The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-20

Sdpt bouiis. -'t Duo =
2 Boonc county 1922
Boone county 1872 294 L
A. Learning, yellow 156
s Learning, yellow 1913 3G4
St. Charles, white 81
. st. Charles, white Sc 1S:i
Commercial, white 2l5
10 Commerc. white PIP 427
Each plot with lis check was very
much alike, save plot No. I of Boone
county. was much lower than check
plot number 6. This can be part :
accounted for b" the nearness of Il
,arGe tree to plot one.
The uniformity of al other plots
with their checks was remarkable.
Notice ST Charles, while which was
one PLOT number four end nne A
difference in these two plots of only
IL pounds. Notice also that the D OTIS
! IN either side Of St Charles gave an
average vic twice as great rs 81.
Charles.
This means that difference in seed
viii often double the We'd CONNER
cal white Yielded more than 2la
times rs many pounds as st. Charles
side by side.
Some changes will be made n
above calculations when the moisture
percentages are determined. But all
Of tbs corn was dry enough 10 crib.
Commercial white has too large a
lead for ;.ny Of the other varitics
20 beat it.
Cape GirardGau county has TO pos
session so va'uab'e as her lard. Her
cities, her roads and her. railroads
will be useless when her soil ceases
to produce.
The more productive this land the
more valuable. Every rain that flows
| over The land picks up sma,t particles
of the soil itself and carries it bod
lily off of the land. That those par-
ticles are the most fertile notice the
vegetation that grows where some Of
these particles edge. There the
growth is always most luXuriant. Or
notice the hillside where soil par
ticles came from. There the vege-
tation is poorest.
This sol taken from our land is
continuous. If the Image dore af-
ter each rain could on V be added to-
getier and we could see is results
after five or ten years had gone by
we would be ready to adopt very
strenuous methods if by so doing we
might prevent this constant loss.
The least washing occurs on land
covered with vegetation Cape Cir
ardeau county was fortunate in hay
ing rank wheat growing on much of
her farm and during the s;x-inch
rain that fell on the II and f3 of
December. Had this ran come when |
the land had Just been plowed the
loss of soil and fertility would have
been tremendous.
Land cannot be kept covered with +
vegetation. Rotation must be prac-
tlced and heavy rains are going to
come a. times when the loss will be
severe. To essen this 'oss of soil
and fertility, methods have been de-
wsed to check the rush of water
down the hill. The method that is
being used most largely by farmers
IN this county is the Mangun Ter
race.
Roy Mathews and Charley
Schrock, two farmers living in the
frutiand community built such ter
races before seeding their wheat. Mr.
Shrock reports that MS terrace hand
ed the heavy IA ms perfectly. That
at no time were the bitches over
full. That the water moved
slowly around the hill and carried no (
sediment of soil particles Mr.. Math-
ewS makes the same report. Around
some of the curves slight errors had
been made in surveying, but Mr..
Mathews said that an hour or two
with a shove would make the terraces
so they could work perfectly.
Sam Rasehe at Gordonville and
Edwin Nothdurf a. Tlsit says all
the terraces that were completed
held the water back so that it flowed
to one side. Mr.. R.asche plans to
terrace his entire farm.
Terraces are built or being plan
ned in every community in the coun-
ty. Find out where the terraces are
located that are nearest you and go
and see Just how they are made