| Show MAYOR n AfTER CONGRESS He leads Loads Delegation on Person Personally Pe Personally son ally alY Conducted Campaign For 1909 Sessions DRY FARMING DISCUSSION It I Is Interrupted by Brief Diver Diversion Diversion sion Furnished by J J F Tolton of Utah U h 1 hI r i Honored by Appoint to Position of ut appearances tillS this afternoon In Inthe Horn Irol the tho Dry Farming Fanning con on onIt ji tl It I wi will bo a rL case casa hop iop on your next con convention for tor old oh ol Cheyenne como cn time Tho boom for Or 1909 received Impetus today when Mayor rook tonk of that town with a delegation of ot fellow townsmen arrived decorated In yellow ribbons on which was wua found to rhyme with th 1909 and which declared the purpose of ot the delegation lo to tho meeting place A com corn will wJ hand In Its Ith selection for Cor tho consideration ot of tho the congress tomorrow afternoon With Wih tho Iho matter of or organizing for Cor or next flet year conveniently out ou t of the way sessions consumed with the lic hearing carIng of ot papers technically treat treating leg ing Int various phases phaRes of the tho dry dr farming arming f problem and with strengthening tho or organization for a I long loni and permanent life le CONTRIBUTION John F 1 Tolton lon of Beaver Heaver Utah Uth who Required a I reputation In ito tho last lat leg legislature as a prize debater was present today todd along with Alma Mma and other notables ot of histrionic fume f me and thy they furnished a half halt hours diversion for or loss lesH Serious minded delegates Mr I Colton lou took very vCr seriously s a IL mo molion molon molion lion ot of Mr r Adney of o Utah Uth to the tho ef ot effort ott fort lon t that tho the congress con sS VOte veto as US tho fw of tho convention that each dele K git tn pay JI U for fo a membership tea lee co so that running expenses espouses could oUId be ho met met joined jolle Tolton In an attack atack on the constitutionality of the plan and nud the Infringement It would mako on rights of a I delegate to remain fro fre rC end and old In the exercise of ot o personal In Li vein vain the tho chairman Gov mucH of ot Idaho explained that tho the motion n was art wn merely to express the them mot m o of O f the tho convention C and ald when Mr the tho dramatically appealed from Tolon ly decision dell of the chair It was again ex cx explained lol to him by others from froU tho the flor 1001 This Is a very serious matter maler de do declared Mr Tolton after atter tho the aye and nay lr voto had gone heavily against Mm him I 1 call cul for tor or a I division Then Thon with another appeal from tram tho the explanation tion lon of ot the tte chair chir clr HM its UI to tu l they the r ri voting on ho lie continue to debate un until til iii he ho ws was appointed as IS a teller by tho tim 11 Wi chairman to tc count tho the standing voto vote that was called for tor or and thus thul satisfy do against him hl his On tho the side II hil duty luly was to count almost In Inthis inthe this the room while a a scattering few stood up UI on 01 his Ills side alda EXPLAIN The Tho debate developed a very ver Inter Interfiling filing r phase of the tho congress To 0 It have been attracted a number ot of If men mon who might be classified as IS convention experts They he always al way I como come vI el tho the convention and whatever its Is A lepo Is one ouo of ot these tl e Ho 11 says with wih pride that he has represented Nevada anti and Gay Gov John at every convention to which Sparks over ever had to send scud a II delegate te Mr Ir Helo backed by hy John Henry Smith of ot Utah who explained that he ho too lint had hUll hud much convention fore nico hul told how necessary were the tho of war to a f convention and how was WIS the practise at f each cacti t legato depositIng a dollar dolar to help tho the good food work along niong Mr hope named ji jt 1 number gooc of ot conventions to which ho had hud 1 n proud to give glo JS i and 10 