed who studies the
conditions that produce success.
/. il not a well known fact, that the
nan who gets results in any line OF
work is the one who has correct
,uowledge OF his particular industry?
The success OF dry farming rests IN
moving now TO DO IT, L has been
Der,.uently remarked that the idea {
hat anyone can farm explains 90 a
srge measure the decadance Of the
arm lands in the older agricultural
.istr.cts The modern successful.
armer knows his land. his climate, Z
lis adaptable plants. He has a knowl- q
dge OF how to 7iow and to culitl- !
ate 3
It is granted tha, conversation Of 3
Moisture is the first cardinal princi- z