Gunnison news-champion., 1911-04-28
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ss'ss<ss< Ssrsetse- Il ps.sssae ta ars
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s.ss~.a~ end ss~e Il the ssss~s..s ID
~~csrssx s<tser ss.sissses whsce aske
pssass sssse ssrss, ssass gssssssess
ssa Esre prossscsEse. Tsss De ssil
i~s ABIDE ~ osercoase ecrsss1 etJsc-
issssese kssssr.s ~ pissi- ~ ps~s-
sssesy certain tos exsmyse. esr
be.sstIsss ese~,n9 bsrley and the
s.eara..---. hsl.---- Dar,es.. hase ~esk
sars~ Juss t-siss the head ~h.ch
css~s- ,o~s BY the head sreak nag 81
IL wlll t~ msch msre .smp.e asaser
~ breed strength tsto thI- straw
than u Was b. saf rad II the barley
be.reis.
Osr rweet clover has fiasar- DIS
hked by ssack IL wsll he no more
asihcxit ~ treed a swcet cioser with
ske bad edos aud favor lett oss than
"a wss " bsssd the bad smesl ess 81
the ossoa or change the color of the
Csisfasnia poppy. Alsssay the
sweet clover rs the mss' persistent
sad hardy Of all ciosers Ii .s re.
sssssnt 10 drosth. to alksli snd h.
disease M a Remarkable degree sBd
Is me-s able 10 produce growth by
aets,ne its plant food IRON poor soils.
Kidding ~ et sts one object,oasble
ieature. thai of beng sppaistaeie to
stock, means raoFe 10 o1r western
agriculture than can be- fssetold.
Plants acquire their sbsIsty b. thrive
under different eesditions by being
made TO 1--we and produce under
those conditions. ! once knew q
man who tried 10 adapt himself 10
the climate Of Alaska by exposing
himself 10 cold and storm at home
OF course he eosld no, reproduce the
climate Of Alaska, but ~ did not
matter for the exposure got him be-
fore he got 30 Alaska
An attempt was made to breed a
sheep Tor western ranges IN the
helds and barns Of Iowa Ii did not
succeed. Horses bred ia Missouri
tase two years or more 10 hecome
acclimated out here before they can
stand full work. Corn from ioca-
tan will not ripen at CHEYENNE. Ba
Banas born aud bred in bermuda do
not bear in Boulder. The ultimate
success Of dry farming depends as
much ON adapting crop plants 10 dry
iarm environments rs to any other
factor The fact that dry farming
has succeeded as well as it has with
only such crops as have been avail
able is one OF the greatest arguments
for future greater saccess, when we
shall have had few years in which
10 adapt our own varieties 10 the eli
mate and soil of the vest.
In our dry farm crops drouth re-
sistance is not the only characteristic
we want. There are many native
plants in the arid region which live
and make some growth. We want
larger producing power The ordi-
mar, thorny cactus produces an in
significant amount Of growth The
great achievement of Burbank was
not 80 much the breeding of of the
thorns of the cactus as 1t was put
ting into ii veeetative growing
power. lie made a thornIess cactus,
il 10 true, but he did more, for lIe
mace 1T grow TO the amount OF one
hundred tons of green foliage 70 an
acre in a season. Changing the
color of flower is not 80 important
economically, nor is IT so wonderful
scientifically, a. making a new wal
nut tree which will grow ten times
as fast as other walnut trees grow.
The making of a new grain NAV
be valuable if 1T presents some desir-
able perfection of form or quality,
but it will appeal more to the prac-
teal mans pocket book if its pro-
ductiveness Is improved and it gives
more pounds TO the acre which will
sell for the same price. The early
Cape oats will ripen in July and pro-
duce ten or fifteen bushels the acre,
but we are more interested in Rus /
sian oat that will use the whole sea
son for its growth and yield seventy
bushels the acre.