Show V I STATES STAlES WHEAT INCREASE MAY MAYBE BE A MILLION Goal Is Set in National Move lo to Increase Production ProductionS S of Country A A national yield of or one bushel bush bush- el of ot wheat in 1918 with leSK acrea acreage e Planted than In loll 1917 Is the object ct of oC a campaign Just launched among mou farm farm- S M-S 8 of or tho the state IJ by J. J W. W W specialist In clr dry farming fanninG at 1 th the Utah Agricultural coll college gc who was In Salt Ial Lake yesterday to confer conCer with officials of or the time food administration The status states quota of ot Increase is id l bushels He lie stated yesterday that in iii order r that the tle United States and the allies have ha th the food that thc they demand for Cor the cOln coining nl year er e every method aimIng aim aim- timIng I Ing jug at Increased production will have ha to 0 be tried U by the farmers Points to h be emphasized are arc hett better I cultural I methods anti and an increased d acreage c of ot spring wheat Both Doth means of gaining the desired end must h be employed says Mr MiS 11 otherwise the 1918 crop might be he even less les than tho the 1917 crop and arid the lie condition instead of oC being re re- re lIe ed made madr more acute acut than at an any time since the war began At tho the conference of or extension workers workers work work- ers at the time Logan college Mr Ir Paxton stated that lint the assignments of oC in increased in in- cr creased ased acreage c have ha been made for or counties as follows 8 Beaver cr tOO acres Box Bo 1 Elder lder 2000 Cache Emery I Iron 2000 Morgan Salt Lake 2000 San Juan 1000 Sanpete GOO COO 00 Summit GOO Tooele COO OO 00 I Utah Wasatch arid and d Weber Vital factors necessary for th the In Increased In In- creased production according to Mr 11 Paxton are the time planting of or all new lands ands under irrigation to wheat All dry farms arms held in I fallow InI I during L 1917 I ono o uj o produce pr t crops should be planted to wheat A reasonable reasonable rea rca percentage e of or tall fall plowed plO landon landon land landon on dry farms arnie where favorable ta conditions condi condi- exist anti and the rainfall is above fourteen inches should be he planted to wheat Mr 11 Paxton re regards ards the use of oC beneficial In preparing the seed eed bed and for or going over the tIme winter wheat for tor the purpose of packing the tho soil particles snugly around the tender rootlets and providing a mulch a against the tIme escape of oC moisture This should be done early In the spring I |