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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



Gustave Peterset, of Raymond, says that "dry farming" in his sec 

 tion has been carried on very satisfactorily for about six years. 



Summer Fallow. 



He gives his land summer culture every three years. He says 1908 

 was an extra dry season and somewhat frosty, (altitude 5,000 feet), yet 



Acreage Results. 



Gold Coin winter wheat gave over 30 bushels per acre; 90 day spring 

 wheat, 16 bushels; emmer, 25 bushels; potatoes, 200 bushels per acre; 

 while a considerable amount of vegetables were grown in the district. 

 Rye, oats, barley, stock beets and alfalfa are also grown. Mangles 

 often yield from 20 to 40 tons, and alfalfa two to five tons per acre. 



(d) KANSAS. 



H. M. Po9, of Norton, reports crop yields per acre, for his district, 

 as follows: "Winter wheat, 6 to 42 bushels; winter rye, 10 to 35 bushels; 

 emmer (speltz), 5 to 40 bushels; oats, 10 to 60 bushels; barley, 3 to 50 

 bushels; corn, 7 to 70 bushels; Alfalfa, one to four tons; fodder grasses, 

 one to ei'ght tons; sugar beets, three to 11 tons; potatoes, one to four 

 tons." 



Estimated Profits. 



He says farmers in his district are making a clear profit of 20 per 

 cent on their non-irrigated lands. Altitude 2200 feet. 



Diversified Crop. 



W. B. Canfield, of Warren— altitude 3,600 feet— says he has 

 farmed there for 20 years, is satisfied he can get a living, year by 

 year, or he would move out — no irrigation. General crops of wheat, bar- 

 ley, corn, cane and millet are grown. 



Alfalfa. 



Dr. D. W. Workman, of Ashland, says they are raising good gen- 

 eral crops and adds alfalfa to the crops Mr. Canfield names. He seeds 

 alfalfa in rows and makes it a cultivated cro<p. Production of alfalfa 

 seed bids fair to become their most remunerative crop. 



(e) MONTANA. 



Soil Treatment — Depth of Moisture. 



S. B. Wright, of Harrison, says dry farming has been practiced in 

 his section of Montana for four years. To quote: "We practice summer 

 fallowing. We plow at least nine inches deep. We harrow all we can. 

 We use an extra horse hitched beside the plow-team, drawing one sec- 

 tion of a harrow, thus harrowing the ground four and five times This 

 plan conserves moisture and puts the ground in good seed bed condition. 

 In our cultivated fields we find that moisture has extended down in the 



