| Show opening of schools postponed the principals principal 0 of the district schools of the county held a meeting alec ting tuesday afternoon atter noon in llie court housa to t discuss di mat IN pertaining perti ining to the cenini ne nini of I 1 the schools school The intentions aeto to start the schools on sept igla buli buton on account of so many pupils being euga d in w wr wor r t c it il lie ilie chillier iez io ind at other T ribo ibor the rom j mon cement date was it t set hut but probably proba hy will be ba decide I 1 it t a meelin beelin me elin of the school biar biarl l to ID bul bel an article on grain raising editor cl clipper per youir re ineat I 1 poll pen you a few lines on oil growing and wheat I 1 also send you a photo of threshing I 1 outfit 1 threshing g began july the grain crop iu in the vicinity will be aili civo the average of mothr years according 0 to the yield it will almost reach the maximum fo for r quantity and quality the grain being clean plump and beautiful some of the best reaching 61 13 bushels per acre dry farming the above photo shows john i flint and steam thresher and jn bishop james wood farm on oil which the above yield was was grow i they cut and threshed els cis per day this is a new aal cheaper mode of harvesting than the lie combined tb thresher they 0 have in juab cu co it takes fewer horse hore and does work there have been visitors front from various parts of our union taking in the dry farming situation and the different methods by practical farmers of tilling the various soils and they say they have demon started it that they have gained I 1 better knowledge of practical work than from all they have gained in college also taking observations ions of the different soils and different minerals that it is 13 with the altitude and latitude climate etc the temperature of the heat in the day atit and the night the foundation of the soil whether of a gravel or clay nature and the various under lying in stratas of clay and sand an and the slope of the country wh whether to lie he oath or north all of which cuts a great t figure in its prodie they come somewhat diced dicea adalist buring baring stubble but left with a different opinion as to certain soils void of alkali forms form a mineral of potash pot ash 1 oi I which is cooling and damp ashes bar harrowed rowed in and plowed only four or five inches deep so as to harrow thoroughly as deep as plowed of which dolds the moisture if harrowed up closed to the plowing forms a mulching o oi i top and the air does not circulator so freely it will take two years for stubble to decay ani and if plowed deep and stubble turned under it becomes too porous and the air circulates anderies and dries it out before tile the earth forms a connection connect in the moisture must be conserved to produce quality and qua city practical farmers consider consi this a wise wlee move and something om ething they have advocated for years but some of 0 our agricultural people have smiled at in their colleges and many points of which they held thursday ovenin evening L X aae et I 1 have gained from have given themselves Vs credit A few years back they claimed the foolish tanner bariner was burning burdina his fertilizing strength by burnine burn ingi 0 liis his stubble robbin robbing 0 the soil etc but by a practical d demonstration emon 1 I 1 it has been just the thing that was needed on oil that particular soil of which is a clay loom void of alkali but heavy mineral soil must be handled different for it packs so I 1 closely together that will assist it in keeping keepin open oceh the pores of the I 1 earth they are ju judging t ing one kind of soil and trying 0 to apply it to all kinds is where e they made a very anxious to rectify it because it is in their catalioti I 1 eg it has been claimed by first class farmers that an experiment farm in cache valley or in juab counties comities comi coon ties never will demonstrate what the sanie same kind of vegetation wll do in davis co the climate is different ferent lif anti and their soils pragna 0 ted with different acids the same a as our water as we often hear our mollies say we have to put linie lime in in ou bal babas ys water because that ingredient to harden the water is not here take canada fahad a for instance histan cc millions of bushels of peas are raised there arec freeouf of worms for our cau can ries also turkey red wheat yields as high is as CO 60 bushels per ael aci re why because the soil and climate are adapted to it but for davis county turkey red wheat is fails to find that feeding quality that will justify the farmer to raise it the last year we have heard a great deal about the quality of wheat of various binds of which I 1 believe i sall sail true according to tile the different soils and climate where it was raised but failing to give tile correct knowledge by specifying the different modes of culture and soil it has been very miss leabig gold coin wheat has been almost condemned the last year why because a test was nas made of some of it that was grown on bottom land and irrigated which would charge chancre it with a dry starchy nature nature of which bread would have to be consumed at once or beco become meso so dry and hard that it would be unfit to eat now a test has been made of it in davis da vis county on dry farms and the test shows wet gluten far above the red fife and blue stem and today tile the millers in california areef are of fering five cents per bushel mort mon than they are for any other kind and are refusing red fife which was estimated so high so farmers make your own test band and grow the best that is adapt ed to your soil observer |
