The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1913-12-17
SUMMER FALLOW AIDS
Profitable for Fall Wheat, Pota'
toes and Garden.
soil should be Worked only M
Moist, Except In oisklns-more
Agricultural seieree Needed
In the Growing OF Wheat.

Consider summer following proht
able only for fall wheat. potatoes anu
garden. Wheat must be grown mere
with IS inches OF rainfall. writes Albert
Weaver OF 81. Francis. Kan, In the
Farm and Home. Summer ullage or
fallow is the best method to meet this
condition. by thorough summer 'ilr
age four 10 six inches OF the season =
rainfall a be stored In the supsolI'
This vets down four TO six feet. III
favorable seasons, the rainfall DeIhg
above the average, and the harvest
an early one, IL Is possible TO store
nearly this amount OF water IN inc
subsoil BY intensive summer tlIiage
working the soil Immediately AFTER re-
moving the grain.
The soil should be worked only
while moist. except in disking. II not
wet by the latter part OF July. better
give up attempting to store tho SUP.
soil with sufficient moisture Tor iaIl
seeding. In any case. the field should
be a small one so that II may De
quickly covered while conditions are
right.
had 20 acres OF fall wheat under
bare summer tillage methods In l9ll'
that made II bushels 20 the acre. In
1912 | had So acres. bare summer Till
age, fall wheat that yielded 10 ushel
an acre. and another IS acres sum-
mer titled yield 10 bushels an acre
| do not know OF as good yields around
here on old ground. either In 1911 or
1912. In 1910 Asa Payne had $50 acres
Of bare summer titled fall wheat that
made 35 bushels 10 the acre, and IN
1909 J. T.. Payne had 100 acres thai
yielded 37i5 bushels an acre. The
average yield from these different
fields was 2. bushels an acre for the
last four years. all on old ground.
Flowing twice is possibly as good as
any method for bare summer tillage'
double disk In April. pillow In May and
again the latter part OF July, giving
the ground some additional cultiya.
ton.
BY reason OF the subsoil being wet
II IIttLes anu IOoS'Ie ~ w " '"h' ~
the spring rains. Besides freezing dis.
i~ntergates the soil particles.
With a good seeded stored with
moisture at seeding time. 20 to 80
pounds an acre Of clean. choice seed
! Is usually enough. Seed wheat shout!
be selected from fields making heavy
yields, and ripeniug early. Some OF
our Red Turkey wheat seems 20 have
run out and the yields are low even
under favorable conditions.
| think deep seeding IS best, and
should be done between september 10
and October !. Il may be even better
TO seed earlier than this. Wheat should
get well rooted and should fairly cover
the ground before winter sets In
Early seeding puts the crop in bes,
condition for growth early IN the
spring. 10 get the start o! the weeds
and 10 ripen early, AS oon az wheat
begins 10 cover the ground In the
spring ! think IL should bee narrowed
thoroughly two or more times TO XII,
all weeds and 10 conserve the mois
ture. II is best 10 do this after q
shower. have narrowed wheat the
last four years with good results.
There is more agricultural sc;enc,
needed In the growing OF wheat thar
any other crop. ! believe wheat grow
ing along the foregoing lines can be-
made very profitable IN our section or
the country. and the sooner our farm
ers adopt similar methods the bette,
of they will be.