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Show Irrigation by Well Water Proves Successful vil tiS Experiment Farms in Utah Open New Field gCi:M:s AT KXPKUIMKNTAI. I-AKM-I',,,,,.,- vMm hIh vs flow of water lhn.ujr,,ump in fporatlon n tlu- farm at Mal.mo. Itrlow is a pl.turo of (ho liK potato ,rop at Malone. nt not torn putu.o .shows sa.all patches of Krain on (lM Na.la farm, earl, of whirl, received a uuicent amount ot water to determine the amount needed for the hest yield of main '"'5:": ., ' ' " ..'-'.',.''' ' k '' ' . ' . . - -' ; . - :v .- -. -. '-. , ; - i . ..... ' ' - ' l . . .v ; - : - ., ,-, -.-. ! - - - . . . I r-rv " ' -' 1 1 i : . - -,''. - . . .... i--';- , x; . . ;.' ; .-. -i ' " v -"V-v .-.-.v-- , ' ..' ; i'j;'- : " ; K ' ' r.' : - ....... ' . . r" . ' ' .. "....'' ' ' -t . - - v . v - - - . . . . , - - - Surprising Results Obtained Along Line of the Salt Lake Route. P 1 3! 1MTI rs of Hrr farming. iippi,!r.ntM bv very Pmrill qnn-of qnn-of irr;K;it ion wati ob-tair.e ob-tair.e 1 b" p'i mp; n?, on n.nveral trillion eti of l;in 1 ;n Millard, Eavfr aid Iron rn-int:", arf b-ini? intTti'ti v-Ir v-Ir drn'jn-itratfl on two experiment famiH at Maione and Nada, on tte Salt Lak Ro-jte. V."ih the revolts of the iprond year's work on theie farmi rom-pi rom-pi o td, Honrs intretir z information to Ia.r.dee)cprB fcecom9 avaiiaule. Prof cm or Ij. M. Winor, a crricult ural expert for the Ttah Asriultitral cnl U-i:e and thr; t'nitd Ptar depurtmDt of ak'ri'iitnre. hs been in ohitri1 of the ex penaient mid hn.i g;tt her'i corne rather startling inform at inn. to si art-hnjr. art-hnjr. in fact, that Profeor Winsor hei-tated hei-tated to (rive it all out. fea n ng that :; btatmpntt would sound extravagant. Tb tart remains, however, says the expert, ex-pert, that a slight amount of watnr. iwide.d to the natural nioi.-turfl at proper, intirvaN, will produre. rropa tbat will Fupport many t ho'Liand of settlers along I tbo verv Tight ot" way of a 1 1 n ns-on ti- I nental railroad, with the s if. Lake mar- I Icet onlv five or ix hours a-vay and the ' .fi Ar.2,es mrkt noi mora than twenty tn;;ri dictant. Maintained Jointly. The farm were r.ahlihed and arc j rr a ; n r a : n d jointly by the a 1 1 Lake ' Knf'". tli" ( "ah r cn-er ation romm 'Mi. th I'tah Ari'-iilt-iral cll.---, the ' I'r.itod ht;tt'- t"j nrtn.e-it of hcnrnl-' hcnrnl-' : ir1, tf:e J ': ;r rji'i .s Moro. r,ai ;ft t:y uml 'he I'tah ftini:.g rompany. The Ma Inr.f f.irm lo-'Ateil a fe- milrt north '.of Mili'.rd, win I" the Nnda farm i rint i l.niow the northern boundary of Tron i To the avr.-aje traveler, can. ing i ilv 'from the window of a I 'nil man as it 1 dasi.t-H liv thf two tarni", the tracts J might ap;ar to 1 patihw-rK a'tmiptft i at g."fwiLg evervthing under the nm. Hut iiot o if the interesting experiments being eondufferi nre explnined. A wide jvarit'ty ot rrops are being tried out in order to learn i'J"t what crops will do t bett. rurtherniore, each anty is di- idefj Hnd ea.-h pets a different amount ; of uater in orOr to determine the 'amount nece.M-ary fr proper maturity. Little Water Used. The outstanding feature of the experiments ex-periments conducted during the pant seaeon is the fact that on no crop produced pro-duced wero more than hi x acre-inches of water used. Tbnt is, no crop, during the entire growing Reason, was given more than onnntrh wat nr to cover the i ground on which It was raised to a 'depth of si x inches, if all the water I was turned in Jit ono time and it stood Ion top. It, is s&fo to estimate that six aero-inches is not more than one-thi rd i of the minimum amount of water used during an irrigation gea-on by the average aver-age farmer in the stato of I't a h. During tho past summer the M alone farm was enlarged from its original ten acres to a tract forty aeres in extent. ex-tent. Here, under the pcponal supervision super-vision of J. M. Woodhous-e, a Utah Agricultural Ag-ricultural college man, many crops were triecj with succors, proving that much 'of the laud in that section