The Lamar register., 1913-03-19


rlgateu lands oeep plomlne reno
Yates the SOIL, supplies de9p SEED
ped Tor the roofs OF the growing
crups, ana py holding the molst-
lon water required. In dry taim IN.
ing, deep piowing is the only meth
I'd py wnIcn tine precipitation can be
successfully caught, stored and con-
served I0r the use OF growing
crops. Ii every FARMER IN COLORADO
snouid this year begin TO plow II
incnes deep, it would mean more to
me permanent prosperity OF the
state than the discovery oil hall
uo1.n new cripple Greeks.
and the value OF deep piowihs
IS not a secret. Every lnteillgen,
,armer VINO s.uuies the QUESTION
KNOWS it. Then why do not more
larmels pillow deep? because they
cannot. Until recently no implement
could De OBTAINED by which satisIac-
tory work could be done. especial
iy in new ground. But within the
last lew years an implement has
Deen perfected by which it is pos
siDie to plOw and thoroughly mix
the soil to depth OF even sixteen
or eighteen inches. This imple-
ment is the Spalding Deep riihng
Machine. Hundreds OF them are
now in successful operation. The
writer OF this article has seven OF
them. This year he has plowed 700
acres with them. The machine is an
unqualified success. and represents
the greatest advance in the field
of tilling implements since the
invention of the steel plow share.
The use of the Spalding machine
will make possible the rapid and
profitable development OF all the
great plains area Heretofore the
accepted method. Of reducing q
tract of prairie sod to cultivation.
mas been first to turn the tough sod
over by shallow plowing to a depth
OF two or three inches. then either
wait a year for the sod to rot" or
after inudstriously discing the over
turned sod, raise the first year a
small crop of one of the so-called
sod; then the next year pillow a
little deeper, and SO on. until after
a period of several years a seed
bed six or eight inches would be
obtained.
But by the use of the Spalding
Deep Tilling Machine the prairie
sod can be at once plowed to the
depth of twelve to fourteen inches
and transformed into a thoroughly
eilled seed bed fourteen to eighteen
inches in depth. BY the use OF
this machine, farmer can In one
day convert a piece of raw prairie
sod into a seed bed ready for any
crop. This machine has abolished
the distinction between sod crops
and other crops. A traction en-
SlueS pulllnS Dalloly VI opdiuile
machines, discs, and harrOws. can
in one operation change the tough
prairie sod ground into thor
oughly titled seed bed fourteen
to eighteen inches deep. with a sod
thoroughly disintegrated. Thus the
time has now come when in one
operation a better seed bed can be
prepared than has heretofore ever
been attained at all, except with q
spade.
There are 66,56O.0OO acres OF
land in Colorado. Out of this total
there are 22,4OO,00O acres of arabic
land 100000 acres are under ir.
rigation; government and private
projects now under way will water
100000 acres more. But only A.
100000 acres can ever be irrigated
Thus the great bulk of the states
arabic land, 1S,4O0.O0O acres. must
be dry farmed, If farmed at all. II
is manifest that the development OF
this land is the greatest problem
now confronting the state. The sue
cessful cultivation of 1t will mean
i more to the prosperity OF the state