anaheim-gazette 1909-03-25

DRY FARMING IN COLORADO HOW FARMING OPERATIONS SUCCEED WITH LITTLE RAINFALL Figure Out That Every Year Will Be Dry, With Minimum Amount of Rainfall—Money Made Out of Alfalfa, Pigs, Bees and Chickens Essay by E. R. Parsons of Colorado at the Dry Farming Congress at Cheyenne: I commenced operations with 160 acres. With the help of cows, pigs, bees and chickens our income amounted to about $3 per day. I now have about 1200 acres, and make my money out of steers, alfalfa, corn and fruit. My formula has been, "First get your moisture, then raise a crop on it." Figure out that every year will be a dry year with the minimum of precipitation. In my part of Colorado the minimum during the growing season in 30 years has been 2 to 2 1-2 inches. To meet this without fear of failure we need at planting time at least three feet of moisture. The most profitable way of operating is naturally to raise crops as often and continuously as possible, which necessitates obtaining the greatest amount of moisture in the smallest amount of time. This can best be done by deepplowing, followed by fallowing. When corn has been harvested after an average season, if the plowing and cultivation have been good, there is usually some moisture left over, probably one or two feet about 10 per cent wet. Then by disking and cultivating as soon as possible and keeping the land open all winter and spring, we can usually secure at least three feet of moisture by planting time and if this three feet can results. The fifth year that and plums had paid for the to date, and since then, with years, I have sold from $35000 worth of cherries, plum plies. There is an immense field business in the plains region people will come for miles to cherries. Sour cherries are drought resisting and hardy I know of, and will stand althing except seepage, over- and flood water. Up to do careful cultivation, I have ad ed nearly twenty feet of mo the soil from the surface do the prairie adjoining there is sture at any depth. The snows of winter may served by a simple device o ling up back furrows at right to the general direction of t By this device you can ha orchard covered with snow when the adjoining prairie and your orchard gets the be the moisture when the snow BURBANK'S SPINELESS To Transform Sahara Into Homes for Millions The desert of Sahara will b if not like a rose, at least w spineless cactus. Of this Crete del of San Francisco, who is i is entirely confident. Luther Burbank, the horti wizard, who in a sense creat spineless cactus, is a personal of Mr. Riedel, who has been horticultural experiments of h A spineless cactus will grow tin roof, Diedel says. With proposes to transform the Sah to a tropical garden., The French government is experiiments to reclaim deser When corn has been harvested after an average season, if the plowing and cultivation have been good, there is usually some moisture left over, probably one or two feet about 10 per cent wet. Then by disking and cultivating as soon as possible and keeping the land open all winter and spring, we can usually secure at least three feet of moisture by planting time, and if this three feet contains about 12 to 15 per cent water, a fine crop can be raised with the minimum rainfall of 2 to 2 1-2 inches during the growing season. The moisture in a subsoil usually runs well after a wet winter like the present, but should it fall as low as 6 to 8 per cent in the upper three feet, it had better be allowed for an entire season. Where the precipitation is less than this vicinity (Parker, Colo., near Denver) it may be necessary to follow every other year. I dwell at length on the questions of moisture to show that by eliminating all elements of chance we can make of this dry farming almost an exact science. If you can secure three feet of moist soil by planting time and this soil contains 12 to 15 per cent water, the roots of your crop will go into it, and you thereby will bring into action three feet of soil. This is the secret of thirty and forty-bushel crops, instead of fifteen or twenty bushels. The practical depth for the small farmer to plow is ten or twelve inches, or as deep as he can go with one team of three or four horses without keeping an extra team and man for subsolling. My experience with sod is that if you plow it three or four inches, Kansas or Nebraska fashion, it dries out and does not rot, and sowing anything on it is like trying to raise a crop on a rag carpet. We disk our sod land when it is wet in summer or fall, getting down about three inches, then plow five inches deeper, then disk again, and harrow until the ground is as fine as old land before planting. My alfalfa costs me in actual work about 75 to 90 cents a ton in the stack. It costs the irrigator in Luther Burbank, the horticultural wizard, who in a sense creates spineless cactus, is a personal of Mr. Riedel, who has been a horticultural experiment of his. A spineless cactus will grow tin roof, Diedel says. With proposals to transform the Sahara to a tropical garden, The French government is experiments to reclaim deserts on Mayotte, a small