| Show I I 0 I s v I J I 1 tr x r s y 1 ii iri rr L q I fI J r I i i l 1 re l I 1 r r rr k r r l A fumes t Gd I O fl h i Il d c h f t l r t di I f fI I iI i J I JI t I k v a r rI ri rte I i te d 13 tl far n k r 9 i maa l hll i L i P hi tit 1 r 1 f DT Dr PROF LEWIS A Agronomist t In charge of Arid Arld Farm FarmIng FarmIng Ing Itah f nt Station RE year 1910 will probably I pats pals passa THE T Into ry ns ea the year of of drouth d 1 not only n In II Utah ami nn t the Intermountain country but hut throughout I rou hout a n largo large portion of ff f the mid midtre lit tre west went ul There years yens o of light and continued long dry spells have hl vl occurred I it el more or less Ions Irregular Intervals since I the th history of tills f n has been known knon They do Llo not occur In regular reg odes ulu and no one ono In is able to foretell arrival arral Tho The writer In 1st In ro s 8 slog lion on bf data giving the precipitation for lor or 36 years an during nil all of this time there have been hen a few occasions when the annual precipitation has hAA been less than 11 Inches at Salt knit Lake h there have hate hal been n but six elx of such Buell years yearn u L u L ese dry years do not occur In to cycles to prove fole this hla compare aro the tho year ear IBM 1560 hen the total at nt gait Lake City It was W B 1084 1094 Inches with wl h the tho year 1881 when the precipitation was RB l 1 1668 ss S Inches A Iii Ih 1 the tha precipitation was 1033 1038 inches and this was w as 88 followed tho the next year c with a of or 1592 Indies Inch e Another Star tar ar when the the l precipitation lon 1153 1151 11 1 the during the tho thor Tsar f r following reached i hel 1608 ands nd mil IIII ur another t year Se T o r when the tho pro prod I ru d was ayes 1141 Inches tho total for tur forthe forthe the following yn r reached 1462 Inches k A i lull has been Hn said saki the particular tr year of drouth does ds not nol occur at al regular Inter Mis rals yet et It II may mR bo ho more moro of a colnel coincidence coincidence dence that the tho th precipitation In 1560 I SO was nB I 1691 1091 1690 but bUl 1033 and In 1900 but 1103 1163 lathes H It any ma bo bra that w we wc e should havo havon been en n prepared to expect another dry III HUon to son In 10 yearn rant or 01 during 1910 Croakers there theio arc who claim that Ibis It Is the th first of u cycle eyele of dry dr y years We Are believe bellere thAt pessimists 1 can tot Ilot at their Ile t r t elef by the words of tho the past IIII as ns n a matter of fact tul hale kave never nor hAIl had since the tho weather ord were Welo dept j hl In this state two dry r Years yearn In n On the con cony tory nary a II dry year Is III usually u preceded J followed by a year yoni with a II tal Ion above vo the normal Tho following u Ie brings tilts tact fact out In to a n very ery marked way 1111 I I needing of nt summer ummer fallowing and of spring harrowing have been heen shown to 10 tobe tobe be essential eHo and attention alien lion to dc do tails of management have 1 Insured success suc success cess C even cen during this they the driest of years Dr Pro Id II io some yeuin 11 HBO ngo pro proclaimed 1 10 claimed d the tile doctrine of moisture con r and 1 1 by proved that It was possible to store two years yearn pre precipitation Ir away In the soil coll for the Ih ua use UI fit Or one crop and nOlI the who hH have rigidly rightly practised thin doctrine havo till tilts year reaped nn nil I harvest OK OI DRY It would be he folly to say nay n that the t e doc doctrine doctrine trine of Is I new these name sanie principles I were wm applied al by hy bythe bythe J the the growers of if III and oil olives von In Northern Africa In the days 1 of old Carthage The Tho TIt grew l been bans uns and torn earn by IJ dry try farming hundreds Id of yean ca aKo ago The Th anti of Old were wro plu III lt when whon the American ml nation tinn mac Willi wi still In U Jt Infancy In ht woo too dry farming