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Show UTAH EXPERIMENT STATION SI EajI a?ffirga3IE3ZlESgE:g .- : 1 1 Chansej In tlio Stuff. Ctah nxperlment ntntlon nuf-, nuf-, severe loss tills year In the ,it!on t Professor F. It. Llnftold, took effect early In October ,,or Llnflelel hnd been with the jtlon nil"" years, "nd nttl1 worke 1 miu, earnestly and Intelligently r.fidt period for the advancement ih nsrlculturc The roccnt do- or the iHlr Industry In nhllc n natural part of the gen-row gen-row th of tho State has undoubt-Un undoubt-Un gtcatly furthered by tho nc-EJrs nc-EJrs nf Protestor LlnHeld In , i of )100 Fro'eror Llnrtell was (harKe of the Depirtment of Anl-Bul Anl-Bul nlryof the nxperlni"nt stn-,,,, stn-,,,, f o lint time, until his res-Jn res-Jn wns busllv occupied In pic jthe den itmcnt for effective ex !Hll ork He leaves the lie Hit wl h plans for future work -y n nturod nnd with buildings ilapted for the needs of tho do int ill of which will he of Im-. Im-. bene"! to his successor Pro- j,lnrkld catno to the Experiment i from Canada, where he hnd ,t 1 ' xin the Agricultural col it ou ph and where he hnd had frn I exr rlcnce as a leetuter jt j Institutes lie also spent tlr e nt the dairy school at the rilD of Wisconsin bcfoie coming lb Ills present position, ns head ( 0 pirtmuit of Agriculture In Mont " College of Agriculture B the Montana Fxpcrlmcnt eta US very desirable oni which will h hln with ample opportunity for 3pns the agricultural resojrees jri na ro unfortunate department of uti Txp -Imetit stntlon Is that of olture During the Ian eight , ix Indlvlduils hive directed upcrlmcntul horticultural work, ,, uence six plans for work ken t sde and unn ade Profes-;a Profes-;a Nrlhtit. who was appolntod j j'tlin of horticulturist In Oe-. Oe-. i 1 r slrncd July 1 11)02, thus I hit! oni) nine months In tho t of the Institution IIowcer i posltlor us elltor of the Inter tiln 1'armer he Is serving the ot agriculture In this region My I ore elTectlvcl) than he could rtlmlrurlst at the Agricultural i mil while this Institution lost dtul and Industrious worker, tho his en tied by the rhanBO. ( or Wrl 'lit a sui censor Pro-il Pro-il N Unit, a nulh e of Canada, t gn uate of the tluelph Agrl-ttl Agrl-ttl college, arrived In Utah last it He Is excellent! well pre I 'n his subject, and has an un-'ei un-'ei enthusiasm for the ndvnnce-uf ndvnnce-uf i (culture in Utah Ho has id I wheie Information and en-wi en-wi II applied We hope for 1" fro i Professor Hutt s li. at hr ha be ome arquifntel Ih r iltlois mil melhol-. of tills nuutt) Proressor In I ad much experience is a I -at lecturer This will i s'mtc lo I t li furn-ers A n ultuml college "hm aim hi jnate In tecurlng the hervlces or or r, I) rail mi expert en-H en-H who his worked for sev- I no ut the Colorado Agricultural c i MTAsshontierii, the codling jnl other sett pests As n xt ' tho mtlon Btnff. we nro 1 rt )ir will be nble lo do much oinlng ilie extensive ravages on the farms nnd In the or-jr' or-jr' t tah Willi nice chinnes. oilon staff remains tho sime as rfporteil In the New Year's Trl-tor Trl-tor 1905 New Equipment. init this joar the new barns, il by the Inst IrfKlsliture, havo Irel and found cry satisfactory sinter. Rhtep feeding experiments, this enr. experiments with sheep snd cows have bun cnrrled on (Mrns. nnd we And that there Is n to spare Durlnir this jeir, It" lx acres of InnJ provided by lint LcKlslature has been use! lanl Is loeited off the irravelly t h II and Is rpilte reiircentatlve mr t malorlty nf I'nh soils Tor 'nt time In the hlslory of the l'.. fit ititlon, Ihoroushly satlsfae T'ults hi our flel 1 experiments be n nhtnlned nnd wt have been it vv ih emphasis the losou that . """'-" y.,m.,i,v.att 2h!e If1'1. "Pcrlments upon Ih-Inritel) Ih-Inritel) In vvnstlnr time, energy anl noney. ru rea ,,f laml ure of ouurr" In-ufflclent for the 'need, of nil, itCr "i".,U" nna we ,rut that the nf, .A,li,,lnur' wm " nt lo "ant ?," ; Bd' Uunal ten or fifteen ncres. so hi L? ' our n"p"i-ate Held vork miy satlrrattnry results b71ihni0W. VKt.,V'on hm' ProvlIeJ !L .1 '""' Le)flsliiute was used dur-iik dur-iik the pa.t sutiMicr. Tl so pot ex-Hrlincnts ex-Hrlincnts are the first In the uild West ,,,! lmnH ,m)B bce" " tlfactory fnrirers ffr'ftt UcnelU t0 Vuh i,..!,1 Vm ',on. l'aSy heru' "Mrh h' been arilkted 1,1th tuberculosis nnd other ellsinses for several years wt i!,n.f0lJ.1.carly ln lhe "Pr!ni;"of 1901 in order that no dlsenscd animal should be brought Into the new barns A row dairy herd of ciadc Sthorthom lows was selected and puichnsed last summer. sum-mer. Out experiments with this herd are now In progress und we hope In the near future to add much Informs. 