Show alfalfa seed experiment stations will make tests on dry and wet farms 1 TO HE ON LAND R america a moat most comprehensive set of field experiments dealing with problems of 0 alfalfa aeed production on both irrigated and dry land will be inaugurated this sason in the uintah basin and in san sari juan county according to agronomic ex ox at the utah experiment peri perfo ment lent station ho love just tom completed planting plans for the new alfalfa seed expel ament farms arms lo 10 bated near fort duchesne Duc heene and a mon lion bicell ti cell saya the salt lake tribune funds for or the establishment and maintenance of these farms A ere elre provided by tae we t ae last legi and the farm altes sites were kloct selected d last summer by william M peterson and soil anil and crop ex of his station staff since that time tinie the farms have been fe fenced decd and the land lind prepared and laid off tor for planting during the winter months the department of agronomy gr onomy under whose general su sit perv lson islon the farm farms are to be op crated has been preparing plans for or the planting plantings to be mada made tah spring aarm mill located the jinnah basin farm to be known officially as the tle uintah has basin in alfalfa a experimental fawn farm Is located on the victory highway one and a half miles from fort du chesse che it roo ailt of forty acres of irrigated land lying at an eleva eleya tion proximately approximately ap feet the soil 11 of this farm while somewhat variable la Is regarded ai being a littie tie superior to the average run of soils in the uintah basin although probably not so good a as the better I 1 land of this region the farm con of one tenth acre plats on aich which the experiments will be con ducted under tinder the immediate supera slon mon 0 of john IN carlson the alfalfa fed seed production 9 stud lee fee are of 0 two prinC principal IDal kinds 1 a study of seed production as ed oil to plY physical condition conditions of environ and 2 technical studies of the alfalfa plant as related to its improvement tor for seed production the chalets fly pro pr blair will be studied on the uintah farm by charles 3 specialist of the t he department of entomology who 14 devoting practically hie his entire time to aiming at ohp con arol of this peet pest th the sen son ajan J ian it alft seed expert amrital mr atal farm consist consists of forty aera j of dry land located lo catel ten ton and a half mlp due eart of monticello it lies ties at an elevation of TOO feet alle no ap eurate precipitation records are ava available liable fr for this records made at monticello indicate talt an annual rs rainfall of at about six t n inell might be expected on alif lii d tann form much ot of thib preci mn ink b be expected during I 1 the tile broi wi PI in n a fact which mak a the annu I 1 precipitation of rainfall in sn jamn more nearly j mate condition conditions found on tee the south ern era great plains than hose of 0 the groat great basin in which moat most ot of the lutah utah dry farm arm land la is located the preliminary work of 0 preparing the plantings to ha be made there has been directed by A P F bracken superintendent at of the nephi dry farm arm experiment peri ment station the alfalfa aeed seed experiments on this farm arm in general outline will ap proximate those planned for or the uintah tarm farm except ai as they may 1 have to be modified to meet dry arming farming require requirement menh common hardigan and cossack will be the leading varieties placed under ider test and studies of these varle tie ties will be made under different cul cut conditions including various tillage practiced practices light and heeding row and hill culture and crop rotation ions tn in planning all of 0 these alfalfa every precaution has been tn taken to provide both thorough nena name and accuracy according to pro I 1 I 1 fedor stewart head 0 of evro nony department special pains I 1 have been taken to p profit by the I 1 albest bast information available on field technique to protect the experimenter I 1 so far as possible against soil var balong and undue climatic influent I 1 coo an exham exhaustive tive review has been made of literature pertaining to al at falfa under way ay in other states none of which reveals the existence ot at as a comprehensive a let of experiments ad those plan lied mod for the uintah and san juan farm ta anis a few year years pro fessor stewart believes the of 0 f the made on aboe farm farms will be sought by investigator investigators and in all seed producing section sections of america I 1 |