The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1922-11-03

How summer tillage doubled tn,
wheat crop in many Montana com
munities is emphasized in the result.
of survey just completed by the
Montana Development association
and made public. The survey, GOV
ering nearly 100 tracts of land in va
rious parts of the state in which
summer tillage has been practiced
affords authentic comparative fig
ures on results of spring and fall
blowing, stubble, discing and sum
mer tillage. Gathered as they were
from reliable sources, the figures
give splendid vindication of the sum
mer tillage campaign, which has been
so successfully waged by the associa-
ton.
The survey records instances where
crops gathered from summer tillage
land showed nearly three times the
yield recorded for those on adjacent
tracts seeded after spring or fall
blowing or discing.
AZ Bushels to the Acre
Results from summer tillage on the
whole were uniform throughout the
state, yields as high as Al bushels
to the acre being noted from Denton,
Belt, Highwood and Hoosac commu-
mites.
Results on the Elmer Davis farm
in Saltwater county for which full re-
turns were received afforded a basis
of comparison which is characteristic
of the entire survey. Davis seeded
SO acres. Twelve acres of spring
plowed land yielded IL bushels of
wheat to the acre; six acres of fall
plowed land yielded 10 bushels to
the acre; Sc acres of stubblie yielded
8 bushels to the acre; "a acres of
tillage showed an average yield of
40 bushels to the acre.
Earl Bower of Hoosac showed the
top yield of all who reported on sum-
mer titled land. From $50 acres he
gathered wheat crop which aver
aged SO bushels to the acre. John
Lohr of the same place averaged As
bushels to the acre from his 100 by
application of summer tillage.
Typical Yield
John Baumgarner of Fife, on $40
acres seeded showed a yield of 49,
bushels to the acre from stubble, 35
from summer titled land. His exper-
fence was typical of the many report
led.
The survey covered wide terri
tory and in many instances recorded
striking comparisons of results
achieved by the same man on adj
joining tracts, affording precise, par
allel conditions of soil moisture and
other facts being alike.
From as far west as Poison, P. f.
Hern reported yields of Is bushels
to the acre on fall plowed land and
AZ bushels to the acre on that which
he had summer titled. A. Stouten-
berg of Hysham, garnered 16 bush
els to the acre from land which had
been disced as compared with 33 bu-
shells to the acre from summer titled
land T. A. Norton of Red Lodge re-
ported yields of IA bushels to the |
acre from stubble and 20 bushels to
the acre from summer titled land.
No Data on Corn
In no instance does the survey |
show crop yield from spring or fall
plowed, stubble or disced land which
equals the lowest yields reported
from summer titled land. Yields as
low as 8 bushels to the acre were
from seeded stubble land.
Average yield for SO tracts select
ed at random in various sections of
the state ranging from 20 to 1000 |
acres of summer titled land was 35
bushels to the acre.
Average yield on % tracts, spring
plowed, fall plowed, stubble, or disc
ed land, selected at random in all |
sections of the state was 171a bush
els to the acre.
"The remarkable showing made
this year on summer tillage as COM
pared with other forms of cropping
is an indication of what may be ex-
pected next year. says w. A. Sew
lQS6, pI6S1u6ul VI tAO nOHtdAd LIZ
association.
Result of Campaign
'The big campaign of the Montana
association has added
of acres of summer tillage
for 1928 and with the principles of
good farming applied, we are assur-
ed of profitable returns.
1.-The estimate of this years wheat
crop in Montana is placed at 100000
900 bushels, comparatively small
part of which was grown on summer
titled lands.
with the greatly increased acre
age of properly prepared tillage we
can consistently anticipate material
ly increased production for 1923.
1.-THE summer tillers of 1922 are
supporters of the pro-
gram of the Montana Development
association and confidence is being
rapidly restored in Montana dry
lands