Show EXPERIMENTAL FARM IS VISITED BY EXPERTS Washington Official Says Work at Nephi Is as Good as Any Anywhere Anywhere where in United States W w M Jardine of Washington D C Chead chead Chead head of the cooperative dry farming fanning throughout the United States says that the work being done at the Nephi station is as good as any in the United States Mr Jardine Professor E D Ball and Professor Prof L LA 1 LA A Merrill returned from an inspection inspection inspection tion of the farm yesterday Much of the success of 01 the experimental experimental mental station at Nephi said Mr Jar Jardine JardIne Jardine dine I attribute to the hearty sup support support support port and cooperation and the entire sympathy which exists between the federal officials and the state officials In the conduct of the work The state and the government each contribute to the support of this institution institution institution The Tho Nephi Ne hi farm is planted principally principallY principally pally In wheat wheat oats and potatoes this season As this is 15 one of the dry farms in the United States and as there has to date been a rainfall of only Inches at Nephi we are se securing securing securing curing much valuable information for tor forthe forthe the benefit of other stations Thou Thousands Thousands Thousands sands of Different strains are being de developed developed developed and tested t sted at the farm For instance in wheat fine looking plants with many large heads are selected numbered watched and bred brad b d from the same as animals are bred red up In this way wa we are securing many varieties which we expect will be especially well adapted for dry farming throughout the arid and states Everything Is handled in the open under the dry farm conditions Out of a possible 25 good plants only two or three are kept for seed In this way wa seed wheat Is uniform and kept clean I 1 attribute the success in dry farm fann fanning farmIng farming ing during the past few years to hav having havIng having ing practical and scientific men atthe at the head of the work the advanced meth methods methods methods in vogue and better and improved varieties with a cultivated power of resistance against drouth There are arenow arenow arenow now thirteen of these farms in the United States These are located In eleven eleen tit df t the states The Nephi farm covers acres and Is under the di direction direction direction of C V Cordon Mr Jardine will wUl remain In Utah a few tew days and will then hen go to Idaho and Oregon to visit the stations In those states 4 |