The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-09-17

er old fashioned ways Of shallow
blowing; and some old fashioned
carelessness in cultlvating; and some
old fashioned theories in regard to
seeding. In those parts of the coun-
try which do fall blowing and fall
seeding the way the seed bed is made
| and the way the sowing is done this
fall will determine the crop per acre
next year more than next years rain
fall, hot winds or frosts. In an ex-
pertinent not long ago described by
F. l.. Peterson Of the University
Farm at Davis, California, he says
"As the pressure for supplies be,
comes greater, It becomes more evi.
dent that the world cannot afford
large farms SKINNED over with care.
less culture. In an actual experiment
a gain of 200 per cent which was
made in the productiveness Of a GER
tain area, 100 per cent was found to
be due to better blowing and harrow
ing, so per cent to better cultivation
and the rest to better seed"
A lesson or two like that in every
community would soon work its way
into farm operation in such a way
that several costly practices sane.
toned by time and custom would be-
come in a short time as historical
as grading wheat and threshing It
with a fail are now. The great &C.
onomic law which makes q mans
land profitable is not so much the
price he gets for his produce as it
is the difference between this price
and the amount spent in producing
this produce. The above experiment
was apropos OF the tractor-a me-
chanical way of blowing, and of
disking-a mechanical way of mas.
saying the land, so to speak, and of
drilling-a mechanical way of SOW
ing the seed. In the cost of raising
crop, just the same as in the cost
of making carpets, shoes or wagons,
hand power and animal power cannot
compete with mechanical power. The
mechanically prepared seed bed not
only costs less in its preparation but
it gives forth more in its harvest.
The War viii Make Horses
Too Costly to Keep
Oats and oil are In the throes Of
little war of their own just the
the same as the human back once
combatted with the reaper knife,
This strife is fast becoming more
acute because the already high price
Of horses is being accentuated every,
day by the number being sold out or
the country for cavalry mounts to
be used abroad. The drain upon
the American horse supply will soon
be such that wherever possible me-
chanical contrivances will be used
to do their work. Were we to be-
gin at once, 1t will require FIVE years
to replenish the drain which the war
has already made upon the horse sup
ply OF the world. The United States
Government Department of Agricul.
ture has estimated that 1t costs SIS
to $50 per year to keep horse, and
in study of horse utility for per,
Tod covering six years, it was found
that he averaged only S.14 hours of
work per day as his contribution
to lessening the high cost of living
In contrast with this It was found
that he ate up the entire yield of one
out Of every five acres which he
helped to cultivate. 1t has been
shown too for every hour he worked
it cost about sixteen cents; whereas
a full horse power hour can be deliv-
cred by high grade oil engine for
only two cents per hour, in both
cases, interest, fuel, food and depre-
citation being included. Again. in
blowing, team of two horses can
plow only about two acres per day.