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Show HH B UTAH FARMER3 LO8E HUNDRED HVJ THOUSAND DOLLARS ANNUALLY VM FROM MIXED DRAINS BVm Ono hundred thousand dollars Is a VB Vory coiiBorvatlvo estlmato of tho loss K sustained by tho grain growors of HH Utah ovary year on nccount of grow- VVff Ing mlxad varlotlos of tho small BVV' grains, ncbordlng to Profossor Qeorgo VV Stowart In chnrgo of Field Crop In HHHVT immmumtmm m veatlgationu for tho Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. This loss becamo ovldent and was easily calculatod following tho enactment enact-ment of tho Drain Standards AcL Tho total number of cars gradod, bushels In each car, tho avorago dockago and th annual grain crop of tho Stato wero tho factors UBod In arriving at tho loss which tho farmers woro sustaining. sus-taining. Immediately following tho dls-closuro dls-closuro of this enormous loss, tho Utah ICxporlmont Station authorized Professor Stowart to mako a variety Biirvoy of tho small garlns grown In tho Stato with a view of determining Homo of tho Bourcca and cauneB of tho mixtures and mothods by which tho Iobb could bo reduced. Professor Stowart began tho survey in the summer sum-mer of 1918 and concluded it at tho closo of tho season of 191!) having visited nearly 3,000 grain fields covering cover-ing practically every county In the Stato. Tweilty-four varlotlos of wheat vidro foMnd growing In tho Stato and practically ovory field showed show-ed ovldoncos of bolng mixed. Tho details of tho aurvoy havo been published as 8tatIon Dullotln 174 entitled, en-titled, "A Varloty Survey and Doacrlp-tlvo Doacrlp-tlvo Key of Small Grains In Utah" and contains a numbor of practical rocommendatlonB as to mothods by which this enormous annual loss may bo reduced to a minimum which any , farmer can follow. |