The state herald., 1915-02-12
Holyoke, Phillip. County, Colorado Friday, Feb
Deep Tillase


became interested in the question Of
deep culture for our county and for a
time advocated an experiment by our
farmers in subsoiling cultivation. 1t
was tested by few Of our farmers hut
under very unfavorable conditions and
under mistaken idea Of cropping the
soil so treated. The result was that
the subsoil cultivation was dropped by
the farmers under the impression that
1t would be failure under the existing
conditions in our county. But notwith-
standing this apparent failure, the Her.
aid has continued to insist upon the
deep plowing proposition for this coun-
try.
Some of our farmers have been in.
terested in deep plowing for few
years and, with the results that are be-
ing shown, many more will soon follow
their example.
Two of the most enthusiastic advo
Gates of deep plowing that we have
talked with in our county are the Timm
Brothers, j. F. and Ed Of the Amherst
country. These young men came to
our county five years ago from South
Dakota where they had seen deep plow
ing successfully practiced and, on ar
irving here and looking our county o.
yer. thought we'll enough Of the county
to purchose a section Of land few miles
north of Amherst.
The first two years in our county.
they contented themselves to farm as
they saw their neighbors farming but,
in 1912, decided toat deep blowing would
prove success and in the spring Of
that year plowed 45 acres of land from
u to Ii inches deep and planted it to
corn with check row planter. In plow
ing the ground they use Spauldings
double disc deep plowing plow which. as
they inform US, has the advantage Of
turning the top soil containing most Of
the humus into the bottom Of the fur
row where it will do the most good in
the growth of the crop.
This was not favorable year for
corn on the clay land but the crop Of
corn on this deep plowing was very ma
terially better than corn raised with
,sse customary cultivation on clay land.
In the fall they drilled fall wheat in
this stock ground planting 3oibs to the
acre. which they insist 10 plenty for
any land, and in 1918, rs unfavorable .
season as it was for wheat on hard land
In that part of tn, county, their fall
wheat made an average yield Of l8 bu.
per acre. After harvesting the wheat
.rop, the land was disced and planted
again 10 fall wheat and this wheat made
IN average of 22 bushels per acre while
ther wheat in that year, 1914. grown
IN the shallow plowed ground made
,iald Of not much more than half that.
N 1914. they had field Of oats on deep
,lowed land that made yield Of 80 bu.
,er acre and their corn made yield OF
Is bushels. That year the season for
hat part of the county. ~ miles north
II Amherst, was more unfsvorable for
al grain crops than most any other part
,s the county. showing that the deep
blowing had much to do with the yield
If grain they secured over those farm
ng on shallow plowed land
These young men now have l6o acres
that has been plowed from IL to l6 in
ieep and is in fine condition for crops.
They have So acres that was deep plow.
d last fall. The land will be narrowed
Is soon rs dry enough in the spring and
h en- diseed before planting and will be
with check row planter
It will be well for farmers who are
,kc,,tical about the benefits OF deep
blow Ing and the benefits OF deep
and about raising corn planted
rs tho Timm Brothers plant IT, will do
we'll to keep their eyes on the farming
IN the Timm farm this year. They are
not only giving deep tillags = thorough
test but are enthusiastic over tho re-
suits OF their experiments In this line
already.
II any farmers desire to present
their views on the question Of deep TIL
age to the people. tho columns Of the
Herald are open to them. The Timm
Brothers read the Herald and will DO
ready to answer any and oil questions