The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-09-30
CORN ON THE PLAINS
Comparison Is Made OF Average
Yields and Profits.
"Ueh l~pe-sre. y, Attaches ,s Fact
TFst ce-n Lessss Fiels In EseeI.
lent ceretisr Ger ire c-ee
That 10 70 Felle~.

Experience has shown ,ha, corn
grown FOR fodder Or the silo Is 4,
least a safe crop and perhaps as pro
clciiye a. any that could be crown
II the great plains area The response
70 The different modes o. culture aud
crop sequence. however. Is greater In
the southern and central portions o.
the area than Ia the northern. accord.
IN 70 the nez department bulletin.
y o -is. Some - field stations are
situated Ia the great plains area which
covers ten states Montana. North La.
kota. South Dakota. Wyoming. Ne
braska. Colorado. Kansas. Oklahoma.
TEXAS and New Mexico. The climate
In this area e. often classified as semi.
arid but as the variations ia humidity
from season to season are so great.
some years have a relatively high pre-
cipitation and may be- followed b.
years q drought Thus climate and
the distribution % rainfall play a very
important par, IN deterr ming the size
o. the corn crop. Necessarily. In a
bulletin dealing with such a vide OF.
panse q territory. deductions when
not applied 20 q specific station mus;
be very general
Corn growing possesses merit as a
preparation o. the land for a crop O.
small grain. when these two factors.
yield % corn or fodder and the infu.
ence % the crop On the soil. are com.
t!ned "a one crop. they make is
growth of double importance Corn
IS the only crop that a, present offers
this advantage ln 'he great plains area.
and which AZ the same time lends e.
self o. a large acreage and 20 a gen.
era! farming system. Potatoes az a
crop may have the same eject a. com.
mon 'a.low crop, bg, do no, lend them.
selves 80 well % growth on a large
acreage
such crops a. spring wheat. oats and
barley 10 he great plains area, when
following corn, have consistently given
higher yields as compared With other
methods Of preparing a seeded for
these crops. Very often these small.
grain crops have yielded the highest.
or approximately the highest, yield
when % on disked corn land. and
when the cost Of preparation Is con.
sidered. this plan was also found "a
be productive OF the greatest profit.
Therefore. In the growing Of corn
much importance Is attached TO the
fact that II leaves the field In excel.
lent condition for the crop following.
A striking poiS brought out in
the bulletin is the uniformity in the
amount OF stover or fodder produced
By all methods al the stations In Non.
a n and North Dakota.
Corn on summer.tilled land. espe
clally at the more southern stations Of
Garden City, Kan. Dalhart and ANA.
riIlo, Tex. showed a marked increase
in stoyer yield over other methods OF
preparing the soil The increase. how.
ever, was not sufficient 20 make II the
most profitable except at ScottsbluH.
Seb.
Corn as a grain crop has not been
produced az a prof, at eight OF the
thirteen stations by any method. But
when a value Of four dollars per ton
Is assigned to the slower or fodder,
corn has been probably grown by
some method at all but one OF the sta.
tlous.
80 one method Of seeded prepare.
ton stands out as essential 10 the corn
production. Thus the prevailing on.
dltioHs with relation 10 farm labor.
farm capital, type Of soil and weeds 10
BE- dealt with are the prime factors In
determining differences in practice.