island coast of Madagascar. But theiments were undertaken with a inferior kind of cactus. It is preto introduce into the Saharan spineless cactus, which is no food for cattle but water for animals and plants, for 94 per cent of this cactus is water. Here animals could not eat cactus because of its thorns. The fruit of less cactus is palatable even humans. The German colonial office wign experiments with the spineless cactus in South Africa next year. Absolutely, there is no reason this cactus should not reclaim tropical desert for civilization. Mr. Riedel is going to London to interest the British goverm in the Burbank cactus. WILL REJUVENATE THE P The Stockton Independent, on the most uncompromising orgnition papers in the state, justly icules the silly idea that the primary will kill the republicanity.—Fresno Republican. Kill it? Well, we guess not; the contrary, although in a healthy condition in California direct primary will strengthen. This seems to us to be inevitable. The effect of the direct primary be to compel the nomination of strong men, and when there is a force directing the course of dominant party, it must strengthen rather than weaken it. Nor is the direct primary be the finish of "organization," so-called, but simply exert the corrective influence suggested. The direct primary has not any political party in any of the fashion, it dries out and does not rot, and sowing anything on it is like trying to raise a crop on a rag carpet. We disk our sod land when it is wet in summer or fall, getting down about three inches, then plow five inches deeper, then disk again, and harrow until the ground is as fine as old land before planting. My alfalfa costs me in actual work about 75 to 90 cents a ton in the stack. It costs the irrigator in labor and water $1.90 to $2. The same is true with all crops. To make an exact science of the orchard branch of dry farming, you take no risks whatever by getting your moisture before planting your trees and then by bottling in the subsoll more than the trees can use you render your orchard absolutely drought-proof. I started by planting a small family orchard in 1886-87. By intense cultivation I secured about three to four feet of moisture from the surface down before planting a tree. We soon had all the small fruits we wanted, and apples began to appear on the trees. By cultivation the moisture kept gaining, and in 1895 this little orchard contained twelve feet of moisture from the surface down. This orchard was planted on what was originally dry buffalo grass prairie, not in a draw, but on a flat hillside, and on the grass land on the side of the orchard there was no moisture showing at any depth. In 1895 I planted a commercial orchard of 2000 trees with the same The effect of the direct primary be to compel the nomination of strong men, and when there is a force directing the course of dominant party, it must strengthen rather than weaken it. Nor will the direct primary be the finish of the "organization," so-called, but simply exert the corrective influence suggested. The direct primary has not been any political party in any of these states in which it is in view and it will not work differently in California. The only fault we have to deal with the law as it is likely to be adopted at Sacramento is the foot plan of voting for United States senators by legislative districts. Action of the legislators is drawing in this respect. It amounts to a plan by which the opinion of members of the dominant party perhaps one-third of the legislature districts will control the state. Indeed, the case might be more extreme than that. Here is the plan in working order: Suppose the republicans shall control 61 members out of 120 in the legislature 1911—just one more than a majority in that body. Naturally, they may select a republican to succeed Senator Flint. But how are those members to decide who shall be chosen? They will go into caucus, and 31 members will be a majority. The 31 members may have been instructed for a given candidate, because SHOES SHOE DON'T WAIT! On the Balance of Our Customers and Buying This Sale, which will be April 1st TO AVOID FOOTING: -: GET INTO A PAIR CITY Be Sure You're Right. The Only ELECTRIC SHOP 111 Center Street 31 districts in the state were carried by him. He will be the caucus nominee, therefore, and of course elected in the legislature. Yet it might be that a majority of the republicans in the other 89 districts Grove Johnson. The crime prudence of California is crying reproach to the state national scandal. This bill ded to aggravate and intolerable condition that has made ELECTRIC SHOP 111 Center Street 31 districts in the state were carried by him. He will be the caucus nominee, therefore, and of course elected in the legislature. Yet it might be that a majority of the republicans in the other 89 districts of the state had another choice. It is the most remarkable case of a plan for the tail to wag the dog that we have discovered in politics. The republican state convention promised a direct primary law, and the plain intention was that among other things, a majority of