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Show fRD FARMING 1 I DRY FARMING IN SANPETE. The Dcscret Farmer is in receipt of sonic samples of very fine wheat, forwarded to us by Mr. Ersslus Peterson, Pet-erson, a former student of the writer's. writ-er's. -Mr. Peterson is in charge, Of some irrigation invostigntions for the Utali Experiment Station, and while engaged in this work has had occasion occa-sion to observe the results of some work in dry farming hi Sanpete county. coun-ty. Mr. Dnntel Whitbeck has a farm located in 41 pretty little cove about seventeen miles northwest of Gunnison, Gun-nison, in a piece known as Flat Canyon. Can-yon. Mr. Peterson visited this farm in company with Mr. Whitbeck and was very much surprised to find ms beautiful a field of grain as he has ever seen, and surprising to say it is the first rop on new land. Last year Mr. Whitbcck's neighbor, Mr. L. F. Becker, raised) 38 bushels per acre on ivcw land, while another neighbor J Mr. Sylvester Pierce, raised 43 bushels bush-els per acre, this however, being o.n land that hnd been under cultivation 1 for some time. Mr. Whitbeck has been studying arid farming for the past four years, and MV. Peterson concludes from the results, that Mr. Whitbeck has a good-understanding good-understanding of the methods employed. em-ployed. 'The land he has in preparation prepara-tion for fall seeding, is in splendid condition. He is using the latest cultural cul-tural methods, nd is following as closely as possible the directions mapped out by our scientific agriculturists agri-culturists and bulletins. Mr. Whit-bock Whit-bock has spent eight years of his life in Mexico, two years in Canada, and has traveled clear across the eonti- nent from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Pa-cific, and from Chnada to Mexico. I To our representative, Mr. Whitbeck said, "I Imvc seen in my travels some very beautiful and productive country, coun-try, yet in all my experience T luive , never seen a place better suited for n typical farm life than is to be found 1 in Utah." 1 Mr. Peterson also sent us some 1 sample of wheat from Mr. L. F. Becker's farm, these heads measuring measur-ing over ?:v inches in length, mid 1 giving vidc ice of wonderful growth, tit us the work done by the Experi- ' ment Station in behalf of arid farm- ing is bearing fruit. It is only . mat- ter of a short time until there will 1 be a general understanding of the 1 methods employed in conserving Uie J moisture, and when that time comes jj there will Lmt no Utah deserts. U |