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Show UTAH DRY FARMERS' MEETING Many Interesting Papers Are Read a Annual Convention of Men Interested Inter-ested in Dry Farming. Prov?,, Utah. The State Dry Farn association met here in annual con vention February 2. President Lewis Lew-is A. Merrill made a very optimistic address on the conditions in this stat of the dry farm industry, which ii now, said the president, established pn a safe basis. I. H. Grace of Nephi spoke on "Th Profitable Size of a Dry Farm." This depends somewhat on the man, saic Mr. Grace. The average size woulc probably be 160 acres, with SO acres as a minimum and 250 as a maximurr for one man and four horses. He gave much valuable information on sura mer fallowing and other features ol cultivation; the importance of good horses and implements with intelligent intelli-gent work was urged. Dr. Robert Stewart gave a lecture on "The Most Profitable Vareily ol Wheat for the Dry Farm." If wheat is raised for bread-making it must be such kind as the baker wants, and Turkey Red wheat was the best, said Dr. Stewart, for bread-making. It makes bread equal to that manufactured manufac-tured in Minneapolis. Gold Coin and some of the softer varieties would make good pastry, chicken feed and also for mixing with Turkey Red where a mixture is needed. Sylvester Pierce of Gunnison spoke on "The Growing of Alfalfa on Dry Farm Land in Juab County." He advised ad-vised growing alfalfa for seed only on dry land; he had produced six to eight bushels an acre by seeding one and a half pounds of seed to the acre, planted in rows with the plant twen ty-one inches apart. John Q. Adams of Logan talked on the same subject, basing his remarks on experience in Cache valley. On sandy soil, which was the soil most used for alfalfa, a crop of hay and a crop of seed was raised each season. Carl R. Williams of the publicity bureau spoke on "Available Dry Lands in Utah." He estimated that there were about fifteen million acres available for dry farming in the state. He urged that some means be adopted adopt-ed to thwart the efforts of dishonest locators, who located settlers on greasewood and shad scale land which was not adapted to dry farming, farm-ing, and resulted in loss to the individual indi-vidual and to the state by converting a boomer into a knocker. "The Next Dry Farm Congress," was the subject talked on by Dr. John A. Widtsoe, president of the International Interna-tional Dyr Farm congress. He referred re-ferred to the great advancement that had been made of late in dry farming by all the nations of the earth. These conventions were for the purpose of exchanging ideas and learning about the art. He asked that big delegation delega-tion be sent from Utah to the Leth-bridge, Leth-bridge, Canada, convention this year. There will be a great effort made at the Lethbridge convention to take the 1913 congress to Hungary, Austria, Aus-tria, and other countries, and the Utah delegation would strive to get the convention for Salt Lake, and the larger the delegation the eaiser it ,will be to land the 1913 congress for Utah. . . "Reasons for the Summer Fallow in Dry Farming," was Dr. Widtsoe's theme at the afternoon session. Summer Sum-mer fallowing not only gives the land a rest, but it tends to conserve the moisture necessary for the growth of the crop. Hon. A. J. Stookey of Clnver, Utah, spol-3 on the success of dry framing in Rush valley; Stephen L. Chipman of American Fork told of the "Success "Suc-cess of Dry Farming in Cedar Valley," Val-ley," and Hon. James W. Paxman o? Nephi spoke of the succss achieved on Levan ridge in Juab coun'y. "Improvements "Im-provements of Wheat on the Dry Farm by Selection and Breedinp," wa 1 the subject takn up by P. V. Car-don, Car-don, superintendent Nephi substation, substa-tion, after which a general discu-:vio;i was indulged in by the delegates. The officers elected for the ensuim year are: Professor L. A. Merri 1 ol the Ut'th Agricultural college, president; presi-dent; J. V. Pa.vmpn of Nenhi, vi-.e-president, and Carl R. Williams oi Salt Lake, secretary. At. the afternoon session Fra!!1; I Ilinck'ey, p. deelgate from Utah coun- I ty. 5 poke in favor of protection fot j coyrtcs and advocated their, propagation propaga-tion instead of their destruction. Mr. Hinck'ey declared that the coyote was a siaur.eh friend of the farmer in destroying squirrels. Mr. Hinckley's Hinck-ley's views were supported by Professor Pro-fessor E. D. Ball, one of the directer? ef the Agricultural col'.ege, who said that, in addilon to tne coyote, the skunk and hawk were friends of the farmer and should be protected. Al present the &tate pays a bounty lor the kil'ing nf coyotes, a system which was declared by Mr. Ilinck'ev and Professor Ball to be entirely wrong. A resolution was adopted declaring against dishonest land locators. The resolution was denunciatory of these persons who locate homer-lead :rs on land not adapted to farming. |