Dry farming principles for conserving soil moisture in dry regions
An expert from the Western Kansas Experiment Station outlines seed bed preparation, fallow practices, and cultivation schedules to conserve soil moisture. It covers listing and harrowing methods, summer fallowing in low rainfall areas, and favors thorough tillage to sustain crops while noting the need for crop rotation and soil fertility restoration through legumes and manures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Ten Eyck
Western Kansas Experiment Station
Kansas Station
Great Plains
Montana
Nebraska
Western
Kansas
Kansas, Nebraska
Plains
Guidance for animal care and farming practices
The text lists practices in livestock farming including feeding and care for horses hogs sheep and lambing. It advises on breeding decisions dairy and meat production water management and medical care for sick animals. It notes routine farm happenings such as a dinner hosts and a birth of a son with a free sample offer at the News office.
Features of the Disk Plow in Dry Soil
The disk plow gains value in droughty regions where soil is too dry for standard plowing. It fails in wet conditions and on foul fields needing thorough turnover. Proper use with closely spaced disks pulverizes soil better than other methods, and the tool is inexpensive and light to haul.
Pleasant View Social Highlights
Pleasant View residents shared meals and visits over the weekend with families at Hughes and Rupe homes. John Hartman traveled to Sterling for a business trip while Eva Smith visited Fort Morgan relatives. Alma Hughes stayed overnight with Mrs. Gurwell. Arley Lamon and Mirtle Rupe visited E. G. Hoyt. W. O. Hughes and son Virgil worked on breaking two-year-old colts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Smith
Fort Morgan
Alma Hughes
T. R. Gurwell
Arley Lamon
Mirtle Rupe
E. G. Hoyt
W. O. Hughes
Virgil
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John Hobbs
Mrs
Walter Moore
Campbell
Scientific Farmer
Roy Paine
Barnsville
H. T. Lamon
Little Bennett Girls
Hughes Home
Pleasant View
W. C. Rupe
John Hartman
Sterling
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
The
Rocky Mountain News
Denver, Colo
I. S. Griffin, Stoney Iat Law
U. S
Keota
Thomas Cowley
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