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Show NEW WHEAT FOR DRY FARMING. A dry farm to the south of Ogden has produced a large crop of Egyptian wheat and there is a possibility that thi3 fall more land in this region, devoted to dry fanning, will be seeded to this same variety vari-ety of wheat. A report comes from San Benito, Texas, that Egyptian Egyp-tian wheat has produced astonishing results in the lower Rio Grande valley. A correspondent says: "This wonderful grain was not introduced into the Texas region until this year. The acreage is comparatvely small, but that which has been cut and harvested gave the remarkable average yield of 100 bushels to the acre from its first cutting. A second crop has quickly sprung up from the stubble and it is expected to give a yield equally large. "It is claimed that a third cutting from the same sowing will be obtained and that the total yield will be upward of 250 bushels. The grain is used for stock feed chiefly. ''The introduction of Egyptian wheat into Texas was through the department of agriculture. The results obtained have far exceeded ex-ceeded all expectations of the men who were interested in the experiment. experi-ment. The enormous yield of the grain has excited so much interest among the farmers that they are preparing to plant a large acreage." These experimental grains are not to be recommended to the farmers as a crop until sufficient.tests have proved their productivity, i Even now, though Egyptian grain has given remarkable results in the limited tests made, it would be inadvisable for our farmers to plant other than a very small area to this wheat. Then, if the results re-sults obtaind are uniformly encouraging, a larger .acreage might be seeded. |