5J,.M.conc"nl,,R ,h0 '"f5r f'calnB nud irattOBerrent of dairy cows to that already al-ready published bj the station. Work Accomplished. In Keneral the work of the station Is more and more carefully planned fiom .?. S 5"'a,r' '" mme "J'tematlcftl!) pursued, and as a consequence the le rults obtained arc trustworthy nnd of n rundainentul nalute A very encouniK-OBlne; encouniK-OBlne; feature of the station work Is the unity with which the members of the station staff labor for tho udvaneenient of V'tah airrlculturc Hurlng the past )ear the central subject sub-ject for Invesllg-atlon his been Irrigation. Irriga-tion. The work btRun in ljOl has bfen cnnlltiucd und extended One hundred plats on tho new hind recentls acquired wcie pliciil ut a lost of over JlnQI under un-der a fine and durable sjstem of Hum-Inif Hum-Inif On these plats exhnustlvo experl ments were made concerning tho rlht nrrount of water to use the best time to npply If the ncthol of npplslntj It, and the effect of various methols of Irrigation upon soils and crops This Investigation is undoubtedlv the most elnborale study of the art of Irrigation ever undertaken The lesulls, which arc now belnic prepared for publication, ure of hlrh economic ImiHirtnnce In conniction with this work, exten-Jlve exten-Jlve lot experiments In the new vtijetn Hon house his been conducted with the view of uscertiilnltiR the water ieiuhe-ti ieiuhe-ti cuts of the different soils found In the Binle Tor thu work half a carload of roll, repiesentatlve of Ranpcte und Hotter Ho-tter counties, wns shin ed to I ognn, and other oils wrc brouuht from eon-sldcrable eon-sldcrable dlctnncet to the college This Investigation his also yielded excellent results The deportment of Irrigation engl-neerlng engl-neerlng has begun a w.iter survey of the Stete and Is nttemptlni: to gather nnd comi lie all available Informntlon roneernlng the wnter condlllons In dlf-feretit dlf-feretit louilltles This work will form the basis for moio IntrluUe work to be done In the stitlon experiments Intel -cstlng Invei-tlKiitlons of the value of full and winter Irrigation of orchnrds ure uIfu In InoiTisa 'lhe stork 'iidustr of tho Btute Is be. Ing studied chlelly vlth reference to the best methods of maintaining animals upon lhe farm The free ranges of tho State are gradually being reduced In slse nnd those that remain have In a large mtaurc been overstoeked and destroeeei. The time is upon us when the stock Industry will have to be changed to conform with prpsent conditions. con-ditions. This will undoubtedly rtsult In more nnlinols being kept and fed upon the fnrinH than Is now the rase. In anticipation an-ticipation of this change the expeil-ments expeil-ments now In progre-es havo boon planned. During last winter nnd nlso this enr the value of the bv-producte of the su-l,ar su-l,ar factor! have been Inirstlgated and some ver fnvornble results have been obtained pertnlnlm: lo the proper use nnd value of sm-nr-bt-et pulp and the waste molasses of the factor). Digestion Diges-tion experiments with molasses und frfkh sour b et pulp are throwing con. sldernble light upon the feeding value of thift substances Our results, It Is In be hoped will cause the rrorc geneial use of these bj -products by the farmers who rnlse the beets The now famous poultry experiments nanihTjra"TyiH fr;rereraTf3iragErsri 1 of the Itah ststloi have been continued. contin-ued. rrof Drvden li now devoting u considerable portion of his enemies to establishing methods of careful selec-lion, selec-lion, u strain of birds of high cgs. laying lay-ing qualities. In this he has nlienJ . been quite sucte-pful and It is onl a I matter of months before the collene tedlgrced stock will be