| Show I Good GOd Dry Dry Land nd Wheat I A sample of Turkey red wheat that will yield an nn average average aver aver- cr ng age of twenty bushels to th the acre Herc on df dry land Too Tooele l count county wn was placed on exhibit in in the window of the local office of ot the Salt Snit Lake Route in hi the J Judge building n this morning Several years ago ago a number of people secured dry farming land lanel in ill Tooele cou county ty about six bix miles sou south th of Vernon After After Af Al ter dilatory efforts at nt cultivation tion tinn the thc owners decided that the land was not lIot worth much and offered it for vale sale Will till G. G Farrell secretary of the thc Salt Snit Lake Commercial club and a n number of associates purchased 7 OO acres and last year commenced th the work of dry farming ou on a scientific hasi basis La Last t fall they planted shout about 2400 acres acres in wheat from which they expect to harvest about bushels th this is month The Thc wheat is about ready for the harvester and the thresher Experts Expert who have visited the patch say that t the wheat isas is as us fine finc a as any j raised t I i j jin in the thc intermountain country I As soon as the thc crop rop is harvest harvest- harvested I ed cel the thc work of summer fallow fallow- hug will commence Many dry r farmers call fill this thiR giving the land hand a n rm rest t. t ll In 1911 the Dry Farm and Stock company which is doing farming farm farm- hug ing on a big Lug scale in Tooele county counts planted 1000 nr acres s last fall they planted 2100 n acres re This fall they expect to break breakup up the remaining ing acres r and with the 1000 acres planted two years nr ago the they expect to plant about acres this fall leaving lea the 2100 acres that that- yielded a crop rop this this- year nr until the fall of 1914 before planting a again nin I Steam plows s o of the latest est style are ait used fl The c same class 3 of if machinery is R also used in harvesting and I threshing the crop The Thc company has proven pro en en 11 that dry farming in Tooele county can nn be made a success that land which a few years ago Ugo was considered worthless is now flow worth fr from n 25 to to 40 dr for dry farming more per acre j Telegram |
