Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1911-04-06
TIMELY SUGGESTIONS
FOR SEEDING SEASON
CAREFUL PREPARATION OF SOIL
NEEDED FOR THE 1911
CROP
Last Years Experience and Light
Precipitation in Winter Show
Need of Extra Care

AAS "CAAo q DAChcy 70. nave sent
out to farmers of this state the fol-
lowing sensible advice which can be
we'll followed by every farmer seed
ing grain of any kind this spring:
The coming season may be as dry
as the last one proved to be, and the
consequences of second successive
crop failure would be vastly more
harmful to each farmer and the state
than any one crop failure coming
singly.
Realizing the seriousness of this
situation, we have had special ar
ticle prepared, under the direction
of "The Farmer" on dry farming
methods for North Dakota, which we
enclose and which we recommend to
you to keep and read carefully.
These methods will increase your
crop just as much in a wet year as in
a dry one, but the great point is that
they will insure some kind of crop for
a bad year. The expense of extra la
Dor is insurance against total loss.
We know one farmer who got sew
en- bushels per acre last year by US
ing these methods, while the average
yield in his neighborhood was three
bushels.
The following brief suggestions
should be followed:
Harrow your fall plowlng as early
as you can get onto the land.
Rake off the stubble lands for Rus
sian thistles and disc harrow at once
to prevent evaporation of moisture.
On spring plowing. set your plow
deep and put on harrow attachment
or section of smoothing harrow OF
disc behind the plow to smooth down,
or else harrow after each days plow-
ing SO as not to leave upturned fur
rows to dry out.
In every case reduce the land to
the finest condition possible and en-
ploy a plank drag, if necessary, to
break up clods. This preparation
prevents evaporation, and should be
done even though it makes seeding
late-you will get better crop than
by early seeding in badly prepared
ground.
Prepare your seed carefully by
running it through tanning mill
with heavy blast so as to leave only
the heaviest kernels for planting.
Treat all seed, including flax, with
formaldehyde solution, as described
in the enclosed printed arti.le.
If possible, test your seed by plant
ing 100 kernels in box in the house,
and make sure that large percent
age of kernels germinate quickly.
A smaller quantity of seed is re-
quired for these methods of farming
than the ordinary.
Harrow the crop as soon as plants
are above the ground, taking care to
follow. the same direction that the
drill took in seeding.
harrow tHe Ilelu dlIci cdSA SAo"NAf
as soon as the surface is dry enough
to work. Continue to harrow after
each rain until the plant is we'll up.
Avoid summer following if possi-
bic. Plant corn instead and culti-
vate the, corn earlysin the season in
order to kill weeds.
Where summer following Is neces-
sary, it should be begun early. Har-
row summer fallowed ground after
each rain.
Disc the stubble early after har-
vest. This prevents evaporation, and
makes a better contact between the
bottom of furrow and the stubble side
of furrow slice.
We will answer any questien which
YOU care to ask, and furnish authority
for the same upon your request.
Hoping these suggestions will be
Of some benefit to you, we remain,
A5 Yours very truly,
Wells & Dickey Co.