Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-09-27

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depth Of plant root growth, says Mr..
Peck, is the physical condition Of the d
soil that is the aim Of better farm
ing everywhere. N DISTURB and not
fertility is the und erlying principle
Of soil treatment, for no matter how
fertile soil may be, unless the physi
cal condition is such that these ele-
ments are available satisfactory crop
results cannot be obtained. Therefore
the one great problem lis moisture in
its relation to heat; and air. ~
e In sections Of twenty Or more inches
of rainfall, conditions seem to justify
an annual cropping Of the land under
a rotation and use Of manures. In
sections Of fifteen to twenty inches Of
rainfall, moisture conditions seem to
Snecessitate3 an occasional year Of sum
smer tillage, more often called sum
mer falloWer, an inter-tilled crop such
as corn or potatoes. "a II .s} S
In Ward county the normal rainfall
averages fifteen to, twenty inches an
nually Mr. Peck writes that on some
thirty farms rotations have been es-s
tablished in which one-third Of the
area Is summer titled, part of which
may be corn or potatoes and two,thirds
Of the area is devoted to grain. In
these rotations the aim is to secure
an ideal soil condition It was not ex-
pected starting work last spring that
the soil condition could be secured Tor
grain crops this year. but as far as
possible good farming has been done.
II Fields which were to be summer
titled offered the first opportunity to
secure the ideal soil condition. In the
spring the fields intended for crops
1 were double disced and fields intend
ed for summer tillage received the
same treatment later. This operation
stopped evaporation, warmed and acre
i ated the soil. In the case Of summer
|tillase besides stopping evaporation, It
started weed growth and the mellow:
ing Of the subsoil. .F. ;sa,5 3
About four weeks after the first
discing IN the spring the summer till
i lage fields were again disced. This
time single diseihg was employed I'm.
LESS the weeds had made such growth
as to make double discing necessary
4 On a feWffarms the fields were gar.
lroWed about two: weeks after first disc
ling and single disced two or three
weeks before ploWing G.. s.s 545 a .;. 4
A The; fields were plowed June Is to
4 July "a from seven to nine inches
deep. The. ploW5swas followed the
same day. by a packer, either 81 the
Camp el1 sub-surfa g %packer5or "a disc
l.set straight and wei GIFTED and q har:
row, In every case the fields plowp;ed
easily and turned over moist and mel.
low. Whereas ut portions Of fields
where no work had been done. adn the
weeds allowed to grow, the ground
was dry and could not be- plowed more
Than the usual d epth Of four or five
Inches outstanding that this wac
a season Of consi derable e L sprin rain.
1 Since blowing and sffrming ofgthe seed
bed 'ssd, the 'fieid en single 81
double Sdisced once ard narrowed.
] E E$ The moisture conultlo ion Of sub
1 soil sfters a mature crop mas b cen re,
moved makes 51t ecessary, FIVE are
Ito restore or secure a mi slow: q and
more perfect soil condition to stir21the
surface soil Just as soon as possible
4 after cutting the grain. TINS prevents
further eyap orati on ant il has been
EobserYed that he SUBS OIL be gins q #tc
GLOW until ordinarily Wi thin three
1ior four weeks, ! special v If there have
been cool nights and al few frosts, the
soil will be in a very fair: condi ton for
ploWing without a ia But hay u
i The surface Of A stu b BILE field stirred
bg 4 double di5cing ruts the ground ii
condition to take iii a rain should one
leone, and there BY makes proper ploW:-
ing possible sooner. ~:
Therefore the stubble fields are be-
Ing disced rega rdless Of the crop to
fellow in the spring. W. here possible,
.slls3fesids have been single 5disced behind
The binder and "a fter! 8threshing they
VIII DE single disced again; to insure a
1sshorough ID. IN some instances the
Grain has been shocked il straight
.lr'e.Ns and the field double tdisced be
1 Tween the shock rows. These meth
aoes.s have proven very satisfa tory and
$sinlilar methods Sor modif1 location should
ply al over the state, parti ularly
sin the western part
. NlNETEENsMl MILES "a sEcoN ss.s
Rs.hout . lar, shock or disturb ance.
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