| Show UTAH I 1 inn SOILS abir in the lecent issue of tile the journal of tile the society of niomy Is printed an all aitrele b dt di stewart and ml all hirst of if the utah eol college lege in which they hanow chilt tho daiy diy land of utah unlike tho the bolla boils of othe legions do not depreciate in ill ci chop op producing powei even enen when used tor for so long its as fifty the to alove piove their statements ba making scientific tests tast s of the soil boll con coil tnt of litt logen and humus the two elements of plant food v litch ai aie c said to deci case the langei the soil Is used heretofore tests hane been eon made b by scientists at the experiment station in minnesota and north dakota these men used soil from the great plain legions and found a ma decrease of the above elements took place each year that tile the soli soil was nas used 1 it t was vas naturally thought that tho the same would piove giove true of the utah soils dr stewart began his tests test early in 1907 and has continued them ever since in connection with mr hirst he has used soils taken from all the principal dry farms of utah the results of his tests teats were practically the same in every instance and may bo be summed in tile the following quotation from the article rod red to the results aro just juat opposite from those found by earlien investigators i refilling ta ladd and who worked with soils floell the great plain the op plug of dry faim soil lit in utah foi gibat lengths of alnio is not accompanied by a stalked doLi donease ense in the little gen and bunitis content of the sli mil I 1 fit fait foot of soil this Is pio bably duo due have lilt investigator 13 to tile the deep hooted character charac tei of the NN wheat heat plant when gi geown own unde conditions as aa in utah and alo fo 0 to the fact that very little excision balcof place by wind nind oi 01 water no mattei limi how it onieh inci about tile the fact remains that the soil oil of the utah dry torin form as N the sup of any ally chy diy farm in tho states patin dentoni travois nio it judging bv requests aliffi the mori division of the utah collero collego is 14 1 10 cel celvina vint thoin oi luttes of the state slate loi ini assist assistance mice in placing uch it u man in their locality 8 1 so 0 ma many ily lave have boon eon I 1 lec ec elved says di E 0 that the college has not i dough means iveans at its dis disposal to lo satisfy them this yea flip lie institution from the federal govern rient for the extension of its ita vork among the failers many county demonstrators will vill be added but not nil all that are needed for the simple reason that there is not enough money aval available lable for that purpose next year however the fund will be increased and will continue to d to fao until 1922 when the college will bo be receiving from this the problem before lent dent and dr Pet peterson eison is 19 to place the few men which chev can supply this year in such positions that they can do the greatest amount of good to the whole state in addition to the regular county demonstrators ulio have definite fields the authorities have outlined a method the whole matato will haie ha at its coin commend nien agricultural expel ts whom they illan lall call upon lit at any ally time to assist any particular palt ol of tho state in bleed ot 01 adich the min and the positions posItIon 4 fo fi which thea tile aie appointed nio aio as aa tollos follows tol lows john T calno caine UI state in ant mal inal Hus husbandly banchy it J eans in seed bleeding und 11 nd general astronomy asti onomy ron bell R eldredge Eld redee state dally daily demonstrator on L M state demons in Itil gation problems geatrude Gei trude Cheyno mccheyne Mc lome homp demonstrator tor for the state the demonstrator for daiy diy faim problems leins has not yet been beell appointed the state wide demonstrators will enter upon thet thel r duties july let this year I 1 |
