Show r p PRODUCTION IN AH GROWS ANNUALLY Y e Farms Swell Total More Than in Year of ot county agents upon dem- dem farms has Increased Utah's production In the lat last 3 year ear U 1113 un Is le the lire assertion made In n a art This 41 So prepared b by Dr R H. H J J. J Evans nl of rt Wrt l lb hs n lon division of the Utah as as- l cultural college and und tate state leader of k nU efU which he will submit to the states Statu department of 1 rt estimated but Is nil Increase Is la not This carefully kept records record upon t crop In detail It p that I In crop production alone sans nn tr rr II U g has haa been returned to the e stale Mate every dollar spent from all alJ or la In reu Kes s addItion to thin this double the num- num the ther of a tree acrea vt were re cared for tor under t r late direction of ot the agents In used methods were bk tho rho came amo t upon which no helt hek plats were that the was opt t. t farms the r SO 0 O per r ent of ot the other r 1 e amounts amount to mak- mak tg tf s total of ot added to the ut its it's te 11 Income This Thin I is but a S small p portion of the 1 results beau tho the vast alt majority if t f work done could not be practically measured ROM 1018 1016 FARMS The above o tI figures res results rom roan only 1018 farms while the agents sainted 1 tj additional farmers h by personal visits An average of oC three 1111 were made nude to farm during durin be he year to aid with their farm fann ms m Moro More oro than OOOO persons were heel through farmers farmers' meetings meeting If It the other county count agent activities I bould hould bould bo he taken Into consideration och rh as ea soil oil Improvement ement problems re tock stock Improvement and farm nn pest this ln saving Indicated bon bove would Increase e man many fold j The Tho three primary factors that ne- ne ac account count ant for tor tho the great reat success of or the n agent movement mO In Utah as 08 opined by Dr Evans E arc are i first that an extraordinary eW effi force of n agents aro are now at nt work the state date backed by live 11 county j Second that every every- county a agent fol- fol tows fow definite programs of work with two Iwo or three hi big big- lines JInes of or work r featured d u Ls projects Third that the work wok Is followed up enough to record measurable rr Th The specific re results of or the crop improvement Im Improvement Im- Im provement projects are briefly sum sum- lI b by Dr Evans Evans' report as ollow 1 Crop production In the state I Is far tar I flow our present ent possibilities possibilities- There Therl I Iare ire are man many causes underlying this con- con coni i i among which ma may be mentioned Poor joor Or seed poor cultivation atlon poor methyl meth meth- I 41 of or Irrigation of nf land weeds plant diseases and Insect pests pest a n few of these thesa will be given JI lal Ial consideration because more efort cf- cf ort oft has been spent In their solution CONTROL OF SMUT Our demonstrations of 1915 proved pro inclusively el that the thc enormous loss l lue lac e to the presence of ot smut in oats be successfully controlled with Ittle expense At our our annul annual meeting n January most of ot the agents expressed ex tx pressed a a. desire to have hl a a. card upon the tho farmer could record his hilt re- re tilts and upon which full Instructions verb ere r v printed for tor carrying carrying- on the demm dem- dem m This was wai done dono and they were vero placed ced In tho the hands of ot all nil cooperators cooperators cooperators co- co operators at demonstration meetings held beld In each tAch town where the agent nent j v a demonstration on treating oats or mut smut Tho following results were obtained rom five fhe counties 8 There Them were inners conducting demonstrations In- In luding 2330 acres acre of oats oat giving a net nt in value at present prices of or In addition there were held l I two orty-two demonstration meetings at I Ich ch 1330 1331 farmers rs participated most r f whom undoubtedly adopted tho the thoi i In tn their own business Tho The hults here her given t n are arc ani only from re- re re results on demonstration plots plats In the potato Improvement ement project was vis Included hand hond selection t an and chem- chem ral 1 treatment nt to lo control potato ells ells- and for tor general Improvement ement of or ys crop The same general St method v ts a U used ns as for oat ont smut mut control with withe he Ie e following results Seven counties I corked on the project There were 69 tuner conducting tho the demonstrations I rl n n acres of ot land and obtained a att et tt Increase e of as ns a result f r f th the project campaign In th three three- counties tho the agents are Corking on the advisability of or sU sugar sUr r I et t growing crowing In these areas r as thirty thirty- o 0 farmers grew plats plat under tho the ill ill- illon on of the count county n agents showing n 11 Increase of or 2323 In value alue over O overe II 1 e grown rOWn under other methods |