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About Lexington wheatfield. (Lexington, Or.) 1905-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1906)
'Hi V LEXINGTON GROWS WITHOUT WATCHING WHEATFELD VOL. I LEXINGTON, OREGON, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER. 13, 1903 NO. 51 LEX 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) irrigated farms around Greely, Fort Collins, Grand Junction and other parts of Colorado "under the ditch." A six year old orchard Is In prime condition, the trees being as large as eight year old trees In the famous fruit-growing district of Palisades. A more com plete vindication of all the claims made hv advocates of the nractlcabllltv of r j farming on the plains without Irrigation could not well be imagined. About a year ago, the members of the Young Men's Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming, listenned to the reading of a paper on the subject of dry farming by State Engineer Clarence . J. Johnston. A project was at once set on foot for th opening of a demonstration on waste lands near the city, supposed to be en tirely worthless without Irrigation. .This farm was put in charge of Mr. F. C. Herrman of the Irrigation and Drainage Bureau of the United States Department of Agriculture. Last sea son recordbreaklng crops of corn, po tatoes, peas, oats, and garden vege tables were grown on those "waste" lands. Winter wheat, rye, alfalfa, and barley were also . sown. Within ten days the grain was ten Inches high covering with a perfect carpet of green the land that had been considered In capable of raising anything. At this writing all these crops prom ise a more abundant yield than will be obtained from the Irrigated lands of the same neighborhood; and, Unless hail or some unforseen Cause works havoc, a great Impetus will will be given to the cause of dry farming throughout Wyoming and adjacent States. In the work of this demon stration farm, the Board of Trade ' of Cheyenne, the State and National goverments, and the great railroads, are all cooperating, In order to deter mine just what pan be done by scien tific soil culture to Improve agriculture conditions on the arid and unproduct ive landi of Wyoming. A full des crlptlon of the method "used and the results obtained will be published in pamphlet form, and will be distributed broadcast through the West Dur ing the present year, exhaustive tests of dry farming will be made at this place with corn, potatoes, durum wheat, field peas, sugar beets, brome grass, beardless barley, and a large variety of forage plants, cereals, and vegetables. So promising has the ex periment so far proved that one hund red farmers cf the neighborhood are now trying dry-farming methods under the direction of the superintendent of the demonstration farm, j Near Julesburg, Sedgwick County, northeastern Colorado, dry-farming Is practised more generally han In any other portion of the West, with highly gratifying results. The average crops reported last year by the farmers of that region without irrigation were: wheat, thirty-five bushels to the acre: corn, fifty bushels; oats, sixty-five bu shels; potatoes, 200 bushels; rye, thir ty bushels: millet, two tons; cane for forage five tons. As a result of this showing many of the farmers of the neighborhood who have been Irrigating their lands have sold or given up their water-rights and abandoned the use of the ditch entirely. A similar move ment has been begun at Fort Collins, some of the farmers who tried both methods last season finding tl a' dry farming yielded larger returns than they were able to obtain In adjoining fields by the use of irrigation. How ever, action of rhis kind Is at present ill-judged and premature, and is dts couraged rather than countenanced by the true friends of dry farming. No doubt Irrigation is the best, safest, and most economical treatment for lands on which Irrigation Is practicable. It (Continued on page 4.) WAS A KKV S1CX MOV But Onrad by L'hmnriHii'. (olio, Cholera Mill DUrrhoaa Kemecly i - "When my boy was two years old he had a very severe attack of bowel complaint, but by the use of Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy we brought him out all right," says Maggie Hickox, of Midland, Mich This remedy can be depended upon in the most severe cases. Even cholera infantum is cured by it. ; Follow the plain printed directions and a cure Is certain. 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Tlckti to anil from nil pnliiU of Mm 1'uit eil State Hiul Kuropo, Trains Leave Lexington, Daily, ex cept Sunday, - 9:25 A. M. Trains Arrive at Lexington, Daily, ex cept Sunday - 5:10 P. M. Trains Connect at Heppner Junction with Main Line trains for all points East and West. - " A.L; CRAIG, 0. P. A. LEACH BROTHERS GREAT SEPTEMBER J? 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 averlook us when you want Implements and Vehicles, Remembering that we sell everything you use, eat and wear. CLOTHING PRICE TO MOVE THEM i 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 " " - ' - - -, 12.75 18.00 " " - - 13.50 20.00 ""-- - . 15.00 All Boys and Children s clothing 1-4 off. "For cashof course" The Famous Blue Ribbon Shoes for Girls and Boys included in this sale. ALL SHOES REDUCED All $1.00 Shoes go at " 1.25 1 ( K U . a a n a ( tt tt u a u 1.35 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00 3.25 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00 5.50 G.00 u ii (( (I (( (( (( u u (( i' II H (I a a u it u n ti it n a tt it a a u it n tt n tjt a a a ti a a tt a a . $ .90 , 1.10 1.20 1.35 1.55 1.80 2.05 2.25 - 2.45 2.70 - 2.95 3.15 - 3.00 4.05 - 4.50 4.95 - 5.40 Above Prices are for "Cash Only.' Ceaci 3$roti ers 3$La St ore WW Hi" Ww S'' ' W v-r w'w ' ws -v V-"- "r