| Show experiments ON THE MERKLEY FARM xi t 4 w prot prof ij al 0 of the flold field w crops of the agricultural collego college cattle came to vernal monday onlay Al n aa lit to 10 spend brand a week neck looking over the arloua ar loufa experiments bing ca cai i ild I 1 1 iwa I 1 on oil in A shley alley in tho I 1 adma dma r aln of some boma waterlogged land an experiment la Is bing tiled out on tile the fim film of geoege D meckley Me ikley west of vernal which consists consist a tt 0 the fol following loving operations the wet N at land was aas plowed last fall anti and left bicken and open to the winter snow this spring it was as plowed again quite shallow and thoroughly disked 1 ahe treatment thus thua given has in ili view il two W 0 objects one to keep keel the sur aur face well mell mulched to stop r which la Is responsible for brinling tile the alkali to tile the sar fafe the tho j other la is to destroy the weeds v ir la Is of the opinion that land properly cared for in ili this way will soon coon become fit for fall plant ing to such crops as turkey red x it la is his opinion that the tract will be rt ready ady by i summer for fall wheat planting should it succeed ns as it gives promise tho the auk question stion of reclaiming many acres of ashley alley soil Is set bet tied the experiment Is ie being watched by many farmers with lii in ii terest when asked what sin bin tho the tar far meis niels are committing that Is most moat grieve ous air winsor said bald it ts Is leaving the alfalfa too long beffie cutting I 1 saw beneral fields where the alf alfa wits wag in full broom and looked like it had been for a ateek eek this Is wrong it Is a loss to the far 4 f mor mer alfalfa la Is just right tor har vesting nah when n it Is bursting litto into va bloom if cut at this stage wo two r pounds of it la Is worth three amee P to ten days later this should f be talked to every ashley valley far mer until it 13 1 3 thoroughly understood by them all the only other sin eln 11 saw being comm committed hn ashloc valley la Is the use ot too antich atar aft tor |
