Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-01-11


10 OF organization on the farm is eroI
management: on the successful man
agement Of the crop largely rest
|. these five fundamentals
/. Economy Of business
2. Maintenance OF Soil Fertility
.. Productivity OF the Soil.
4. Subsistence for Live Stock.
8. Farm Profits az end OF Season
Tho term Rotation Of Crops" Is
used 10 designate a system OF crops
which give a recurring succession Of
field plants with differing plant
food requisites.
Reasons for Rotation.
The primary purposes OF crop
rotation are LIST. Prevention OF Crop
Sick" soils. the result OF continuous
eultiration OF the same crop for
period OF years: End. The elimination
OF weeds. insect pests and crops dis
eases. ord. Increase in the productiv-
lty Of the field crops BY conserving
the soil fertility.
First Irrigated Crop.
The first crop 10 go grown In any
approoiable degree under the ditch"
was wheat Wheat followed wheat
year after year on the river plain
farms Of Utah and Idaho until In
some Instances the yield OF grain |
fell 25 and even 50 per cent below
what Il first gave the farmer This
was on comparatively virgin soil
which wo think Is rich as cream.
Why Is thls2 Feeding al the same
depth on tho same plant food olo
ments absorb the readily available
plant food OF this particular element.
30 this class OF plants In then spar
ingly fed Like a starved pig. II
cannot make lis owner tho profits
tho we'll fed ones do.
All plants do not feed alike They (
either use different foods or the {
same food from different depths. q
Therefore. plants feeding at differ a
ont depths OF soil. although they .
may use tho same food elements. tho v
ieeper feeding plants can follow
he shallow feeders without serious
Immediate loss. although eventually. v
inleas those absorbed food elements c
10 restored. the available plant food b
win become exhausted and the soil y
VIII therefore DO impoverished. 81
The deposition who continues to
raw his money from the bank with
ut making deposits will at last al
Ind his checks returned marked Of
Short" No bank will permit con. OF
naed over drafts We should not al
Q taking Off all the time. without u
utting back the food elements up W
a which plants feed. some OF the In
me. II we do. we have crop OF
eek soil that does not pay It's
iecks" for want OF funds-tho avail. 80
bio food elements that have been m
ken through previous Withdrawals. an
our Utah and Idaho soils are eth.
: OF granite or volcanic rock so
rmatlon Those soils seem to 90
I'D an abundance OF potash. a rea-
nable amount OF phosphates. I'm
nitod amount OF nltrates. abund- th'
zee OF limo. but great deficiency tai
organic matter commonly known
humus Hero are the essentials las
) need IN these soils; they con, VII
iuto tho soil barometer since the 6
lsened amount OF any OF these gre
II most seriously affect general 4
% culture. ftumus not only In anc
'ases the water holding capacity Z
the soil but Il also carries an con
probable amount OF nltratos. Hence mis-
need. early In cur cropping. 60 but
humna In the soil Feed the ada
! constantly. that II may. In no
n. feed our crops How may We tru,
thisY ny growing crops that
q 10 store what little humus r
have with nitrogen. while Il hl lane
Asses the humus content OF tho Il
These are lcgumO crops-alfal error
beans peas. aislko, rcd clover q
vetehes constitute the legume Sr
lily group-whlch have proven A.
'itablo FOR us TO grow Ia the West. Ing
ose The ono that Is best adapt 81
70 your farm environment. and to II
feel win grow you the most labo
ara. Give Il permanent place 81
our field crops the
eeso plants Soon 20 have the feed
liar property OF utilizing the prod
nitrogen OF the air and thus Ttl
. nltrates In the soil. and aecum. the
. humus. the one thing our due I
seem most 10 need How Is t
doneT Through a most peculiar calf
) family OF lower organisms not
gn as bacteria. which grow on SOU
root hairs and tiny rootlets OF 4
root svsto,n of those te,ur,e tati