haM ass tern been practised ed for gum In 40 years earll now though h the th early efforts worn confined very r largely to Isolated 1 I and a n few of 01 the tho choice o lo 10 locations In the th northern of the tale state r I J some ome six Ix years ngo ago now tho 1110 ante h l and has hall pine a Il or for tor forthe the purpose of nf te the poy po II II of Utah deserts In lu pro u II crop I without the UH u use of ot Irrigation During these there ears ear a n great areal ninny many valuable re rp heal been obtained Mini H II w won wn n Irful given Riven hento to tae tho th Daring t nil all of thU t Ills time her t however t seer th tit precipitation has haa ha been normAl and above up UI until this thin year ear Tina T 1111 year of ot drouth has lian hn been tho the opportune time timo for tOI a real test lest of or dry 11 farming methods That flint those thol methods have lIa oded U Is provost proven by h the th return from front nil Rn of nf the experimental farms farm n II an twill 1 HK HII from th this thA results secured 11 1 from froma a n large Ian number of dry farmers In every Mellon of ut the tile Mate COUNTY III In Cache CAdle valley the yields have Ita been lieen l en enmore more Inure thun than lor partly because tills thin U la I one of or the oldest dry Ir farm see Hee In III the tho state o and partly aill tit of oC nl ti lite Influence of the college Some tume remarkably successful dry dr farmers In Cache valley valle this year er are Mr bir Ir Janes Hull Mr Ir Whitney and Mr 11 J It Il Raker of 01 Men Mendon Ion dot Youk Brothers Ioler Peterson petron J 1 T A 1 of f the tho Billiard Brothers Brother of or Cacho Gacho Junction Dun Dan Butters Hutters nt at Griffin Brothers at nt Newton Ne and many others The fhe These men hove have tile the adman advantages ad Villi toges to 10 be I obtained from proper sum urn summer summer mer fallowing In the tho near vicinity I of or TOTAL TOT lIU EVERY 1 lm TP N Year r Inches hu 1 W bet tt your year h Dry fIr ear IS jaa TO 0 AUK Aug i 1 It b t et Veer lIf 1691 1 1 1 9 iRr bly S very eC Y wet tact II If Li the of lira IO O list t IB la any ally all crl cr acha n w may mU expect to In n 1911 1311 to 10 havo 1110 v t above tho the normal So Son Sotie n nUth tie h for the rn ral f h DRY U of the limited rainfall In tho taw thoV arty V spring and summer thero ha han har en n r n W uneasiness on tho crt art ef of t r lh Ih the dry Iry r throughout the thc hole western tern trl country When hen It II Is IB re tiled i IM that the tho o llon during the tho nt even n months of 1909 1009 mina 1203 and that during this tills year juar r 1910 1310 u It total tOI 1 n for tor the tho corre ending season wan but bul Inches It alJ apparent arnt this uneasiness was wall raer har V most mOlt con v and reI felt oa nl this Ihl that Under these condl con ll was u to I bs the tho crucial your lur year tear ar when u hn I men n th the 1 tt Q severe test feet would bo tw boTho a the t dry It system The Tho harvest t season apon fauns turns rn Is now over umer and the tho td o or of the from all sections o of tho Mute Muto Und hand country are lire arete end and te no confirm the doctrine of at oft roll MI s t culture promulgated In fw few fe r st nt station Dy by the tho o liners ii r of r P or pC rail or oC thin thIno ix o f i 1 thin furors of Jt UI men nten are thine of the folly t oC of trying to III grow two rind dad three and oven on store more crone roll In sue suc FORTY jOnT TOR POR I In Ut Boulder county honors for the tho must mirat successful ful dry farming funning should lo hiu between Mr 11 Albert Holmgren Holm gren gran of ItIer er City where wh l yield Is Ie tills roar oar between 36 IIi and 40 bushels bu hol per liP I Hero ar and nd Mr C W P of Fielding who will obtain just Jut B a as much per acre There am oro some rn excellent dry farm tarm farmers urn ers no III in Davis D 11 county but the on n the average g will not ant be an RII high highs us as II In III n tho the sections