instead ot of jul oneS one Ole State Senator David MaKay auIe to 10 resent an nn Idea ha ho gathered from froni hB lila iia Democratic friend Mr 1 1 Tol Tel Telton ton hl that any an farmer or granger glaner would hr Ills his hlf dollar to help tho the orga organize nize movement In behalf of at tho the In II ho lie represented With Wih tho tIm question of or tho thu dollar fee fco wit Ol of ot the tho vay U there thoro remains very vor lit litte I te I t do before adjournment ex cx to listen an to moro more discussion slon tn n 10 and processes of ut dry Ih farm ann I I Ih HONORED F dior Harris received a n decided h from tho he hl convention In Iii II re roe for Cor or hi good gOOl work worle In II ur urr run rn r nc in ll ng ir for or It I ho he wits was named as an It its a ox d f n I a IL I position Ilo llon to which a try irv n will wil bo ho attached tied mid tIn i l L i o 0 tutu him hll tho the chit Ion ot of working iii UI u 40 ert In II I U ouch convention convent ion wll er erI N r I r n It 1 may mi bo be hold haiti The Tho he executive voted 11 this to tn hint him hinti at al i I f meeting to o At tho tim thoI I mt I l C of 01 hut hla hn made C chairman I anti S II III I I I IJ I J MI Ii I secretary John D I II t tier Itel e a n ilaya faithful service ns its lS el wan to make wn fl lent dov 00 Irrol of lt Idaho who I tn ni 0 tho chair this 1111 rH papers road were by II guy gov nt exports in on fn the tho subjects imi r I I ji jj lu I 1011 1111 on oni I II r 1 i and Dry Farm Ing is isI i l Liv hv Plot Prof In hl hil Ih IN I r Pr 11 i rt C ot of Washington alMI t absent nh nt 0 01 bin hil Ii Is paper on nit 01 HI M I i Fallowing sylta WIl by byK y r rr K j I C hr T f r A If rod Atkinson ol of ff it nl III t MI I i i d ll tho the series nf itt If morning moaning i o i h s with wih u it 1 resume ro of nf If his ills I I In II tho ho of t eon I a is ise w e i up II Iii M arid lri 11 d and tutu 11 I i hi i duty Ilu al uty In II I am ra Ising crops tt os SUMMER FALLOW TOPIC DISCUSSED BY SCOFIELD F f C n H paper on Ott fill til iii 11 14 c i 1 g WIS by hy Ilo Chicot Cli It I iw bu lu in i i slit with wih th an In rig iluM t Cr f r h i 1 E work haul and WIS in view low of ot Iho ho tact fact Unit Oust tile tho PI lie I nf of o fallowing till iovIn g tho lb o for oi eti tir with witha a t flu year y i hits hll madu lilY dry i ide fu II Utah l and It nil through I gli OUt Ih i h li 1111 it I oC cC I thi hI 1 1 r i t ise may lilay 11 he tie le j itati No ho 0 Oslo olio Wh wl is IH 4 wih ith tIle tho Ihl teetH fuels can HH its 11 a 1 lit Jit II Ih I hs u t tol t loll of or O iso tho I tim ru I pos poa ot It f this region ho tile o nf of it wad land lan II IN u au u old ul u II tie u fl I self Us Its Is extensive use tso t O to 10 conserve soil 61 and to permit crop growth In arid regions rellous him blot not been so o generally U l until recent years It I seems not 1501 notto to 10 have been een realized that the soil noil ol Is capable of o acting us Its ls a 1 storage reservoir for tor fo water when proper tillage lu IW used u or und and that under favorable circumstances des ces enough moisture tu to mature immature an In or ordinary annual crop can bo be 10 stored storm In II the Iho roil noil before the tho crop er 1 Is planted pIl I lor Even letl gel It If this fact hush had been appreciated It I ItaH was waH aH not miot practicable to tu put It into Inlo gen general Iel eral ersil use URO until farm avail machinery capable of cheaply getting tho tIma noil into proper condition was devised and Y I E So for far as ns American agriculture Is concerned summer fallowing allowing became possible only with tho Iho Invest Invention tion and Ind general use into ot oC the disc hoe hur hn r row This Implement together with wih the tho plow Ido and tile the ordinary smoothing harrow makes an 11 equipment cheap enough to bo available Vo N is every overy and efficient enough to make mullo for or moisture conservation practicable The