distributed, as far as posslbli, among lhe people of the State Hequests for poultry Information Informa-tion nnd for eggs and toultry from the slat, on stock ceiine from all over the civilized world The deturtment of agronomy, under Prof I. A. Merrill's direction, has sys-teumtlxed sys-teumtlxed the testing of various crops suitable for Utah farms, nnd It Is now In a position lo rive reliable Information Informa-tion concerning the best varieties of oroLs for the State The vvorlc with varieties va-rieties has been transfened to a piece of land with deep soil which will maks lhe results much more sitlsfactory than he have been In the pust The special work, now undertaken. Is the Improvement Improve-ment of the varieties that are already adupted lo our climatic eonJltlons by means of selection und breeding Such work hits a great future before It, and It Is hoped nothing will arise to Inter fere with the successful continuation of the experiments now inaugurated along ihls line. The maintenance of soil fer-..Illy fer-..Illy bv thu proper rotation of crops Is also being nulled b) the department of iigrononv, with results already obtained ob-tained that Indicate the necessity for n ore careful soil tieutment. If the funnels funn-els ct Utah shall expect the fertility of their polls to be mnlntulned This work Is of stecial Importance In view of the established fact that the lands upon which unwlre cropping lias been practiced prac-ticed are lelnc leduccd to a etnte which Is not very different from that which ehiracteilres the Foils cu" ihe Hast and of Euroje, where the lands were ruined Out Ing ccntuiles before scientific agriculture agri-culture wns developed The station Is nlso making an extensive exten-sive soil survej which should In time cover every rortlon of the State Chemical Chem-ical and phv stent nnnlvsls of the soil m tin lis taken are n arte nnd such ilnta obtalnfd ns will lend tn it correct estl-n estl-n ate of the value of the soils for agricultural agri-cultural purposes In connection with this vvmk the recent studv nf dry or arid fnrirlng made by the station officers offi-cers should be mentioned Trotn a careful care-ful consideration of the soil nnd meteor-ologlenl meteor-ologlenl conditions of the Slnto It has beiome evident lo the members of the station staff that thousands of acres of lind that are not un ler In Igotlon cnnnls nnd probably ncvei shall bo may bo utilized for the growing of grain or for certain drouth resistant fnrnge plants. Much Is snld about the future stock industry of the State. A contribution to the solution of this question will be the pluming of many of the deserts that are now covered with sage brush, rabbit rab-bit brush grease wood nnd shnd scale to some crop which will grow up In the I spring and leld n fair forage until the dry pnrt of the season comes on This subject In worthv of the most careful ntttn'lon of the teople cT Utah and the station oilers have urged and do urge lhat the Slate carry on for four or live 5 ears experiments In different parts of the State that will test the possibilities of nrld farming In the Stall. The Ted-eral Ted-eral funds cannot he use 1 for maintain ing such stations else the station would osert every power lo make Iho tests In co-operation with a few firmers llv-Ing llv-Ing In the vlclnlO of Logan u great number of varieties of seeds ore being grown on the drv farms In order to nrilve at a knowledge of the best varieties vari-eties for this kind of fanning Different n ethoi's of culture are alFo being Investigated In-vestigated In connection with Ihese ex pertinents. To hive the greatest value, rovveer, such work muit bo done In ellffe'ent ports of tho State, for our ell. matlc conditions vurj too much to en-able en-able us to say that what Is true for Cache velle is true for the whole The alkali question Is dally rrovvlng In Importance for some of the most viluible lands of the State are being ruined through alkali In co-o erntlon with the burenu of soils of the Depirt-ment Depirt-ment of agriculture the stitlon Is conducting con-ducting an experiment on the reclamation reclam-ation of atknll lands This will be dls-e.u dls-e.u red In another portion of this paper Numerous