THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



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We hardly hope for another plant that will do so much, but we may find 

 one that will approach it in usefulness. 



Kherson Oats. 



"The Kherson oats, introduced a few years ago, adds thousands of 

 bushels to the oat production of Nebraska yearly, and is extending the 



Winter Wheat. 



oat area farther west. Turkey red a,nd Kharkoy winter wheat are giving 

 similar results. We have shipped seed of all of these into Wyoming. 

 Of the value of the Durum wheat you all know. 



Fertilizing. 



"No country can produce grain for the elevators permanently, with- 

 out the application of commercial fertilizers. These are not to be thought 

 of in the west. 



Live Stock. 



"Stock must be kept to consume the products of the soil on Ihe farm, 

 in order that waste material may go back into the soil, to maintain the 

 fertility. The water holding capacity of the soil and the fertility are 

 closely related. The keeping of good stock under proper conditions, is 

 an additional source of profit. With ordinary market prices, grain or 

 forage fed to stock, is sold at a higher price than if put onto the market 

 direct. 



Trees and Shrubs. 



"With the increased production of crops and the growing and feed- 

 ing of stock, there is bound to follow the growing of trees, shrubs and 

 fruits. This will mean permanent, comfortable homes all over the prairie 

 lands. All this may be brought about, and I believe will be brought 

 about with the same amount of precipitation as we have been getting 

 in the past. The normal rainfall is sufficient, if properly husbanded. It 

 will not give the large crops grown in Illinois, but it will give crops that 

 will support prosperous farmers. 



Experimental Station. 



"To assist in hastening the time when these results will have been 

 accomplished, is the purpose, of the sub-station at North Platte. This 

 station has been in operation for five years. All of these seasons have 

 had more than a normal rainfall; the two later only a little above the 

 n.ormal. 

 Durum Wheat. 



"We have shown conclusively that the Durum varieties are superior 

 to the common spring wheats, even when conditions were especially 

 favorable to the common varieties. During the first three seasons, the 

 durum varieties produced more tlian twice as many bushels per acre as 

 the spring wheat, formerly grown in the locality. During the last two 

 seasons, they have given from six to nine bushels more per acre than 

 the best common varieties we have secured. • 



