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Show W ElDEi OF CITYINSPECTED Citizens Requested to Seek Advice on Proper Methods of Cultivation. The "follow-up committee," a subcommittee sub-committee of the city agricultural and conservation committee, is busy inspecting inspect-ing the war gardens about the city. The committee is working under city authority au-thority and is inspecting the war gardens gar-dens and giving advice and instruction to the gardeners so as to increase the production of the garden products. Professor A. L. Mathews of the University Uni-versity of Utah is chairman of the committee. com-mittee. Other members are Mrs. Charles M. Hecker and L. C. Miller. They have employed "W. B. Murray as a professional field inspector, who will inspect in-spect all of the gardens in the city if he can find them. Professor Mathews will confine his work to special problems prob-lems of production which are continually continu-ally rising. "Cultivation and irrigation are the big problems at the present time," said i Professor Mathews yesterday, after completing an inspection of several gardens. gar-dens. "Ihe gardener should cultivate the land regularly to maintain a good soil mulch, and especially should he j cultivate within two or three days after irrigation. Several fields of potatoes inspected in the past few days have needed irrigation badly as do the leaf and small garden vegetables. The gardens gar-dens on the gravel bench land need more water than those situated elsewhere. else-where. Gardeners should not wait for potatoes to come to full bloom before irrigating, providing the plant is in a wilted, condition. " It is estimated by the committee that there are about 2000 gardens in the city and it is the iatention to visit all of them and to make an inspection of each at least twice a month if possible. Mr. Murray is keeping a garden and tract report of the gardens so as to show the condition of the crops and to see what general faults have been made and to prepare for a production campaign next year. Production sheets will be issued soon by the committee so as to keep a record rec-ord of the amount of produce raised within the city. This is done as the city appropriated money for the seeds and other things, and desires to keep a check on the gardeners to see that the returns re-turns justify the expenditure. Any citizen who desires information or advice should consult the chairman of the committee, Professor Mathews. He may be found -at Wasatch 1711 or at the University of Utah. "The people should not be backward in asking for advice,' as the committee is serving the city and the desire is to increase and better the production in as many ways as wo can. People should not consider it as putting them under obligations in asking us to help them in thpir problems, as we do it for the city and make no charges for our services," said Professor Profes-sor Mathows yesterday. . -nr. - - |