Show LOCAL FARM NOTES by LIW MAR MAK PRICE county akrit gallt ir S thero Is nn all universal opinion in heaver beaver county that tile soil here is not adapted to tile production of grain brain tills may inny be true tit in parts part of tile county just as it Is in practically tiny any county in utah at tile the same ehno there were areas in it heaver beaver county that yielded more than 80 bushels of wheat to tile the nere aero last year the significant part of this Is that eliat these areas were on oil dairy farms where all of tile the forti fertilizer lizor front the livestock was utilized it if nil all tile barnyard manure from tile livestock of heaver beaver county wore intelligently applied to tile the farming lands each year it Is doubtful it if grain would bo be regarded as if grown year after year unter under a definite doll nile system of rotation in 1907 dr cyl cyril 11 G C hopkins II of tile the university of illinois purchased a farm of acres for practically nothing because tile soil had been so completely depleted of fortuity fertility that tile tho crop yields averaged 7 bu bit of wheat per aero acre tile the farm was purchased for a demonstration A conservative serva tive tivo plan of restoring fertility by the addition of commercial fertilizer and growing swoot sweet clover was adopted kach 14 ach year the increase in crop yield was to pay for tile tho fertilizer applied in 1919 dr hopkins died and tho the farm was left to tile tho soil robber again last year the average yield of wheat per acre was 11 II 43 bushels the farm was operated on a paying basis from tho the time dr hopkins took it over until ills his loath death there is 14 till nn erroneous idea prevalent that alfalfa Is a soil builder and that it does not use the fertility already present in the soil al A falfa does have tile the power to take nitrogen fro from the air mill and bior restore it tit in tho the soil if property properly handled provided the soil soft does doea not already have a in ager supply of that element hut but it if t alio io soil is already rich in nitrogen tile alfalfa takes it from that source at the rate dr hopkins paid for i commercial fertilizer it would cost cos to supply the elements necessary 13 to produce a seasons crop of five tons of alfalfa unless some of the fertilizer is returned elthor either by way of barnyard man manure tiro tens tells of thousands tons ot of barnyard manure are available for application to tile farm lands of beaver county tills this year what crop yield a are re you going to get |