requests have como to the station for Information concerning the proper kinds of drinking waters, slnco the tphold etldemlcs In different parts Qf the Stale have been traced to th use of Impure water The station has then fore undertaken an Investigation of this subject, which hs already been flnlihed and Is now only nwRlttng publication pub-lication The results show that the average drinking water obtained from wells Is dangerous to the health of man and animals lleldes ther lines of work, numerous minor Investigations nro In progress In fact, a full nrcuunt of the work done nnd going on nt the 4-tlc woull occup) more space than The l-lbuno can spnre for this repor Of one thing we are certain, tint e iry mpinber ot thp s'ntlon staff has nil thp work ho can possibly do an then ws do not begin to meet a sm Infraction of th requests for experiments and Information Informa-tion that are mads of us Fubllcatlant During the year fiV3 bulletins and ore annual report have been published. Jo 73 Experiments In Dutter-making Dutter-making nnd Cheen-maklng." by F. U Llrfeld So 74 "Lead Ore In Sugsr Ilet Pulp," by John A. Wldtaoe and I. A. Men 111 No 75 "Arid Farming or Dry Farming" Farm-ing" by John A. s. idtsoe and L A. Merrill No 76 "Forcing Lettuce," by C. P. Close. No 77.' Horse Feeding," by L. A. Merrill Twelfth annual report. Needs of tho Strtlon. There are some very pressing needs that must be met before the station can do the best work of which It Is capable I Irst nnd foremost Is the sub-Ject sub-Ject of lubllcatlons On the station records Is material that would make between fifteen and twenty Important bulletins, eich one dealing with live, subjects The funds of the station are fo full consumed by the Payment of salaries and wages, and the running expenses of the experiments, that prac- I tleally no mone is left for publications i It seems unwise to cut down our lines i of Invcstlpitlon In order to save money erourh for the proper publishing of our I results This, however must be done If the State does not mine to our reseun bv appropriating money sufficient to meet our needs tn this respect. Other stations publish the results of their experiments ex-periments Utah ought to follow suit. And then, the question of land has nl-read) nl-read) been mentioned To do the most effective work we must have more land which reptesents the majority of Utah soils, this nlso should be provided by I the Legislature There Is also a demand de-mand for a sub-station to be located i near the central part of the State, where the problems peculiar to that portion of the State may bo carrlet on. I The poullrj department, which Is doing ' such excellent work. Is confined In very ciowded quarters, and unless Its conditions con-ditions can be Improved Its growth will be hindered material!). Other stations are now establishing large poultry plants; Utah, which has a start of several sev-eral years, must keep nt the head To do that the department must bo given better facilities for work than It now possesses For the honor of tho 8tnte the Legislature should look Into this mittrr and maks a small appropriation appropria-tion for n modern, up-to-dite paultry building The Utah experiment station reprp-sents reprp-sents one of the moat Important Industries In-dustries nf the Stnte, nnd, of course, has many needs, the recital of which may not be of special Interest to the renders of the New Vcir's Tribune. Our requirements have been mot liberally lib-erally In the past by the Legislature, and we have no reason to doubt the disposition of the coming Legislature to deal with us In tho same generous manner, Conclusion. The stitlon Is growing and Its work Is Improving It hns now overcome, over-come, prnctlcall), the effects of the reorganisation re-organisation of two yenrs ngo, so that Us work can be conducted In the most economical and successful manner here-nfter. here-nfter. The station staff desire to give many thanks to the citizens of the Stite who by word of mouth and letter havo given support and encouragement to our en-deavors. en-deavors. Such help Is the best that the station can get: the station Is earnestly tr)lng to merit the confidence of the people of the State. |
