| Show of winter wheat by prof L A merrill utah er pediment peri ment station dairying nod and general stock farming fanning should and will gradually leplace special wheat farming la ilia utah wheat however ison of our pal crops an and d since the rotation and fertilization of fill which come with the keeping of took stock provide the bout bent soil conditions for cheak this thio crop Is ia likely to continue to lu bu an important one on most of our firmo tho of wheat in utah for tho the past seven years bearis ja ia ant 21 i bushels por par acre cr with the opportunities tuni taul ties w we lave for a proper crop rotation and fertilization ani and with the natural fertility of 0 our soils eoila anti and a selection of varieties this thin yield should le la very much increased 07 BEEP BED to secure ideal condition moil oil should bo be made fine arid loose tho the sub aub surface soil boil hue fine and fairly compact for winter tho the ground should be plowed HH all early in tho the beason na as it should bo be immediately harrowed Lar rowed rolled and harrowed again before seeding it t should bu bo tilled again with any aay imala mont bost bask tinted suited to tho its particular soil this tillage tends t to 0 comparet tho flao sub pub surface soil abil form a fino fine seed led bod cou conserve servo moisture and tot feet freo free plant food on OF N the choice of acied is ir important export blonts conducted loro horo daring beals IW and 1900 indicate in dicato that we wa have hava lurge large nuu iEr of which tire good aldeis iilda ia good milling illing in heats cheats and reasonably certain to go through the tha v i inter with out injury tha pait winter though not unus unusually ally rigorous rigo ronn was rather revert on taa beat chop n tin there was very tery little snow protection and considerable fret bretzing zing weather iho alter alternator nato freezing find ud thawing vias especially injurious to late sown wheat the cheats herein mended nieD dod however Lo how Trevor evor wont into tho ho win ain ter terin in vigorous cou didon and came en 0 through without injure the ing heild the iva of our winter varieties vanet vari oties iOB tor for the pat pait pa it atio w a se aonA and clr alton m f greatest groa tast test sonora ft ancient mound wonder bouder siberian Siben nn enily rod clawson new zealand Tan maman rk martins amber At tibor INifi torLa balloon balloor or nad and odessa all of shonta are clapped as a haratio wheat iIi find the milling quality IT ig about equal to tile best beat sprigg wheat we tire are pre prepared to furnish a hunted quantity of tile the peed of those varieties to farmers making racking applications OF benial BEnI Nl the ex oraw ut his haa conducted testa lubing duling tho rit two seasons on 1 I litno irne of into int befth w lly h iv IYO ll I un lt 0 innet fruin from atan ber bf r ath to no at ern m bor hio luire ibe coun con duit I 1 itliong lilon this hll hue ull fill point to that la ill di ciparick pArick where the land cau viol ba irrigate I 1 before fw ding there ln in no difford alco le be tween it arly nud lule lato rowing bowing NN hore ore irrigation is not practical practicum ticul carla tarl seeding la is ti r or OF ST LM 0 it ani beon been by ro pontal antil on til oil erit neaLs that hat wheat in tho fall of tile atar i bet belter ter than that ith fill a drill tile the roell ciui can 10 lo i 1 4 olyn illy n doth dolth insuring lu tho the of all the maedi together bor alvo vo haie fotina a in favor ol of drilling of 74 for every enery one ona hundred acres planted iha depth at winch which wheat should be will depend lar golly ill DI un on the of moisture in tho boll choro tho 13 compact arid moist quite HB rood good ro re stilts aulta will doubtless doubt loba loss come plant ing ingon only lynn tin inch deop iho jun wheat plants ran can r ome rome tip through of very lomeo and nd if tile moil boil la is very dry it may iny lie bo feces tary to ko aeed nt at that th depth ira ill order to get to bearb geral nation slid and that tho rooan inay at onu onto enter into aiato anoia soil here thegean thoy con meltire food as soon HB the iota ignos am have hare expanded sufficiently to uso ue it aflak it is often beneficial to harrow tile gronato immediately after the grain is IN own m mo BO BH as to make the tha seed bod bed knorn biorn complot bolow below anil and line dad and mellow OW at the nur faro sonia of the experiment stations lave found tint that the grain cram after it has come up tip is ili dangerous in ili that it loHa lotis ened the yield in proposition to tho the amount and lateness of the harrowing at this station wo follow the 04 of cf harrowing har roning the wheat in tho the spring pring to destroy woods and to break up the ernst which las has formed bofo boford rothe the plants aro are high enough to shade the ground iha light harrowing estabel ashen a fine fina mulch on tile tha surface retarding rapid and we believe that in tile tha and region this thin practice is certainly to bo be commended it 11 TATION tho the history of nearly dearly evory every faint faim in utah shirli hits has been farmed for hom fifteen to twenty offers abran is similar ir aiu tit nt hila good yields of wheat hay leavo 0 won fur for tho bochno in ill yield and in quality has haft beaud 1 I ellerb I 1 or are numerous reasons for this thia decline aifong whish art are that iiii rainne wheat after the soil boil hart haa bowl bon left irl in poor condition the of plant food has boerl tie atly y reduced find and wee Is have become 0 so o numerous numo roua its IB to crould out the wheat plant in daany instances wheat if grown at till ul should form 11 part of a system systematic atio anti and profitable rotation the advantage daut AdNan tage Bg of using a cultivated cultra tad crop to piedro tho the land tor for wheat ban bait been clearly demonstrated rated by the burth dakota SWIM by bill baio 0 collur ing on one borr tile the yields arlda of wheat isolo oia four to six baht bushela ili por per acre forthe for the two succo liy by gremur ti giop of cornor corn or potatoes or by clover or tho the yields were tit mx to eight bushels bu bli briefly th tho ex L showed an lucrease lucre aRe of wheat of thirty to fifty por per cent by alternating the ho wheat with othor other crops who have tho hobt livo block can produce tho lar ost and most moat pion table of wheat and thoy having nu an aban lance of manure can boat best afford to grow those crops which exhaust thu tho fertility of the fields |