Tho highest development of oC summer fallowing allowing for fOl or moisture con eon conservation haw haH probably been obtained In this country at lt least lit Iii tho the west veat ot of the tho Rocky Hocky mountain In 1 all al tills this region tile the greater part Pait of tho thU an nn annual nual rainfall comes during the thu th autumn winter and early spring months l when evaporation raton Is hit II at ut UN Its lowest point and tho the greatest penetration of thu time rain miss Into tho the soil holl IK Is possible Under these conditions condition a n thorough summer fallow allow established us as goon so 01 an ILS possible titter after the thu spring rains ruins havo have ceased can bo he lJ cheaply maintained throughout t tho the summer and anil is IH wonderfully efficient In Its II preventing evaporation of ot water from time the H l Although It 11 has haa been beel a n well swell wol known fiLet fact for tOI many mUl years a it well wel main maintained m l surface mulch Is very In 10 II preventing evaporation of water vaLer from the soil sOl definite fuels facts fiets as to 10 just what this Is are extremely extreme rare In III our OUI agricultural literature Within the tho punt pant two or three tuo years however have ha been under undertaken unter undertaken taken tullen In las 11 a number of or places place to ascer ascertain Iscer tain tam just what this is under various conditions C and we wo may mi now hope hopI In II tho tile course courso of ot a 1 few tow years year to have havo a I body hody of or knowledge on this subject from which to make deductions and upon which to malta mako generalisations a thorns tons WHERE IT rr 11 IS POSSIBLE For practical It ItIs I itis Is sufficient to know that where tho the annual rainfall comes during tho the told cold colder cold er or months of the year It Is possible to use a system of summer fallowing allowing to tu together together gether gother with wih growing crops 01 on en alternate years that will wi secure paying ClOpS ciopa too where tho the rainfall Is altogether light to permit farming without Irrigation irrigation otis tion ton With wih tho the ordinary cultural moth meth methods HEAVIER SOILS SOLS ONLY It I must lust be b kept in Iii t mind that tIle the best us anti and highest development ot summer months mouths the tho maintenance ot of otan otan an adequate surface mulch to retain this moisture Is la both and ux u ei It I must flutist be remembered that there thore are arc O sonic somo conditions under wilian summer lummer fallowing allowing together with wih alter alternate aler nato nate year c cropping be ho economically cally caly used This TitiS Is true truo where the tha l Is so 60 light aRid and open In texture text re an as ni not notto notto notto to bo lie able to hold a a largo quantity of water Only anI tho time heavier soils sols are arc cap capable capable capable able of holding enough water to justify the tho expense of ot summer fallowing allowing Where tho the soil is light thero Is also great groat danger dunger of serious Injury through wind erosion There have havo been cases In iii fact tact where fallow allow soil sol has baa been blown lown entirely oft oI a rL field lold to a 1 depth of several Inches IncItes In 1 other cases where tho tIle land Is rolling and tho the ruins rains are frequently torrential there thelo is danger dangerio io Itt leaving leaving land exposed In 10 a fallow allow condition con on account of 01 tho the erosion by bywater bywater water wlter that wilt will wiL result These hosa nub ana other othel similar possibilities IH must ba be kept In mind In Isi II discussing the tho applicability ity Ily of ot practising summer fallowing and alternate year ear cropping for fOl any region or any ally soil typo type t pe IN UTAH TAIl U This much Is certain however that on most of the time mesa Ies and high valley valey lands lunds of Utah where the rainfall Is to u light to produce an In ordinary crop every ever year