can be made to produce excellent and profitable crops. Mr. Wood li on so worked under tho direction of Profesnsr Winsor. Potatoes Are Good. Especially good was the potato crop rniecd on t"he M alone farm. Tho average, aver-age, according to Professor Winsor, was rfos'o to 200 bushels to the acre of fine, well-formed tubers. And this crop was raised on si x aero inches of irrigation water; despite the fact that, last season was exceptionally dry. At no time, according ac-cording to Prol'essor Winsor, was 1 he crop permitted to suffor through lack of water. Tho development was perfectly per-fectly controlled through the judicious application of six acre-inches of water, carefully measured. Tho excellence or these potatoes attracted much favorable comment at tho Utah stato fair, where specimens were on exhibition. A considerable amount of spring grain was sown, also. Tho spring wheal, averaged a bout twenty-f ive bushels to the acre, with not more than six inches of irriiation. This aiiiount would urub- i j ably not be more than ooe four'h tJ-e i a era't- amount gi ven to gram crops under imatjun in I tah. I 1'ivp acres of alfalfa 'tarter! nnd made her.hhv crowth br fall. This crop wan g:-n amount of water varv-, varv-, ing from two to i inhe in order to I'-t'Tmine the pre-i-r anu-uut. Frc-juent 'light irn;aioi, 1 ' rnt ."..r Winsor .vs, proved to be the ,et method on this i TCP. I several va-ietjr of coin wrc tetfrd and White Mint and Ketenta proed to he cpc-iuil v well adapter! to conditions (there, fmrlan grns mailt an excellfiit "hnwing, both wii h nnd with out irri-I irri-I nation. fpiit anrl oats for hav were 1 planted late, the firt crop beinp plowe, under to add -ee table niiitter lo the i new. i a w mu i. T he eeond crop ma-( ma-( tu red in time to cut for bay pur-J pur-J pose-., I At Nada similar experiments were ' earned on. There arc twelve acres in ! the Nada farm. Potatoes ;liri exeeption-nll exeeption-nll well there aUo and other crops showed up in excellent condition. Manv arieties of vcL"tableH were suceef uHv produceil on the Nadu farm. Water is pumped opr the tiact t X ada by a gasoline engine. The well is forty feet deep and has eighteen feet of water standing in it. The pump capacity ca-pacity provides 1 or a discharge of an acre-foot of water in twenty-four hours, and it was only necesarv to keep the Sump in operation a total of five davg uiing the entire season to irrigate tlie I twelve-acre tnict, demonstrating beyond the quest ion of a doubt that tho well, ' oven with its present, pump equipment, could irrigate a much larger tract. Oil Engine Used. At, Malone the pump is operated by an oil-burning engine, which hag proved highly successful. The discharge here equals two acre-feet in twenty-f our hours, and it was only necessary to use the pump for a total of twelve da vs during the season to apply sufficient water to the forty-acre tract. Professor Profes-sor Winsor firmly believes the well there, which is sixty-three feet deep and has water in it to the depth of fit-teen fit-teen feet, would be largo enough with its present equipment to irrigate a tract of 1 00 acres, wi thout the necessity of night irrigation at any time. There is every indication that tho entire district in which these two farms are; located, comprising a vast acreage capable of supporting thousands of farmers, has an abundant supply of j iiiidorL'rnund water. It cun be t'ound I at depths ranging from twenty-five to! liiO fort at almost any place. j Pumping costs aro low and largo acre- I ages can bo profitably handled, tho experts ex-perts believe, by the intelligent combination combi-nation of dry-tanning and irrigation ! practices. With tho lands locatod on a transcontinental railroad, between tho big markets of Salt Lake nnd Los An-goles, An-goles, those who have observed tho ex- . poriments closely bolieve there Is a great agricultural future for this territory terri-tory when tho results of these experiment experi-ment farm tests boeome more widely known anions land seekers. |