the voters in any party should have the privilege of expressing their preference for United States senator. And that ought to control. Whoever 51 per cent of the republicans of the state, or a plurality of them in case there are three candidates, favor, should be the party choice. By the plan that is practically certain to be written into the law at Sacramento, a fraction less than 26 per cent might control. That law does not make good, and is suspiciously near an exhibition of bad faith in high places. BEDEVILING THE CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE Grove Johnson’s bill for substitution of judges in criminal cases at will of the accused has been passed by the assembly and recommended for passage by the judiciary committee of the senate. It should be entitled “A bill to facilitate the escape of criminals from justice.” No more vicious piece of proposed legislation has ever emanated even from Grove Johnson. The crime prudence of California is crying reproach to the state national scandal. This bill ded to aggravate and intensify condition that has made no procedure of this state and a disgrace before the country. seems inconceivable, Call, that any body of men ing to the most elements of decency could seriously a measure that gives to in 1 he legal right to put on trial and reject him if not suit. It is the disgrace existing practice that crimin now permitted to put the grit on trial, and it was hoped legislature would have the tary decency to put an end to that vicious procedure. disappointing when nothing sort appeared to find fair the legislature, notwithstanding urgent pleas in this regard the bar association of San Francisco and the Commonwealth club city. Not only were all measures reform turned down, but not proposed on the motion of pariah to make existing county worse. The measure is ed in the interest of crimin we ask the senate if it can to take that stand? This bill is drawn to put lection of judges in the h criminals. It proposes to the jurisprudence of California Fits Your Machine and Never Breaks, Never Purer, Clearer, More Buy Columbia Indestructible Recoindestructible—and you will keep on buincomparably full, clear tone. They fit your machine! Cost 3 A splendid repertoire to choose from it right along. Joseph He SHOES SHOES IT! GET IN WITH e of Our well Satisfied Buy Your Shoes Durwhich will continue until il 1st,'09 FOOT TROUBLES PAIR OF OUR SHOES:- The Only Exclusive Shoe Store SHOE STORE Street - Anaheim Johnson. The criminal jurisdiction of California is already a approach to the state and a scandal. This bill is intended to aggravate and intensify a law that has made the court of this state a byword of its grace before the whole nation. It is inconceivable, says the law any body of men pretend the most elementary sense they could seriously approve that gives to the criminal right to put his judge and reject him if he does it. It is the disgrace of our practice that criminals are fitted to put the grand jury and it was hoped that the law would have the elementary to put an end forevericious procedure. It was being when nothing of that seemed to find favor with nature, notwithstanding the law in this regard made by association of San Francisco Commonwealth club of this city were all measures of law turned down, but now it is on the motion of a public man make existing conditions. The measure is designed interest of criminals, and the senate if it can afford what stand? It is drawn to put the se-judges in the hands of It proposes to bedevil evidence of California in the interest of crime. Of course, its primary inspiration comes from the indicted "higher ups" in San Francisco, but it is a general law affecting the whole state and putting a premium on the selection of weak or corrupt judges. If senators desire to come out in the open to support a measure of this character after its motives have been exposed they will have a great deal of explaining to do when they get back to their constituents. SEXTUPLETS Two ladies, who had known each other in years gone by, met on the street. One of them, who had been married for some years, was pushing a baby-carriage in which were fine triplets, all girls. The other lady had been in the bonds of matrimony a couple of weeks. "What beautiful children!" exclaimed the newly married one with much interest, after the two frieds had exchanged greetings. "Yes," replied the proud mother, "and it was the funniest coincidence. At our wedding supper the boys who played with my husband in the orchestra serenaded him and played 'Three Little Maids,' from 'The Mikado.' Isn't that queer?" The newly married one gasped for breath and turned pale with horror "Merciful heavens!" she gasped, "at our wedding supper, a couple of weeks ago, Tom's friends serenaded him also, and they rendered the sextette from 'Lucia.'" Potato Dip at Mullinix. COLUMBIA DESTRUCTIBLE LINDER RECORD ne and Lasts Forever s, Never Wears Out More Brilliant Tone uctible Records because they are really keep on buying them because of their ine! Cost 35 cents! Get a catalog. to choose from—and we are adding to n Helmsen