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Show THE UINTAH BASIN FARMER 2 This will give the farmer a 12- month job and a monhtly check with only part of his time occupied. The farm flock, turkeys and beef By Dr. Thomas L. Martin, Agron- Y. U. B. cattle can be projects worthy of con- oznist, aeration ta helping to meet the ROTATION AND DIVERSION OF CROPS EXPLANED T .SJWs: Bartn'Simrs rrritr tor Umtah to solve. ssr 11 iou,,ry Suppose now that the farmer lives up to the first two recommendations. If the alfalfa seed crop should ne BASINS MAJOR CASH CROP bf irsHIo recoTmenda! On the alfalfa seed question the idea I wanted to get over to the the man is sure of a years farmers, principally, was this: that livelihood without going into debt. for alfalfa seed raising there should be tbird recommendation as be a minimum of water applied, meatloned iayolye8 a just enopgh to insure seed maturi- - fasb cr?p- ,abye There i.s oaly on.e . ty m the Uintah Basin, c?p the consider The problem of alfalfa seed rais- - way the outlook is at the present ing is really an unsolved one and is time, and that is alfalfa seed smescilncf I hows The fo tbat recojumendation expiries? think the farmer should get fami- - be mademee!y richer year hy year instead liar with his farm, should study his 0f poorer. This involves rotation soil conditions watch he climatic and manures. One can plainly see Conditions is it an early spring a by the above description that there be P,en,y ?' Mlmata, windWhowUdCoesTe plan! how d the 'er Ul.ty whal are the hta of the ground. There is about 25 respond to water, where in the t0 35 acres of ground that produces lng tendencies; field is the heaviest seed produced; the feed for the animals and also sur- - the What are all the conditions family. This ground can he the rotated throughout the farm, from what this is seed; rounding thickness or thinness of the stand, year t0 year. if the practice of ro- the kind of soil, the condition of the tation and manure application is a soil the slope of soil the moisture part of the farm system, the fertili- conditions in that particular area ty cannot help but be increased all these things should be observed k the farmer will' adjuThlmself very closely and recorded for a few to a program similar t0 the above years. From the data obtained, there is no reason why he cannot be- the farmer cau develop some very come better fixed fiuaucially than he good judgment in raising alfalfa seed. However, there is one thing above all others that the farmer must do he must follow the advise of the successful grower; secure all the information possible; make good use of the men who have been em- Hy William Peterson, Director by the reputable seed com- - tension Service, U. A. C. panies in the territory. They are ft has been just fifty years since commercial concerns it is true, but unless the farmer succeeds, these farming in the Uintah Basin was The state history shows that cannot succeed, and there- - Sunfore they have the farmers interest the first planting done was in Ash-heart and are just as anxious as ey valley in 1874 and that earl the summer the first water ditch the farmer for a big seed crop. Work with them and follow their advise vva' taken out for irrigation. The in the production of seed and add farming of the district was largely the data obtained from the sugges- - confined to Ashley valley until the tions given above to this advice, the opening to settlement on the Uintah-farmcannot help but be success- - Indian Reservation took place in 1905. No farming, however, was ful in alfalfa seed raising. done until 1906. Diversified Farming Add Income Since that time the Basin has been The farmer should not depend up- - divided into two counties. Statis-o- n alfalfa seed alone. Who knows tics given are based on what is found that some year climate and disease in each county. The area of Uintah combined will ruin the seed crop, is 2.748.16S acres; the area of e one that is dependent uuon the chesne is 5,090,240 acres. The seed crop alone in such conditions number of farms in Uintah county will find himself in very severe is given as 899; the number of trouble, therefore recommend that farms in Duchesne county is giveu the farmer should first of all feed as 1248. In Uintah county the his family. Second grow the min- - total farm land area is 126,151 or cash crop to take care of the acres; in Duchesne county it is 252 -031 acres. In other words, about monthly current expenses. Third grow the major cash crop which, for 5 per cent of the total area of each the Uintah Basin, I would recom- - rounty may be considered farm ment alfalfa seed raising. Fourth land. The farms run from ten farm all the soil in such a way that acres to 1100 acres. Improved it will become richer year by year JfDd in Uintah county comprises Instead of poorer. 