Movement of Soil Moisture in Dry Farming Demonstration
Agricultural editor W C Palmer explains how moisture moves in soil and how evaporation is controlled. Using diagrams of soil grains, he shows how surface water is replenished from below, how compaction and harrowing affect moisture movement, and why early spring cultivation and discing reduce upward evaporation to retain moisture in the root zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Palmer
North Dakota Agricultural College
North Dekots
A Wedding Eve jarre. By R.S. PHILLIPS
Anne and Robert Warren debate a bachelor dinner on the eve of their wedding. Anne resists finality, storms out in a huff, then relents as passion and doubt collide. Warren consoles and presses her to cancel her plans, fearing loss to love.
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Eve Jarre
R.S. Phillips
Anne
Robert Warren
Louis XIV
Rebbert Warren
Dase
Warren
Bob
Bob Warren
Valuable Object Lesson For Every Damryman
A North Dakota Agricultural College piece compares dairy farming to a minting process, stressing precise records and testing. It describes a cow keeper’s own “mint,” weighing feed and milk, testing butter fat, and maintaining monthly animal accounts to determine profitability and guide breeding. An inexpensive dairy-testing outfit is detailed, noting costs up to ten dollars for a full set. The passage links farm record-keeping to successful, data driven herd improvement amid rising land values in the corn belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Martin
North Dakota
United States
Philadelphia
Noah's Long Path to the Ark Cited by Hubbard
Quotation notes Noah lived 600 years before learning ark building, attributed to Hubbard. The line frames a moral about patience and skill in a biblical timeframe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Hubbard
Cloverseed Production Advice From Agriculture Expert
C B Smith of the United States Department of Agriculture explains that cloverseed yields depend on dry blooming conditions. Hot weather is not harmful in dry periods, but wet weather at bloom reduces seed to nearly nothing. Excessive stem growth also lowers seed yield and clipping or pasturing can reduce straw quality and bloom timing brings insect fertilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Smith
United States Department of Agriculture
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John Teschler
Stony Creek Farm
W. R McChesney
N.D
H. P. Minneapolis
Northwest Lumber Co
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Williston City
Williston, ND
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