The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-10-11
ALFALFA kND SiL0
ARE c0MIN :
Hex Success Is Achieved by Seien
tsdc Culture &C the Soils.

BY Lord ociIxy, Of Denver PcEe-
Cash crops in any country are sub
feet t. great fluctuations in prices
and yieids vary very much from year
to year. Once a mar is we'll estab-
l.sFed he can view short crops and
lev Er<cCs. II not with pleasure. 81
least vita the assurance that the
average Of several years n = good
country viii yield him a fair return
The settler n rev. country has
Ist to establish Himself and su6sist
2sssre he can feel Independent. and
while this may occasionally result
f.om = bumper crop OF wheat, expe-
Lsnce hss shevn this to be the ex-
ception-
An experience OF 40 years with set
tiers, both under irrigation and other
conditions. has shown me that it Is
the man who met-ea the T1aint enance
OF himself. family and stocA lis nrst
Consideration, VIC succeeds oftcR>Et.
not Tie enc xFo goes AFTER an !uGne-
date cash return from crops sold
from the firm. The latter Is all IN
wEen 2 bad year comes: tbs farmer
can grow another crop and reap much
| o. tie results Of the work OF TIE year
before. Dry farming is 4 di2cCli
proposition, otherwise land would net
BE so cheap. and It is only by attack
ing the problem as it is that success
an be achieved
Milk COWS. chickens and hogs have
| =na bled farmers TO pay for their
arms ever since sid before the Ale
s1. MES were crossed by OUT great
asves of settlement There have al
H7yE begr immense GiIscuiUes for
- settler to overcome, though in old
avg It --as low prices fro-n overafuR-
.-nce. and tcday the d;Eculty is 10
| .-ow the crops under adverse conci-
tons. Cows. chickens and hogs viii
-nable q family to live and HFe well
given good attention and drouth-
! -eEIStsnt CROPS are grown for them
| instead CT putting the whole farm
ntc wheat end corn Rye is one OF
| these much abused crops that has
learned 20 care for itself. and il VIII
4 give q good yield under very dry con-
.itioas- It i net a great money max
| eT. but an insurance. There are two
nds to every dry farming season
md some early AM some late crops
i'll almost insure I supply Of feed
| BARLEY is q saalIow-Tooted crop
| much benefited by light suRmer
howers. ard well fitted to use the
| water that rises by capillaTity even
rom deep SLED ground. but IL likes
= firm seed bed at the top. Il viii Of
tcn succeed where conditions are
veTy unfSvorable for wheat and rye
For later crops that shall insure
eed where corn often fails. there IS
-rst 3Iilc maize. which can stand
III and res IS. a lG;g dry spell. aId
forwards mature : crop The dwarf
sE:los and Kanrs are even surer. as
hey have less &c make
All Of these feeds are good for
chickens. but for best results, either
lax or sun1ower seed should be used
with them to Ill the egg basket The
III they contain is most valuable 10
lie chicken with Cry feeds.
D0h flax and SunfioWers are good
Try land crops. and well prepared
Ind viii contain enough moisture to
lake them in q large part indepez-
,isnt Of subsequent precipitation The
ammoth sunfiowe-s are not TO be
commended. They start out TO do
- MICH business and are Tsste<al
+ moisture and tine. The smaller
les or wild once well cultivated
. III make large quantities OF seed
Ear quickly grow roughage. there
ar3 the canes in great variety Sow
-Se kind that has given the best re-
| -gl-E in Jour neighborhood, and in
lis and all canes. If possible. use
homegrown seed That part Of the
1 cane which we desire to be sure Of
.loCld be planted thin and given eE
"a care for an insurance of wiLter
/ >ced- Alfalfa, the siIo, and other
soOd things will come If only the ffst
year or two can be tided over. and
expenses kept doNn and the history
| Of the settlement Of the dry lands
<Tin repeat that OF those with more
rainfall even though the problem is