55,000 acres or 2 per cent; improv- Regarding the first recommends- - ed land in Duchesne county com-tiosuppose we have a man, wife Arises 96,000 acres, approximately and five children. They will con- - 2 per cent. The improved land of sume a certain amount of milk, but- - the entire state is but 2.6 per cent ter, eggs, vegetables, (flour, pork, of Its area. Thus, conditions in mutton, lard and beef; all of these these two counties are comparable things can be raised on the firm. This means more than 95 It will take about 9 acres if lend to pCr cent of the that area of each county produce this material plus the feed must yield as range if they are to for the animals which will turnish yield as a resource. Figuring the buJtter eggs and meat. range on the basis of the overage The second recommendation The of the lands in the state in the farmer will need about ?85 est Reservation and those in the per month cash to take care of his uncontrolled area, it is possible to monthly current expenses. He can arrive at approximately the carry-rais- e poultry. Eggs at an average ing capacity of the Com- Pr ce nfftcents per dozen for ho Putting the total area range. within the year; 392 hens will net the farmer boundaries of the National Forests 585 per month. It will take about against the animals carried on these 10 acres of ground to furnish the forests the Indications are that it feed for these hens. If the farmer takes about twenty-tw- o acres for does not desire to go into the poul- - each cow, and in the uncontrolled try business he can go into he dairy areas it takes about seventy-thre- e business on a small senl Instead of acres for each cow. Computation poultry. Butter fat at 40 cents per i8 made on the basis that four sheep cows 10 at average grade will equal one cow pound, produce enough butter fat to give 5 Applying this to the Uintah per month cash. Twenty axres sin it would indicate that the range of ground will furnish the hay end around (the area should take care pasture and grain for these cows, of 350,000 sheep and 90,000 head of withlSe - .to rais-.cftt- le Td Xh of knowledge concerning either an of product3 over o for local consumption. be ayerage be Uintah Basin ranee is con- has 127 days in its growing season. th' Tto iS easi.r .uHlcient " to gro a cattle Statistics show tnaia is carrying sent the range 000 sheep arid This indicates t sibility as far as t cerued oi mj. ssj&i"'these ore- - h0Sg two counties are of the sheep care take g cattIe oniy within the counties themselves. At present, I believe some sheep from outside the county are SrazinS ?n tbe Na.-Qtoiari?eq The ilue8flon. fmmd is the limiting the whether grazing factor in the livestock industry ofthe Basin. This can only be arrivprl survey of the for- available. In the past many and sheep have been brought int0 the district because hay could be bought more cheaply than on the outside. It is a question whether this condition maintains at present.The conditions in the Basin arising from being a great distancea from the railroad should have careful survey of the crop coudl- tions and the requirements to take care 0f the demands within the Ba- sin. To people living on the rail- road it does not matter whether they should raise enough potatoes or many potatoes to take care local of requirements, but to areas i00 miles off the railroad this is d tQ v ne pitch of corn In the Basin lart year grown on average land anu under average conditions produced sixty bushels of grain to the acre, There are thousands of acres that migllt dc tbis land fi(. to plow Nature seems not bave made any great outstanding ,. Ex-ploy- ed fn, thl hundreds ever the rrviirnncA of lakes couM JX , thc obtainedrom Thfc attempt by better and proper we in the Howfver this hilling thf crops a? well any areas i?rijate with water the a8 . .. m? bespdng1 there is danger in thls wouid be Jlott S??nu1 WWAfWVWWWWWWVWWWVWVWWUWWWWWUWrtW at Cootidge, Dawes and Mabey? er Du-Th- N or Davis, Bryan and Dern? What are the issues on which these men seek the most important offices of the nation and state? Hear these issues discussed by the party- leaders and by the candidates themselves through the - actio n, For-avera- Bo-58- ge prat and the soil shold be thoroughly before lt is worked up and moist meat8 fa ni0Sn permit of adding the nlaTltoj 1 cent a pound to pay for the outThere is the practice often of apThe same principle aphauling. too much water. In visiting plying to corn, wheat, barley, hay, plies from year to year I note Basin the fruits, and vegetables of all kinds. It is very apparent that much money is wasted today in the Basin by lack (Continued on page 6.) - 3 ob- - The proba- - be followed up f L dfyereto "pthoL orirrigatn 3 used very Vater with bS throuS Sed Xrf of af the work and expense, and in the . whl cb been littl -- some otber district it means that there must be added at least 1 cent a pound. for the cost of shipping If ther is an them. 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