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


righteously famed as one Of these. bu
alfalfa is Us superior It's roots work
Sunday as well as Saturday. night
and day: they strike 8. 10. is or 20
feet deep. making innumerable per
f0rations, while storing up nitrogen,
and when these roots decay they
leave not only a generous supply OF
fertility for any desired crop. but mil
lions OF openings into which the airs
and rains OF heaven find their way,
and help 10 constitute an unfalllng
reservoir OF wealth. upon which the
husbandman can draw with little fear
OF protest or overdrafts."
Professor Buffum. some years ago
Of the Wyoming Experiment Station
made test showing the gain on al
falfa ground for small grain and POI
tdtoeB over the same type OF soil
where alfalfa was not grown. His
results obtained are here given:
Wheat gained ~ bushel 70 the ac-
re-; gain In Acre Value Of Harvested !
crop local pricesl $1,000.
oats gained Al bushel to the acre; |
gain In acre value OF harvested crop.
1900.
Potatoes gained 20 bushels TO the
acre; gain In acre value Of harvested
crop $1,000.
Therefore. get the land into a leg
ume OF some kind. alfalfa. vetch or
field pea as soon as you can that II
may be better prepared for successful
and profitable after crops.
In case the farmer Is In doubt just
what crop to put In. he will make no
mistake TO seed down to alfalfa while
he Is planning out the crop rotation
that his environment would seem to
indicate best for him TO adopt.
Rotation Destroys Weeds.
The elimination Of weeds is effec-
Lually accomplished by the lntroduc.
lion Of cultivated crops like potatoes.
stock roots. sugar beets. field beans I
md truck gardening crops. The lrri 4
cation ditch is even a greater car q
Ter OF weeds than the winds. Where i
IN entire irrigation district adopts the
'raticec OF crop rotation and cutting =
Itch and canal bank weeds, they
an be. and are, extermlnated Most =
4 our worst weed pests are annual =
nd when all users OF given ditch y
ractice good crop rotation the n
ICED question Is solved. 81
Get station Bulletins. q
Because weed and insect pests as q
ell as fungus diseases are fully dis, 81
used In Station bulletins which can ~
0 had by addressing the Director OF ="
our State Experiment station. -
hall pass up any discussion of them. b,
Rotation Fundamentals. ~
Let US now consider tho fundament-
s which we should concern oursely-
! with, In adopting a rotation for
lr Irrigated lands. whore we cannot II
ford to grow many cheap forage or
ass crops. unless upon said farm ,
D can convert these cheaper crops til,
to more remuneYatiye meat. dairy col
poultry products OF
I. All plants tend to exhaust the wi
II. They abstract some one or IL
pre- food elements to the full gu
iount of availability. Wn
All plants do not exhaust the pnl
i IN the same way and manner S.o
lally. ~ ~,
:. Plants grown constantly or con wa
uously on the same field favor res
J spread OF insect pests and Ger. the
n plant diseases. out
]. Some plants by methods OF TIL A
G, are favorable to weed growth. Gov
TO others are not. The
Plants differ In habits Of root wit
with. Will
All legumes are soil builders OF
soil renoyators, y
Some form OF stock raising. %
iblned with crop growing. will FUR son,
B manure for making humus and owe,
ding up the soil. The old English the
&c NO grass no cattle: no cattle sort
NO manure, no grass" Is are
! everywhere, duct
Rotation on lrriaatei Lads. Is
very rotation on the irrigated avg,
Is In this region should contain: the
4, ~ least one money or cash cour
ID, At least one cultivated crop;
d. AZ least one iegums crop: Ia
b, At least one live stock or feed =. go, .
crop: al a
h. These should be so grouped as thon
lost economically distribute farm a0rb
r throughout the year whicI
/. SO arrange the rotation that the
farm can turn cheap and bulky lqpsp
into milk. poultry or meat mike
acts. Even
], Thus make factory methods on rrNoc
arm, turn ordinary y.ssSssuuuuuaIr ~ ~