The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1922-06-13

being more humidity In the air the
1 seed ~ afflicted with n mold that de-
stroys Il. II is not meant here that
our Indian corn can not be grown
in the Panhandle and the West, or
that kafir corn and IL kindred
plants can not be grown in North or
any other part Of Texas Rains m
the Plains country and the West VIII
make good Indian corn crops and
/ dry weather In all the parts Of the
State will make good kafir corn
crops.
a farmer living In the Plains
country not FAR from Planview told
me that he raised ~ fine II not a
/ better corr crop last year than he
ever raised in Hi county, where he
came from.
Use "Co-Devil and Header.
! u planted 10 and cultivated it with
my 20 devil BY throwing the dirt
| from h one time, and after the
plants grew a little ] put in my 90
| devil and threw the dirt to the
plants and that is al ! did he ex-
planned
On further inquiry ! ascertained
| that this agricultural implement
which he called 'go-devil' was q
drag on the sides u which were two
small disc plows This fact convey
ed the information that the soil was
loose ard dry because the use Of
such an Implement would be impos-
dbie where there was much moisture
la the earth or whore the land was
not loose. And that is the character
of the land generally all over the
Plains country
And the Climatic conditions are
I further illustrated by the employ
ment of the header and thresbcr,
combined In the harvesting Of the
wheat crop when such harvester
reaches the end " its journey across
the field the grain which u has cut
lis In the sack There appears 10 be
no shocking and stacking Of the
smaller grains. AZ FAR az could
learn
Barley and rye crops appear 10 be
"a common crops AZ wheat crops
Around Plainview the main crops are
tho small grain crops. that Is the
maize and wheat and barley and rye
crops.
7 LAST fall. say in September. the
wheat crops were planted The seed
/ las in the ground all winter without
rain moisteninR the earth. In March
"a rain came The result was that u
came too late and only small per
cent ~ the acreage planted viii pro-
duce a crop But whore the soil was
damn or a shower fell when the grain
was first planted the crops are good
I walked through several OF these
I fields. and WIS surprised At the
height Of the plant and the size ~
tho heads ! am sure that some Of
these fields viii yield as high a. 20
bushels 10 the care
Ban. 81 Speculation.
/ And at this point Il is well 30 call
attention 20 the fact that one ~ the
{ haudicaps 20 this new country has
been the Introduction into IL of pco-
I pie who bought their lands NJ a SORT
81 flyer" or who were too suscep.
fihle 10 the promoter or booster
Who secured his Commission FOR
selling and was not conscientious in
l his representations when he did a.
] One OF the prominent men of
/ plainvicw told me that IN many cases
| land had been sold IN the North to
people in cities and towns. such a.
clerks in the stores and the like, who
| did not have the most remote idea ~
farming. but who had saved enough
money to buy the land and enough
TO start in is cultivation. In their
Ignorance Of farming In any place
and particularly in this country,
they bought the combined reaper
and thresher on credit when they
-. sl.....a In
as he said farmers from such States
as Iowa. Wisconsin and Missouri had
moved in and insisted on following
the methods Of their old States in
stead Of adapting themselves 70
soil, climate and other conditions Of
the new country Of which they were
profoundly ignorant.
Il Naturally, there were many fail
I ures But those who were patient
and who we're content to take things
as they were and learn more about
them. succeeded beyond the success
es of pioneers. Near Planview ! saw
and walked in a wheat field Of sew
eral hundred acres and was informed
that Il was one Of the many that the
owner possessed. The crop had been
planted early in the fall and a light
rain has fallen on II at one time. |
am sure that Il will produce at least
twenty bushels 10 the acre. was
told that this man had for years
raised fine crop every year and he
had become rich.
One Of his methods Is to break his
land the moment he cuts his crop
from IL. This. they call summer
following" In other words. the
broken land In exposed 10 the sum
mer sun for months and the weeds
do not grow. Thus the strength Of
the soil Is preserved and when SOW
|, ing time comes in the fall. the
ground is in fine condition for the
sowing.
Letting Land Rest.
II Another farmer who has become
rich In growing wheat told me he
never failed TO raise a crop and usu-
ally bumper one. He said his
method was 10 drag disc plows be-
hind the power with which he cut
and sacked his grain. The straw
from his moving thresher il scat
tered and plowed in by the breaking
disc behind