The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1912-12-27
won THE Big Prize
Good Dry Farming Won $4,000
Prize for Nash 4 BridGeman
Of Clyde Park, rlont.

From Win A. Campbsil. ST. Paul. MINI.
Minneapolis, Dec. aa.-"Good
dry farming methods" produced
the wheat which won for Nash &
Bridgeman, Of Clyde Park, Mont,
tine IS, 900 prize for the best i've
bushels OF wheat exhibited at the
Minneapolis Land Show, accord
ing to Joseph P. Nash, who gave
a description Of the methods used
in raising the wheat today.
Nash is here with his wife and
six children to claim the s., 500
pr,ze and take it back to Montana
with hIm. He called at the Office
Of the Exposition and was given a
certified copy OF all scores and an
order for the Big -Four go" gas
tractor, Emerson Brsntingham
plows, etc. Then he called upon
President Howard Elliott Of the
Northern Pacific railway and re-
ceived further congratulations He
teld Mr.. Elliott how the wheat was
raised and demonstrated that good
dry farming method-just common
sense-will no, only produce good
wheat but the maximum yield per
acre.
"The five bushels which won the
prize was grown at an altitude oi
4. 900 feet where Iainfall does not
exceed II to I8 inches. One crop
had been produced on the land be-
fore we seeded it 10 this Turkey
Red wheat. the seed for which
came from the Gallatin Valley"
said Nash.
1--WE summer fallowed the land
in 1917 by plowing with a mould
board pillow not less than six inches
deep, in the las, part OF May and
the first OF June. We dragged il
down as soon as possible after the
blowing, the idea being to preserve
the moisture by dragging within
two DAYS after blowing or sooner.
After any ram OF any consequence
the ground was dragged as soon as
il was possible to get onto it with
a team.
about the first OF July We
double disced the field. The lasl
OF August and first week OF Sep.
tember, it was dragged and then
the seed was planted by drilling
with double disc Kentucky drill,
which put it down at least four
inches. Forty pounds OF seed was
used to the acre, and we prefer less
rather than more than tins
amount. II the land IS strong and
clean it will not require tins
amount.
with such methods OF farming
moisture is preserved sufficient tc
to start the seed to germinate i'm
mediateiy whether there is rain oI
not.
"ln the spring OF 1914 the field
was narrowed or dragged as soor
as the land was dry enough to per
init it. This is done 10 keep I
mulch on the land to keep 1t from
baking or drying out.
1.-The soil OF our ranch is a daTl
mountain loam. beneath which j:
a limestone clay subsoil. The
wheat was produced without any
ARTIFICIAL means or suo-'rrlRauon,
though we have considerable win
ter snow which helps preserve the
wheat through the winter. Wheat
in this section seldom or nevel
winter kills and never heayes ou'
by frost. The character Of the
soil is similar to that in all central
Montana. There are thousands ol
acres Of similar land open to home
stead entry in the state"
As a result OF his success in rails
ing aad selecting wheat, Mr.. Nash
has been offered = position for the
winter, installing the permanent
exhibition Of the Northwest Devel'
opment League in St. Paul. He
accepted and will remain in St