The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-03-31

@N
1915 -----.- 81 bushels an acre
1916 -------.- 43 bushels an acre
1917 --------- Is bushels an acre
1918 -------.-. IL bushels an acre
1919 -------- 5 bushels an acre
Total for nine years 1913 bu. an acre
Average for nine years % blu. an A.
This was on an average of more
than 40 acres, but Mr.. Windecker
states that it vas not really good
summer fallow as he did not have the
proper tools for preparing the ground
and conserving the moisture.
Now men, this evidence is taken
right from a spot that we all con-
slider very dry. Alvin c. Hull who
wrote the article in the pamphlet,
which is in front of you, has made a
corresponding success and he lives in
one of the dryest portions of Teton
county.
East of Dutton there is a farmer
who has followed the summer fallow
method for nine years and he has
never raised less than Is bushels an
acre, except in 1919. You can find
these instances all over the state ir-
respective of whether it is a favor
able or u~nfavorable district.
Mr.. Campbell in his book called
"Soil Culture Manuel" states that
that the climate and the condition Of
the atmosphere are right and proper
for the raising of small grains. No
one doubts the richness of our soil.
Mr.. Campbell further states that the
soil is properly constituted to sue
cessfully raise a crop with the
amount of precipitation which we
have. You can read his book and
know why we have had short crops in
Montana. Mr.. Campbell is not a the
orist, he is a scientific farmer. |
would like to state that we have got
to produce paying crops in years sim
liar to 1917, 1918 and 1920 or the
state will be a failure agriculturally.
lakes Wore lime
Quite a good many people have
contended that the so-called method
of dry farming cannot be a success
on account of the added cost of OPP
GRAFTON. This is an opin-
ion. The necessary extra equipment
is very little. 1t takes some extra
time. There has been rapid progress
made in the science of farming the
last ten years. The use of the trac-
tor is going to make a big difference.
This machine enables the farmer to
cover the same amount of ground in
a great deal less time and as this
machine has been perfected, adverse
criticism as to the work done by this
method is being constantly eliminat-
ed. This machine enables farmers to
perform two operations on the land
at the same time; for example, fol +,
lowing the plows with a disk or har- ,
row.
Farming under the present meth !
DDS in vogue in Montana constitutes
a great waste. The major portion of :
the expense necessary to farm the +
right way and the very meager re- !
suits obtained demonstrate without
a doubt that there must be a change.
1t seem to me that the proof of the
whole thing lies in the debt paying
ability of the men who are farming
according to the new method.
Scientific Farmers Independent
Our experience has been that the
of men who are farming prop
srly are not asking any odds of any
body. They are paying their debts. |
Take the Big Bend, Ore, community
or example. If it cost those fellows
much money to properly dry
arm how could they get rich? Any
business which demonstrates that it
S a dividend payer can be sold at a
,roft. 1t is pretty hard to sell a bust I
less which everyone knows is not a I
dividend payer.
Montana land is down to the very
ock bottom because methods have
,roven a failure. Does it not seem
easonable to spend a little more
money or really as a matter Of fact, I
10 a little more work, and especially 7
little more head work, in the hopes +
hat a better result will be obtained.
he Big Bend, Ore, fellows must :
ave made some net profits or they I
ould not sell their land at from $50 {
0 $3.50 an acre. [