The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1912-06-27
CORN ON a DRY FARM
Keystone Of Success Is Con-
servatlon Of Rainfall
Enough Of Crop 6hould BE Grown 60
Supply Work Horses Win Rough
ago in Winter and supple
ment Summer Pastures.

age in Winter q Supple
ment Summer Pastures.
In an the dry farming areas the cor-
aervailon Of the rainfall In the
soil where Il becomes available to
growing crops &c the keystone Of sue
ceaslul agricultural operations. says
the Northwestern Agricultural
This Is generally done by the Gull
tvation Of the soil during the entire
growing season. II no crop is pro-
duced on the land this operation is
called summer fallow OF summer Gull
ture. over most of the dry farming
area nearly II not els good grain
crops can be grown following a Gull
uvated crop as on summer followed
land
When the bare fallow system is
used a whole year eiapses without
any returns either on the investment
or for the labor performed. II a Gull
tivated crop can be grown With as
good crops following Il should more
than pay its expense. which Will con
sist Of the cost OF seed, planting and
harvesting; the cultivation would
have tohe- d9Re-anywa 90 4 a
should not be counted against the
cost Of production Of a crop Of corn
Corn Is pre-eminently this crop
hrst-because It produces an album
dance Of cheap feod-secOnd-it
shades the soil during the excessive
ly hot days Of July and August,
thereby preventing LOGS Of soil fer
Unity, and third-a cornneld has a
cooling rather than a heating in
huence on the winds that blow across
Il.
On most farms in the dry farming
area enough live stock should be
kept to pay most Of the running ex-
lenses Of the farm. Hay u pas
turage are very short In such areas
and consequently too dear for cheap
live stock production. Enough corn
should be grown to supply, first the
work horses with roughage during
the winter. II not the working sea-
son; second, to supplement the pas
lures Of the summer and fall as a
soiling crop or IN the form Of en-
siiage and to form the bulk Of their
winter ration third, to supply the
sheep and hogs a cheap fattening
food for finishing them on N the
fall.
The first essential to corn culture on
the dry farms is live stock, for
without such there is no way Of
utilizing the corn crop, but II live
stock are kept, feed must be had
the corn crop can be converted into
beef, pork. mutton, wool, butter and
eggs, commodities that can always
be converted into cash or It's equiva-
lent.
The second essential to corn Gull
ture is a conviction that It will pay
TO grow I've stock on the corn r
produced and a determination to
grow corn as their chief feed IN spite
Of adverse circumstances. In order
to be successful in growing o on
a dry farm the selection Of the
proper variety Is essential. In west
ern North Dakota and eastern Mon
tana, Squaw. Gehu, Mercer, King
Phillip and Triumph win probably
prove the best flint varieties. while
Golden Dent and Northwestern Dent
win probably prove the best dent
varieties. IT should always terminate
strong and IS per cent. or better.
The time to seed Is from the 10th
TO the 18th Of May In a we'll pre-
pared seed bed which has been ma
nured and plowed the fall before and
which has been narrowed at inter
walls from the time the soil had
thawed out in the spring until the
time Of seeding. Thorough cultiva-
lion is very important, as 1t warns
the soil, decreases evaporation OF
soil water, and forces the corn ahead
very rapidly. On the dry farms the
corn should be cultivated after every
Fain as soon as possible In order to
bottle all water possible In the soil
AS soon as the 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
fan the land should again be har-
rowed In the spring wheat should
be sown as early IS possible but
very rarely should the corn land be
plowed before seeding wheat.