further north Mr Ir James Jamesa n na a 0 Wood lung hug probably tine the beet boat Held field one or Of th tile the Meld held agents from fro In the ex ox experiment J elation estimated that thuI Mr Ir Woods croin would tM tol tats year car yield In Inthe n the tho neighborhood of 60 10 0 bushels per acre ocro Mr J II of ot Layton tae alto alko nude mude a very cry great success M of hU hIM dry lIT terming operations during the past patt J I y ur 1 In Salt Halt Lake Lako county count Mr Ir MartUN and Mr Ir N K F mul en both holh of tit whom follow tollo the advice of or the tho dry farming experts expert have hae obtained excellent crops and It II Is III mid geld by their that their yields will be bo In III tho the neighborhood of 40 bushels per ter acre aero In Tooele county count count the tho result have haO it i J been t n fairly fair satisfactory 1111 tie Th Tho methods methode however of the tho dry In county counts ore lire not lint In main of the ap HI approved proved kind Too To 0 many of ot them fall fallt t I lise the fallow little rare care Is fie taker taken In sen selection And It Is III lon con conceded ceded ded that the tho failure con to secure eure max mux maxImum Imam crops R In III that county this year IH Is I due hll Inure mure to Improper tol r methods than Ihan to tn drouth Mr fr Paul Droubay of ot and Mr J L 1 Anderson of Lincoln are Kra among the most mo t dry city farmer here UTAH COUNTY COUTY GOOD GOODIn In Utah Viall county olin I results rl have havo been surprisingly good bur Stephen L l J who operates l In Cedar val IRI ley Uy In III a It recent letter 1 ways Our grain I la remarkable to In see 1 this tads year nr we Wf have not lint hud hail II any imy n rains since March h but hut we c will wll harvest In lu the neighbor hood hund of or 20 90 per Ier acre from 2 wi acres It t l III h simply 8 standing the th drouth title hie fir end and especially e l Is IR s this Ihl the th thees es R c with the tile Turkey Hed It wheat Tills bus Its hll been hn the HIP III best bent year for converting the th people to tn dry roaring farming that we have hll over had bed Mr 11 James Jsmes Meldrum of Promo 1100 Ranch has hA a hundred sores acres for which h he h paid dollare per l Ir acre are only four years year tarM ago Last lal year he obtained 44 14 4 bushels nt of good 1011 marketable grain per Ir acre start Anti hl hi neighbors e that Ihal his hlA yield 1011 th year ear will bo bra oven Inn bet hl ter t r When the writer r this field fielda u a few faw weeks ago Just put III at t the tho time lime lint It was II being III It red that thai the yield would not be bl leas lem I than Ml SO bushels per ler aero nere IN 1 60 SOUTHERN UTAH Front From San Kin an Juan county the III foreman of the thu Ih X I II I tarn farm writes writ K I t tto rill familiar f wIth tits appearance of the thu h fields field In the Cache he rush county dry dr farming but hili hilin In In n all nil my uty experience I hato never nOVer seen oen better fields of grain than tho the 40 10 f 0 acres on the experiment farm this ear From Irom county report reports nt nl hand show that nt at rl n the 1110 ro to have hal been fairly satisfactory haven In Sanpete and r counties where proper methods havo been hn em fOl employed fOlI pinged I loId the returns have havo hn more atone than Ihan compensated for the labor Involved county lull has given Riven a splendid Hl account of herself this year pur The Tho Held intent agent from the tilt station re ha recently r made MX ht first visit to 10 this thin section and up upon n his hl return ho hI re rp remarked remarked marked that he h had never seen en In la laone one ene section so en o many good dry farmers farmer and HO su 0 many well cultivated J dry dr forms farms nn as cat can be hI found In the Ih vicinity Im Immediately mediately around Nephi It would be folly foil to 10 to In the IIII names of ur the Ihl successful dry ell the Iho list lint would em eny brace practically nil lull who