Show pessimistic SPIRIT the pessimistic pint spirit evident among amon the dry farmer farmers of san juan county came in for some adverse j i comment by professor william pet erson director of the experiment station conducted by the federal I 1 I 1 government in connection with the utah agricultural college at logan who returned to sak salt lake city MY last week after a trip to san juan county for the purpose of selecting A site alte for an alfalfa seed experiment farm professor peterson accompanied by A F bracken superintendent of th nephi echi experiment fann and B richards I 1 in n charge of to roden 01 r cOntrol arol work mork in utah for the unit Unite I 1 tate biological survey selected a location about ten miles due cast mat of monticello on the state highway leach leading rig to colorado work haa has already ed on getting the farm in operation the lart last legislature appropriated for the establishment of the san juan experiment farm commenting on conditions as he found them in san juan county protestor peterson eaid said 1 I never have witnessed euch uch a psychological depreston depre wion eslon as exists at present among the farmer farmers in the eastern part of san juan county out but I 1 ha have faith in that country every bit of data we could galber father as an to rainfall there showed that the precipitation hae has been mote rooe consistent than it is in any other part vart of or the state it has ranged ie between tween and twenty inches every year in a tenye ten yeat ye period where the ground has been bem properly tilled we me bound the 1 moist two inches of the surface ISec sections tans where the land has hits been ve well tilled produce good rood wheat corn and some alfalfa A study of the al u 1 methods of farming of planting and of tillage is BS as much biped in that country as of the proper amps rop to blant yet r doubt whether san juan county this year will baiso elou h wheat for its own needs tit i R t the h P c condition on dit itin n odwith stand Kt andine iriz tbt tte fact fart that the courtry coultry is ns its well to arv barmine fann int as aft devan cidre count irv and anil their thor has bag ix n rn ra cron failure in that part of f 7 iob unav Tin tv in henrs th farm selected thirn is beina end and rut into cond wen it Is ferial faw and en V with ith rabbit ns for are apri ln 60 th howera pr ad tb he brumb r of rodents w bv hr 11 lat t veara M acot W ir rent iv p and ta eliw tim hope to ft them o 0 ador th yen timp ri irv w are ar fe fot te fam farm rpm rp m ta t mv 1 it roon room fr for 0 al frazire in n sn sin yvan uan conaty with a proper farming system ty steni |