The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-09-28
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plant In a poorly prepared tesd bed
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three years and diskinz ln hls seeds
the fvO i1terveniug years. Tie hrs'
year his oats Eouid bs abOut two n
three feet high. the seoEd year. is
inches. and the third. about a foot.
but ~ a dry year happened. there vas
nothing doing lie always would per.
Eist that be could raise good crops
without piOEf1g % carry bis cattle
through the winter. ! happened m
meet him in 1909 Well . said
hos dlG yo1 come oIt last yesr7
~Oh." be bsif. = sold my cattle"
Thousands q head % cattle were
soid ln the fall d ls1s Tor the same
reason. This put the market 6ovn
adn the dry-farmerE lost heavily
s1DpoEing ge plant crop o. syTirg
wheat OF oats on corn stubble. Eha'
happensf Ninety per cent q the
farmers put cattle on st1b5is during
the winter. The ground becomes hard
and Overpaeked. ~e disk this on the
surface and plant the seed For a
while Il does spiendidly. and II the
rains keep up Ufll make a fair crop.
but u dry weather comes and a crust
forms on the surface or under the
mulch. the crop is gone. for Il is solid
underneath. Il has never beer
pioNedi
II Il the surface faTmsrs Eho are
always Nailing about this crust undei
the mulch. but those EhO belong q
the deepplOEing school pay no atten
ton 10 II. for they stili have plenty
Of room for the roofs of their crops
down below. and Il the mulch above
the crust II IN proper shape there il
no more evaporation than there was
before
A man wrote 70 me once and asked
What be sbOuh do for the crust under
the mulch. wrote back and said
-Nert year plo~ deep. His answer
vas: How did you md o1t that
dicnf plOE deep"
The worst Consequence OF diskinE
without pioTing is the effect It has
on next years crop The ground be
ing hard the water penetrates Very
little; the Syailable moisture is used
up BY the crop. and the surplus eVap
crates Or runs OF. Nothing is ssve1
for next year.
IN dryfarming. n We work only foi
the present. We are living from hant
10 mouth. The very foundation Of thii
branch Of agriculture - 10 farm 10
the future. Store UP moisture In III,
SOil for NEXT year and the year after
keep track Of Il vith the pick an,
shovel or with a ground suEer. AM
you viii soon dud out which style o
farming pays the best