American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-02-03
narrowed in the time.

mentS uuueT the dppIONcd uiclnous
for the conservation of moisture and
providing for plant growth. The soil
will get seven cultural operations, viz
blowing, narrowing, cultivating, Tor
shallow plowing.) narrowing, harrow
ing, drilling, narrowing.
1t is understood, of course, that this
schedule for work is necessarily flex-
; bile and can be modified to meet any
local weather conditions. II can be
moved forward where spring comes
early and downward where the spring
comes later, but on the whole 1t a
be relied upon as a very fair, but not
writer has worked on such a plan fol
years ard has not fcuII it necessary
to deviate more than a week or two,
and is certain also that the amount OF
work designated a easily DE accom-
plished in the time specified, with a
full day to spare each week for max
ing trip to and from rhe farm, ten
miles distant and to haul hay. and
water for teams. The main secret lies
in a well. defined program and to.havs
the program in hand. It is a spur 20
action and lends inspiration to be up
and doing, BESIDES it's money In
pocket and a bigger crop to work
closely to a program of schedule and
to be prompt and OH TIME with all the
work.
Seed att1he ana harvest of course.
are the more important items and
must have first place in the program:
The time fol-, other work must'b be-
modified accordingly.
Returns and Cash Expenses.
In the Returns" we figure on what
is a normal crop under average con-
ditions, 20 bushels to-. the acre. We
are taking wheat as the CROP because
It is the staple crop and will succeed,
perhaps, as well as any crop, having
proven to be the safest of all the dry
farm crops for the average farmer. 1t
is advisable that the beginner confine
his production to wheat until he gets
ehDeI1tuCt, anu CfOh bhOh W ciohSA
out into other crops with caution and
proceed in a limited way until he feels
sure OF his footing. Other crops may
be grown on a particular farm with
better profits but it is doubtful If an
inexperienced farmer should under
take to grow them. Experience is
one of the vital factors in the success
full practice of dry farming.
Fortunately for the man operating
the dry farm in conformity to this
plan, the cash outlay for expenses
excepting that for horse feed nearly
comes at or heal threshing time.
The first item of 500 is the farm
ers share, for the extra help the three
I owning the header would need to har-
vest 400 to 500 acres. The cash price
for cutting and shocking a 20-bushef
crop Is $1.25 per acre, and by a little
figuring it will be determined that
sos Is ample to pay one-third Of the
help needed, apart from the three In
terested farmers and their teams. All
other cash items are self explanatory.
Conclusion
1t is closely seen then that under
prOper organization, n man with
modern equipment within very limit
ed costs can care for a 800 acre dry
farm, and under normal conditions
can obtain a very comfortable sum OF
money each year-a net farm income
of S1,785. OF course, he has the feeo
bills for his teams to deduct from this
amoun but to offset this he has q
yearly resource of Az months time in
which to do work off the farm, 'baline
hay, freighting. working on roads
hauling wood or posts and numerous
other things a thrifty man can fine
to do to bring in the amount necessary
to pay for all the horse feed. Again
should his teams be idle during thu
winter months the straw from MI
threshing will feed them with a yer.
little grain added. Even II we deduc
the full price for horse feed for tn
~ months-50 cents per horse pc
day. we still have left S1,335 net farm
income, which is equal to $l7S 10
every working moth for the man. NO
so bad, is 1t?
More than this, if the program a
outlined, is closely followed and tn
methods intelligently applied, 1t is no
only possible, but very probable ina
the harvest would be nearer 25 TO 8
bushels per acre, making the net In
come nearly double.
Bat the proper application OF IN
methods and other essential FACTOR
are matters for other discussions "
have os many examples that sho
that our farms an. and will some da
produce more than double the net re
turns of the present.
The main purpose Of this paper
to bring to our attention the necessit
of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and manat
ing our farm and work-so as 70 max
the best use of the money, energy an
time. with emphasis Of the time az