American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-02-15

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progressive farmer 10 encourage this
tendency 20 the limit. 20 that by deep
sooting his crops may b. perfected
against drouth Il has been demon
etraied dine and again BY experiments
Al agricultural colleges and BY farm
sfs In the Geld that he best place 10
conserve moisture a. q foot or two be-
h~ he surface. where the evaporation
i practically MI. and nothing can alb
nrart the water from the soil bat the
Boots o. crops The top soil which We
tioe up and reduce 20 a hne tith Ne
saii the aeedbed, for there the seed
Tsts ~ start The sebEoii IN DRY farm
lng h often termed the Dot bed. FOR
noch moisture May b. stored there.
q ~hen this n tho case he roots o.
sFopa penotraie u O. depths Of from
i~o 70 ten feet
u D. indispensable then In DRY farm
in9 that TIE settler should locate hia
ranch where here Ia some depth o.
sood coll in order that he subaoii may
b. AZ nearly a. possible 30 fertile AZ
ihe topsoll When a mistake IN This
matter has been made and the farmer
fnds be cannot pioN deeply on account
o. gopher clay or some sterile forma-
ilon ~lthin a few inches Of the sur
face. the best thiug 70 do IL to leave
such land FOR pasture and rent or buy
or trade for q place with a good depth
o. soil
The roots of plants work their own
1ay 20 the subsoii very quickly Those
81 corn viii often reach the bottom Of
me seed bed Ia less han two weeks
after sproatiug; then here comes the
important question. eill those roots
continue doenWards into the subsoil
o. wlu they strike something hard
ana dry and curl upwards or spread
eai iaieraliy between the seedhed and
ro0t hcdf The answer to this do
Bfnds on the condition Of thc aubaoll
~ root bed a. regards moisture. ~
the piovinF has been shallow, and the
surface under tho blowing has become
aFy and hard Tor aant OF proper pro-
iection. nothing can Induce the roots
% penetrate q. and ,ne result Is eth
sf q poor crop or none AZ all On the
other hand. n the pioWing has been
good and derp and q mellow secdbed
has been prepared IN which enough
noisture has been conserved 10 render
ne subsoll moist aud p~ermeabie. the
ooi o. the crop wili continue straight
eosn lnto Il and q good yield will pro
hAhly b. harvested
A Time Worn Argument.
Perhaps the most radical difference
hetxecn the farmers OF the humid sec
lions. and The dry farmers. Il that they
are farming over a act subsoll. while
80 are farming over a dry ono. and n
xe require moisture IN our root beds
- have 10 pat q there, An argument
onen uned against deep blowing which
80 hear 40 often In vet years II that
crops are often secured BY less work
On nhallou blowing They may be
sometimes. when there Il pienty OF
moisture. but even then the yield is
never fully equal 60 that Of the deep
pio~inE The reason 10 very obvious
~hen there 4 plenty OF precipitation
The surface Of the aubaoil will remain
seg IA spite Of The shallow piowinR
above q and the roots 10 down: IN
~hich case the crop may nearly equal
those on deep blowing. but In an aver.
3 year which II more or less DRY.
to- pioWlng will not be- deep enough 90
nulch the nubsDll. the surface 81 which
siu dry out. and the roots viii mol
M.faWH r.Hn ~ HH. a...sH.. .Ha.H..a. ..N#.H
q oar Insurance against drouth.
n has been claimed by some writer's
that the pinelng need never be more
than ave or six Inches deep when ln
tensiyp cultivation d. practiced. but
the crops raised BY this method dem
eusinte that nothing takes the place
u deep blowing at the start. aud that
deep roofing cannot be- effected by
excessive surface uliaEe only
Any system ~hich will O produce
tofne kind % a crop every year is
clearly Improbable 20 the farmer. for
4 he ases up In dry years. 10 bus
fed for hls stock. an that he makes
"a ~~ years. bis progress towards
easy street must necessarily be- scry
slo~
The Roets o. Crops.
The dry farm crop when properly
rooted has t0o sets o. rOOts-the sur
tAes roots in he seed bed and me tap
roots IN tho sahaofl which mas be aye
o. sir feet long q the moisture con
4ifions are favorable Tho surface
roots gather q richer soli solution FOR
a. reason that the toy foot contains
a large proportion of The humus from
col srass roots. stuhbie etc. shich
have been pioaci under bur. ir Is
ThE ROOTS down. nEsP rs THE
sNHSOiL WHICH SAVE A CROP INl
TfyifS OF pHourH
The sod Sesd Red.
When . man takes - a claim on
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