The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-09-27
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/ The absorbing storage elpasi-y OF the
/ soil, ana the arsE step IL dry fzrnI1z
/ = % get water INTO -ls SOL, lu6 deep
I plo@IEz IS the first aid Il las par
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| the f8gTaau.1 CT what Elzht 20 called.
/ for the want q better Ezue i
T 9io x-pan have examined literally
/ hundreds o. 1elds. ard never yet *
zH-Ined field. II dry year espe
cizIly. that this pIoH pan would not
Dc II evidence when tte pI5NlHg @ss
/ less than seven inches TITS EEoS-
I pan il caused chiefly from he pressure
II he rEEzcil. producing Z sort Of =
/ glazed surface. ard this prevents any
I proper contact between the farroa-
slice and the subso.L Ia CRY farming
/ the plowlH should be so deep that yo4
t would ind Il quite impossible To ind
l WEzre the fgrFoE-siIee eaas and tie
slbs0ii begins 8hen that condition
/ = present there is always Z proper
contact between the furE5a slice and.
without even thinking. you can see
/ that this Is necessary, when you are
/ depending chiefly Oh the water stored
/ il the soil. which yoa get - capt.
| larry and not or free wafer, TO mature
/ your crop Furthermore. when this
( Elog- pan exists. the average rainfall,
up 70 one inch. never Ienetrates the
sGbscll at I'll, any more than ii did
/ the sod ard Tor the sane ressoa
4 The suosoii j. the farmer raseT-
soir for Jhe storage water rAat sap
I plies the moisture during the season.
After YOU have once plowed your iand
/ TO. SCI. q depth OF ten inches, * is
I not neceasaTs, OF course, 10 rtoH 50
deep each year When / sanmer-t.li
piece OF land I pillow deep for this
Is the time 10 bring Up nsw soil so
az 20 give il plenty OF tine TO become
weathsred Now, as soon as tue crop
il harvested On this land the next
{ seascn / disk II Immediately and
when | plow il for the next crop, and
II should be doAe that fall Is possible,
only pillow IL about six inches deep.
Some four years ago | acquired a
piece OF land that had been titled 50
cali for twelve years No part or
! this land vas ever plowsd FIVE inches
deep. and | determined to get down
into il, and | did Now | estimate
and my men thought by estimate con
s4ryative, that 1t took a full third
more power TO break up this hardSau
formed by twelve years pillow pressure
than il would to break the original
prairie sod. / find that the average
faTmer-and the average farmer is al
ways attempting to dc more than his
power iustifes doing-rarely plows
more than five inches deep, enc he
will come nearer blowing four inches.
Turning Jour or five inches OF the ton
soil ovef this year and flcpping IL back
next rear, is not dry farming, il isn't
farming at all and the man who fol
lows that slip-shod system, whether
| he Is handling $50 acres or 1900 acres.
is going to lose out
Now you might properly ask right
here; How deep do YOU advocate
blowing in beginning this system :" n
lanswer: Not less than eight inches
land nine would be better" You can
always plow deeper in the spring and
early summer than you can in the
summer proper or fall. ard the land
should never be plowed when dry.
want to say right here. ii YOU have
a piece OF land that is full Of weeds
and that has been famed indiherentiy.
like the average in the western part Of
the state. just doubie-dish that land the
first thing In the spring. This dsking
will break the crust, establish a mulch.
conserve the moisture in the soil and
enable the spring rains to penetrate
also it will help TO terminate millions
of weeds seeds. Then about June l.
or as soon thereafter as possible, pillow
that land eight inches deep. follow the
plow promptly, with a harroS-and
when | say promptly. mean the day
yon plow, and the hour you pillow would
be better. Now sweep over that land
with harrow--and 1t should be
fairly heavy harrow for this work
after the crust caused by the sun
and rain and prevents evaporation of
moisture, but II re-estabiishes the
mulch, drives the moisture down ard