Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-07-06
CORN ON DRY FARM.
This Crop Should be Grown to Sup
ply Stock with Fodder.


In all the dry-tarming areas the
conservation of the rainfall in the
soil where it becomes available to
growing crops is the keynote OF sue
ccssfu agricultural operations, says
the Northwestern Agriculturist
This is generally done by the cul
tiyation of the soil during the entire
growing season. II no crop is pro-
duccd on the land this operation is
called summer fallow or summer cul
turc Over most OF the dry-farming
area nearly il not as good grain
crops can be grown following a cul
tivated crop as on summer fallowed
land.
When he bare fallow system is
used whole year clapses without
any returnc either on the investment
or for the labor performed Ii a cul
tivatcd crop can be grown with as
good crops following it should more
than pay its expense, which will con
sst OF the cost OF seed. planting and
harvesting; the cultivation would
have to be done anyway, so this
should not be counted against the
cost of production OF a crop OF corn.
Corn is eminently this crop
irst-bccause it produces and abund-
ancc OF cheap feed-sccond-it shades
the soil during the excessively hot
days Of July and August threby pre-
venting loss OF soil fertility, and third
IA cornlicld has cooling rather
than heating influence on the winds
that blow across ii.
On most farms in the dry-farming
area enough livestock should be kept
to pay most Of the running expenses
of the farm Hay and paSturage are
very short in such areas and consc.
qucntly too dear for cheap livestock
production. Enough crn should be
grown to supply. first. the work
horses with roughagc during the
wintaer il not the working season.
second. 10 supplement the pastures OF
the summer and fall as soiling crop
or IN the form an ensilagc and to form
the bulk their winter ration; third,
supply the sheep and hogs 10 cheap
faticning food for Finishing them off
in the fall
The first essential corn culture on
thc-dry farm is livestock. for with
out such there is no way OF utilizing
the crn crup, but il livestock are kept.
feed must be had; the corn crop can
be converted into beef, pork, NUT
ton wool, butter and eggs. commo
dilics that can always be converted
into cash or its equivalent.
The second essential to corn cul-
turc is a conviction that it will pay
To grow livestock on the corn crop
produced and a determination to grow
corn as their chief feed in spite OF
adverse circumstances. In order to be
successful in growing corn on dry
farm the selection OF the proper va
ricty i, essential I'm western North
Dakota and eastern Montana Squaw,
Gchu, Mercer, King Phillip and Tri
umph will probably prove the best
flint varieties, while Golden Dent and
Northwestern Dent will probably
prove the best dent varieties. 1t
should always terminate strong and
95 per cent or better.
The time to seed is rom the 10th
to the 9Th OF May in a well prepared
seed bed which has been MANFRED and
plowed the fall before and which has
ben narrowed at intervals from the
time the soil had thawed out i'll the
spring and until the time I seeding
Thorough cultivation is very import
ant, as il warns the soil, decreases
evaporation t soil water, and forces
the corn ahead very rapidly. On the
dry farms the crn should be cult
waited after every rain as soon as pos
siblc in order To bottle all the water
corn is cut the land should be disked
lightly but it should not be plowed.
Should any heavy soaking rains come
after this in the fall the land should
again be narrowed In the spring
wheat shuld be sown as early rs pos
sible but very rarely should the corn
land be plowed before seeding to
wheat.
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Implements for Dry-F arm.