Lovelock tribune. (Lovelock, Nev.) 1898-1912, 1911-12-21
SEES A GREAT FUTURE
FOR NEVADA THRU
DRY FARMING
Student Of Dry Farming says that
Conditions in this State are
in Excellent Shape
TELLS OF WORK UNDER WAY
One Dry Farm In Elko County Pro
duced Average 47.8 BUSH
els to the Acre


northern Nevada, Is beginning In a
way that indicates its success i'm a
great measure. Where the stock
man ranging his cattle and sheer
on the bench lands and valleys has
been source of large financial re-
turns 1t appears to me that the re-
suits will be multiplied steadily and
permanently by the intensive work
of the good farmer
This is the optimistic opinion of
Frank Ira White, an advertising
man of the Southern Pacific land
department, who has been investi-
eating dry farming conditions along
the line of the railroad for the past
few weeks Mr.. White is a farm
er himself, formerly located in the
dry farming district of eastern Col
orado and familiar with the Kansas
md Nebraska semi-arid sections, as
we'll as the growth of Colorado und-
er dry land farming methods. He
is also a former newspaper man, an(
is studying Nevada conditions from
The double standard of gatherer
of information coupled with some
knowledge of the subject. Mr.
White disclaims being an authority
On dry farming, assuming rather to
oe student of Nevada conditions.
Intensive cultivation ia one q
the first essentials of successful dry
,arming he said. "and the work M
The Experimental Dry Farm at Elko
will be watched by thousands of
i,omeseekers as we'll as local peo-
pie of this state. who are already
Engaged In dry farmong operations.
Professor True and Professor Knigh,
are engaged in n great work.
one that NAV prove the basis for n
population of the agricultural class
as. MANY times larger than the pres
mt total citizenship of the state.
In yarious localities of the northern
counties are found concrete examp-
.ies Of what can. be done ander dry
hand methods. aIlhouIIl reyssfarners
'seem to have adopted th summr-fal-
low method, with frequent and re-
peated narrowing in order that the
moisture of two seasons may be con
esryed and utalized In the produc-
tion of a grain crop.
How 1t Works Out,
conditions are changing rapidly
At Deeth a new creamery has Just
been established and the farmrrs of
adjacent territory seem to be en-
gaging in supplying cream with the
necessary butter fat with a spirit
that bespeaks success. The house
wife is the first to appreciate the
advantages of dairy development,
for the monthly cream-check is
pleasing departure from the old
method O having only one market
day in the year when the surplus
cattle are driven to the railroad or
shipment. The local merchant also
becomes a convert when the armer
buys or cash or settles at the end
O each month instead waiting the
greater part a year or the ann
ual turnover. The dairying industry
goes hand in hand with dry arming
in Nevada, or in most localities the
arm i'll be situated here the COM
bination can be advantaeousl made
b reason O accessibilit to transport
alton.
..The most enthusiastic advocates
of dry farmii y methods and believ-
.rs in its sutttss are thase who
have tried it here, or or are cog
INFANT of like conditions elsewhere.
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