The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1911-03-09
SUMMER FALLOW PAYS
Hrcar g e LoEsyis Necessity
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cared 'gT. enables he farmer ~ store
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r.re u tug years precipitation fgr the
production ot ols crop. .aH1 through
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IRENE drought Though me sumner fal-
iDN enables fha farmer 10 produce biz.
ger yields during favorable yeara Than
~ possible b. any other system o.
farming its real merits arc gafy
Brought on 90 ar yeara.
Summer fallgH W sumner rIlaga
consist Do DlJHlng the lands thgryIg8-
H. No. Is RoDd daYrh seven inches NJ
sven deeper either ln rho fail Of Or tho
spring aa aeather conditions. rgI.
moisture conditions and the IlHg0a.ugu
Of tho farmers time Win permit. and
leaving D. Doe over during fhe summer
IN a cultivated condition and free from
vegetation 81 any kind uutil planting
time. Tho deep pioEluR facilitates the
storing " summer rains and ne SUR
face cultivation checks ~ evaporation
from tho rGlI until o. can b. utilized by
tho growing crop. weeds. volunteer
grain or my form Of vegetation must
not DO allowed 20 grow on tho faIlOw,
because they drink from tho land o.
much moisture na q crop Of wheat
Farming iu tho extreme Western
counties Of Kansas g. very eEhctiuR Or
profitable crops are produced Tho
country a. all right n the natural ad-
yantngss are iutelliRcutly utilized. To
d very laTg. measure the farmer can
control these BY proper methods Of
farming, and tho summer falIyw be
longs In ibis category because D. Is the
best known way Of utilizing the aCanty
supply Of precipitation.
There 10 one possible way IN which
farmers operating under a low annual
precipitation can produce profitable
crops N wheat oycD other year with.
out tho uso Of tho fallow, and that Is
BY Tho substitution Of iutcr-tlIed crops
for ths fnllOw By tho growing Of such
crops AS corn. UorRhumB. potatoes, Can.
ada peas, Mexican beans. etc, the land
can often DO made TO produce pronta.
bio titled crops and at the same tlmo
put tho soil In fair condition for wheat.
The main drawback 10 such a system
Al this tlm0 lies In tho fact that most
OF tho inter titled crops now available
aro not very drought.resiHtant and are