pa It has hu been demonstrated beyond boole the tho shadow of doubt that the practise of summer fallowing allowIng and growing crops every ever other year Is f profitable to justify an nn enormous ex ox extension extension tension of or tho cultivated acreage of oC this state It I romaine remains to bo be seen seel just what the tho ultimate effect of this thin practise wi will be beon beon beon on the tho continued fertility of oC these soils sol and on their mechanical condition It I may muy be bo found for that tha this practise of ot growing wheat or aI some seine sOle other grain grin crop crup crp continuously would In the tho course courso of a it 1 generation or 01 a n halt half halfa a 1 century seriously reduce the time fertility of these naturally rich soils lols or 01 result in a change in ha II their mechanical condi condl condition tion ton that would sooner or later luter snake ninko lako a IL continuation of ot this tills practise Impossible If I this is tho Ito case the sooner It Is II dis discovered covered and Bomo somo means menns taken to 10 post postpone pone polio or avoid the tho result rosul the tho bettor belI It will bo ho 10 for fOl or all ni concerned For this reason It is 18 highly hISh desirable that the tho tUI future as ns well teil wel as IS the tho present effect of ot I this practise bo ho considered nit her crUe ally It would bo he perfectly natural to 10 assume that here hero In II Utah It will wi be found round UK its iK it I hits hUK been found In II many cases that tho time continuous growth of o any ono crop on ott al the Iho land hind 1111 will wi only on result In I a it decreased yield duo dun either cither to 10 the lip actual depletion of or tho the plant food needed for tor that crop or to 10 I sonic Homo 1010 such Buch continuous other oilier culture from floats ROTATION NOTATION OF OJ CHOPS CROPS tho tito Practise under consideration lion tion lon tilts baa his not slot been generally applied ocr ovora ocra a large III area for Cor or a 1 long po pe period clod to lo give conclusive results it Is very gratifying to 10 observe that the tho Indications aro uro that rotation of ot crops Is II apparently I I by I no means no ho IO conditions necessary SUf under dry funning hero heroin In Utah ns 1114 11 U It I might be bo supposed to tobe be lIC or in us It has hns been found to 10 ho bo In oth otis other other er regions for tOl tho tIme maintenance of ot a I high highs stalo of productiveness If IC I this Inference b hI be correct It I Is lit n it I mutter of no 11 little Ditto Interest und Ind to 10 this thin whole hola section and amad ald to others having shill sim similar ilar conditions Au As n u matter of nC fact It him hillS lur been found Cound that In tin iii Cache valloy lly fur for Instance where dry funning linn has been carried on ois al for Cor or about of ot ofa otIl a It and 1111 thu when whelo 1011 fields havo lavo LWell used lined u od exclusively for fI growing wheat that thu titu yields at pros prO cut mt ore are Culo as ns good If not sot hotter butter than I when them Iho t f Melds lid ol it lust brok broh broken 1101 en elm 1 up I Thin ibis continued comm t mn ho ItO tine In iii II part purt to tu an till of ot nut ul them nr Ir a r hidi tilt bus which should not bo hat hi 11 that of these I are lre actually 1 IU I fertile than they thoy at first I In mO wore or It Ir 11 uny 11 It true that the Iho pro productiveness plO I of lt ho lu lands tat thIs lieu IHU main maintained mitts In Wiled to 10 a 1 high icHi n In lit InI II I Ihn hi groat wheat belt h 1 nf nC Ito Ihl I valley ul of o t lid ted Hod HOI 1 n nf or 5 C tho the sort North it It I I I IM Is mat mattor lal laller I tor ler nf if common knowledge o that nfl r 12 1 or hr 15 lb crops nf nt if wheat wheal hino hlo lieen grown 1 on Oil 01 tho the land It I If Is II no sin to 10 grow IloW thIs thin crop except In a I iota I IMn tol tolAS AS TO JO CACHIO YA IN INIn In iii the tue Cn ho valley however |
