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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1906)
A Si LEXINGTON GROWS WITHOUT WATCHING LEXINGTON VOL. I LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 1906 NO. 50 WIEATFELO DRY FARMING THE HOPE OF THE WEST A METHOD OF PRODUCING BOUNTIFUL CROPS, WITHOUT IRRIGATION, IN SEMI-ARID REGIONS BY JOHN L. COWAN (JULY NUMBER CENTURY MAGAZINE) (Continued from last week) After planting, the dry farmer does not trust to luck and Providence io do the rest, and blame it all on the weather If the final result Is failure; but he continues to harrow over the ground after each rainfall untlll the growing crop Is too far advanced to permit of this without causing its de- stopped for dinner or for the night's rest. No matter how long a time must elapse before the planting of the next crop, the ground is harrowed over after every rain, but never when It is dry. Through winter and summer this persistent and untiring stirring of the soil mulch Is continued, whether anything be planted or not. The dry structlon. By that time it covers the ( farmer, therefore, knows no season, of ground fairly well, protecting it to some ' rest or Idleness. He knows that eter extent from the sun and hot winds, j nal diligence is the price he must pay and making the constant loosening of for good crops. He not only believes, the soil less Imperative. ( but practices, "the gospel of work," No ?oon?r js fte crop harvested arf r!?hIv serves !he amP,e revara than preparation begins for the next that are sUrely his- I seeding. The plow follows close be- It has" beerl thsrdiJghlv demonstrated hind the harvester, cutting a furrow that fatioHal dry-fYmlng methods, as teven Inches deep. Behind the pBw afeeW Wiling win produce from three follows the tub-soil packer, similar in to ftv times the results of ordinary shape to a disk-harrow, but tag ten armlng methods on the same lands, sharp wheels that cut deepty Into , In the sub-humid belt between the plowed ground and press the ir-Al firm- ninety-seventh and the one-hundredth ly together. Th pack-;' l5 drawn rnerldians, the additional labor and ex Very slowly, but all gr .and plowe arnount to about 25 per cent packed ind harrow j,e(ore WOrk :1s. -West of.lhe one-hundredth" meridian, twice the usual amount of labor Is neccessary. This is partly offset by a saving of more than two thirds of the seed, and Is richly compensated for by an Increase In the harvest amounting to from 200 to 400 per rent. The or dinary farmer on the plains sows forty quarts of wheat to the acre, and threshes anywhere from nothing at all up to twenty bushels. jThe average crop grown In Kansas for the last four teen years has been thirteen bushels to the acre, and fifteen bushels to ihe acre was the highest average for the State In any year In that time. The farmers who followed the Campbell system sow only twelve quarts to the acre, and never fall to harvest from thirty-five to fifty six bushels. Last year the third largest crop ever pro duced in Kansas was cut. It averag ed twelve and three quarters bushels, aggregating 75,576,867 bushels, grown WAS A VKUV SICK BOY on 5,854,047 acres of land. The av erage crop grown In the State by us ers of dry-farming methods was thirty seven bushels to the acre; If this av erage had been maintained throughout the State, the Kansas crop for 1905 would have amounted to 216,599,739 bushels. The average annual precipitation between the foot-hills of the Rocky Mountains and the Kansas-Nebraska line Is 14,93 inches. In this arid re gion, In which long experience has proved ordinary agricultural methods to be unprbfitale, there Is a margin of almost three inches over the requlr ments for the successful following of dry-farming methods; and Julesburg, Llmon. and many other flourishing ag ricultural communities are living wit nesses of the efficacy of the Campbell system. While an annual rainfall of , (Continued on page 4.) But. Cured by Chamberlain' Co'lc, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemnily When my boy was two years g!j j L . I . - .- ' '2 -..1 I ' " i 1 at.nl r-. . ..o naa a very severe au ui uwn complaint, but by the use of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy we brought him out alt right," says Maggie 'Htckox, of Midland, Mich This remedy can be depended upon In the most severe cases. Even cholera Infantum Is cured by It. 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H. every fifth ilny. Tlektt to ami from nil piilntn or III Unit el States Mild Kiiror. TUns Leave Lexington, Daily, ert cept Sunday, - 9:25 A. M. . Trains Arrive at Lexington, Daily, ex- i cept Sunday - 5:10 P. M. . . Trains Connect at Heppner Junction vwith Main Line trains for all points East and Wesk , , A. L CRAIG. G. P. A. ' P. LEACH BROTHERS GREAT SEPTEMBER BARGAIN SALES BETTER TAKE ADVANTAGE Special sale on Cotton Blankets. We offer you a fine double Cotton Blanket for 75 cents. A little wider and heavier Blanket for 85 cents. 4 and 5 pound Blankets from $1.25 to $1.75. Special fine lot of Ladies Rain Coats just arrived. Value from $12.50 to $20.00. , We are offering on account of short crops at prices that will simply astonish you, from $5. to $12.50. Special on Ladies 15 cent black cotton hose, per pair, 10 cents Wall Paper stock is complete and prices are correct. We can save you money on your fall order for groceries. Call and see and take advantage. Hardware? Yes, we sell a little hardware too. In Paints and Oils we can furnish you anything you want at close figures. Don't averlooic us when you want Implements and Vehicles, remembering that we sell everything you use, eat and wear. CLOTHING PRICE TO MOVE THEM $ 5.00 Suits for - - - . - $ 3.75 6.00 " " - - .... 4.50 7.00 " " - - - - . 5.25 9.00 " - - ' - . - - 6.75 10.00 . " - - - - 8.50 12.00 " " - - - - - 9.00 14.00 " " ' - - - -, 10.50 15.00 " " - - - 11.25 16.00 " " - - - - 12.00 ' 17.00 " , " - - . - - '-42.75 18.00 " " - - 13.50 20.00 " " - - - 15.00 All Boys and Childrens clothing 1-4 off. TMuelttMwm -i'!urfB.J ' 51 The Famous Blue Ribbon Shoes for Girls and Boys included in this sale. ALL SHOES REDUCED All $1.00 Shoes go at $ .90 " 1.25 " " " - - - - 1.10 " 1.35 " " " - - 1.20 " 1.50 " " " - - - ' 1.35 " 1.75 " " " - - - 1.55 " 2.00 " " " - - - , 1.80 " 2.25 " - . - - . 2.05 " 2.50 " " " - - - 2.25 2.75 " " - ... 2.45 " 3.00 " " ... . 2.70 " 3.25 " " " - - - 2.95 3.50 .. . . 3 15 r " 4.00 - . . . 3 G0 " 4.50 - .. . 4.05 " 5.00 " " - - . . 4.5Q " 5.50 " " - - . . 4.$ " 6.00 " " " - - - . 5.40 Above Prices are for "Cash Only." Ceacfi 3$roth ers iJ he 3$ La Store U a-r cypp jy? tfffr n
