The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-07-20
CORN As A DRY FAR. CROP
Srcevc.s Esg-cs~-. e Ch.so Feed
ara srsesb sci. Preventing Cen
ss-1e~t Less q Fertility.

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ill agricultural rra-arlr-a This q
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the s1.l during t-s entire crossing Eea-
con. F 10 crop "a p-l1-rs1 co ~
.ar1. this 0IEra..g1 ls called sumner
'al.gE ~ summer rllr-rs over rgsr
u fls dry farming area. raa-iy z
not fully AZ good grain crops can bs
zrgE- following TIE cultivated r-g- zs
o. summer fallgEe5 land
When TIE bare falgz Ey.em s
-Ee1 uECia year s.arsae zrho1t
any returns either on the .1gestmeut
gr 'Cr The labor performed DO a cub
ITa'sd grgg can be grown with a.
good crops following o., should more
'ha1 raT l's HEGe1Ea which Elu con
sis' il The cost o. seed pllnurE and
aaVestuZ the cultivation zggId have
20 BE- done anyway. 40 this should r1t
be counted against the cost cf gr1I.c-
lion o. crop OF corn Corn ls pre-
nI.lsrliy this crop First. because
Dr. produces an abundance o. cheap
feed second. because Do shades the
soil during the excessively hot days
% July and August thereby prevent.
Ing loss % soil fertility. and third. a
corn field has a cooling rather than
heating Influence 90 the winds that
blow across b. This may have a very
beneficial effect on surrounding crops
Hheu the temperature ls near the 100
degree mark.
on most farms in the dry farming
area enough live stock should be kept
10 pay most 0f the running expenses
Oi the farm Hay and paHurage are
very short In such areas and cOuse-
quenfly 100 dear for cheap live stock
production Enough corn should be
grown 10 supply the work horses with
r0ughage during the winter. II not the
working season. and later 20 supple
meut the pastures OF the summer and
fan as a soiling crop or IN the form
Of ensilage and 10 form the bulk of
their winter ration Enough corn
should also be grown 10 supply the
sheep and hogs a cheap fattoniug food
for finishing them OF In the fall.
The first essential 10 corn culture
on the dry farms is live stock. for
without this there is no way Of utlliz.
Ing the corn crop. On the other
hand, II live stock are kept. feed must
be had; the corn crop can be CON
ycrted into beef. pork, mutton. wool,
butter and oggs-commodltles that
can always be converted into cash or
it's equivalent The by-product Of
live stock (manurej should go back
onto the land to replcnish the dlmin.
ishing supply Of humus and fertillz.
Ing elements 50 essential 10 large
yields.
The second essential to corn culture
Is conviction that II win pay to
grow live stock on the corn crop pro
duced and a determination 20 grow
corn as their chief feed In spite Of
adverse circumstances. In order 10 be
successful In growing corn on a dry
farm the selection Of the proper va.
rloty Is essential In western North
Dakota and eastern Montana, squaw.
Gchu, Mercer, King Phillip and Trl.
umph will probably prove the best
lint varieties while Golden Dent and
Northwestern Dent win probably
prove the best dent varieties Good
seed ls very important It should al
ways germInate strong -95 per cent
or better