own dry I lands It Is I generally l conceded on at and elsewhere In III the state III It that the tho Trace OrR brothers ore are liT amon the Iho best hest farmers to III lit Ire found In III the lute west These Th e have llama a R large acreage anti their yield I year wo was 11 between i t 30 and am 35 3 s bushels huhl ll ets U per er sore son cr TUB Till The Tho methods by II h which witch these Ihl o re r are arl obtained are very ter 1 simple Pimple and on CUll con n bo be briefly summarised It linn has r been hn au anti In Ih Jiu II n No o 0 01 91 of lit tho rho Utah Station h allon that Jail plowing IN Is essential In la I n conserving moisture The fhe experimenters found In ill Cache eRelio Valley a difference amounting to III more Inure thus than Ens tons nf of water to the Ih HIre In the first l time feet of nf still noil 11 In lit favor of lit land plowed In the tho Ih tall full They advise plowing land In the Ih fall fail anti and leaving It ll In III a n rough lumpy condition through the winter benefits th III the soil sell oil by b weathering gen agen agencies Glee cies this reacts favorably upon the tho crop It 11 must l hn bra conceded co n ell how however hu hur ever r that fall plowed land Is l more oro to tu b be he Infested with w Itil weeds 1 dur duty ing Inac the fallow tallow period than thull plowed 1 land The Tho factor of Is I met by b the brothers bruthers r of They plow pines their land Ind In the Ih ordinary way WR and In the Iho early June Jun of the th following year 1111 when h the th weeds and ami volunteer r wheat ore nr well started give 11 the th ground a H thorough thoroll h plowing The Tho Th have havo very 11 little II II h lifter after r that In keeping their fallow tallow In good goo condi condition lion tion Their yields are exceptionally good Rood It Is IR generally conceded d hat that the most successful MUl ful practise l is s to 10 plow plan r h to toH depth H II tI 1111 11 of from seven OOIn to 10 ten Irn Inches In Instances plowing 1 than tb an 10 Inches Int hes and to 10 a Il depot of nf from rout 15 IS 1 S to 18 IR 1 S Inches have given elver results hut hIlt this of course Involves considerable morn more expense nn 1 unless ble In yield c can n bp ha b obtained would not nor bo ho Nola TILE Ill 1 1110 W The fallow fa II 0 nIl as by Iw dry In farmers menus the Ih toll soil to j lip lie tulle Idle und tied It II Is III recommended that thai tills this bo Its h followed allowed every pr other year nr thus thins tile the dry dr farmer has ha only half or his hili land I nd under cultivation each pah year ar It was wan for tor this reason that Senator secured 8 url I the tho passage of at the dry Ir homestead art act which allows the Ih farmer fanner to secure acres acre Instead of or ion I GO as R originally I The objects sought nought by b tho thin fallow are t Conservation of ot soil soli oll mol mois turf turp so 00 tIt that two IWo years year nl precipitation r may mil ho bo available for one years year crop volunteer wheat hal Third The volunteer The flIr lag Ing of or n II nerd need bed hod and fourth Increasing the available fertility of the soil 1011 In III a n 1 recent r bulletin hulIet tn n front from the tho th Utah station bulletin loo Dr PI 1 11 points f out nut nn nil the tho most mo t Or tant result of his 1118 experiments the con ron evidence that the Iho amount of water actually required for the Iho pro of ot a 11 pound of or dry d matter de 11 creases with the Ihl Increase nt of tin the fertility of nr the Mill sou Fallowing sets free trpo plant food which enables the th plant to reach maturity with the theo smallest amount of water PURR SEED The profits of ot dry land grain lion tion nrc much Increased 1 by h using only pure r ur seed w and nn l a It grunt great many loony failures lire furs due duc to 10 the tun of at Inferior seed eod If I the Ih seed Id planted Is III of ot more than one onn variety losers losse are likely to 10 follow on m of the Irregularity |
