Show 1 LESSON OF THE DROUTH ROUTH i C WILSONS TOUR OF OP INVESTIGATION through the states tates I SECRETARY S of tM M middle west welt whose crops cro suffered from the recent prolonged 1 I drouth has baa resulted hi lit some e observations ob and deductions that be 1 for farmers farier f to t take advantage of in the future Though Jt the tAe th drouth was wan in character general era Mr Wilson found that some districts ac and t id even evea some m farms tarm in hi the e same district suffered farless faress than others other In bi searching for the reason rca of f this thin he found that it could be traced hack back to Ute the tb methods of planting in vogue In particular districts dt or r on certain tain tala tam t farms fann He noticed that the fields that suffered least were those tho in I Il which l of crops had bad been observed Those TheM that tile the drouth dr dr uth played I greatest teR havoc with were ere the ones on which no change hi In crops had bad h d been i ime me n in ill years ear In all 11 sections of the drouth area the tassel was withered by bythe bythe the heat thus preventing the Ole corn eom from fro m fertilizing fertilising through the silk Com Coin Commenting upon this feature Secretary Wilson says This h Ja the cue case more or less lees in all fields I visited vl but poI has hasmON more mON perfectly eUy performed where the soil was wan full of Of organic matter from bed d under grajs roots than Ua n where corn had grown so ao long that the or ac matter has been oxidised burned out of the soil II Where there thero was plenty Pty of ot organic matter matt mat In the soil II and thorough cultivation had td the ef acts of the Ute heat t upon the tassel baa has been to a great extent balanced baJan by the theL L amount lInt of QC moisture that the plant pl pI it could get pt to offset evaporation If the farmers will make cal use of this lesson leaon it is possible that j 1 the tM t this thin summer will ultimately prove a blessing by furnishing l Dl them with w tIa a meant means of prevention against heavier he vier loss JoBS oas in the future Though the I Agriculturists sta of Utah are not n t so 80 much JIt at the mercy af of the vagaries tle of oC the rainfall raI as an a those farther east at there are often seasons when the ea supply to la limited If they will follow the advice of Secretary Wilson and alternate tV tw crops thus th keeping it supplied with the organic matter which absorbs water more readily and retains retain I It more tenaciously tenaciously they can ct prepare themselves v against aa ft t these occasional ocea lonal off o 0 If years year |