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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.)
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TUns Leave Lexington, Daily, ert
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Trains Arrive at Lexington, Daily, ex- i
cept Sunday - 5:10 P. M. . .
Trains Connect at Heppner Junction
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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
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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.
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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
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