Show ARID ARlO All UI FARMING Utah embraces embrace an area of or square miles mile of ot which there ore are W OE square qua tall under Irrigation It In le probAble probable able that t with the this extension of the canals canal the storage of water In res reservoir and the Ih more economical use useD of D water walor that thin thle area con onn be bo doubled perhaps trebled liven with uth the most moat optimistic tlc views lew regarding the Hie Increase area which can be brought under Irrl Kin Kallon ion there thoro will still be sixty lotty tr to seventy square miles oi of or which probably one ona half hint Is le mountain land which can onn b bt be used wisely tot foi grazing crAZing There remains remain then over 2 Q million acres of desert denert land toll soth which ire Lre amoni the most fertile in the tha world and It Is these theo desert lands which constitute the great groat undeveloped ed od of this state There are a It number of er people in title thin state who wh believe that lieu deserts le can cnn be 00 brought Into ful cultivation CAn ran b bs made ninde to produce profitable crop The lite method by b which this Is la ladone done dOlle IB le not a 0 mystery but simply the tha application of or truths to cultivation of or Hell noil oil the tho selection of seed and method of or planting It turn ban been by b a number of or different nt Investigators that thatto thatto thatto to produce one olle pound of at dry plant sub jub tones stance without Irrigation about pounds pound II of water avatar and that to produce ono bushel of ot wheat tone tons of water are required required If rt ten a or of wheat are grown per 1101 acre according to these estimates h he tons tone of water will bo be required It l la III very erY to realize that ten buhel of wheat require In III Its Ill production lion tion n a 1 million pounds of ot yet yol c assure us UI i that this Is III really the OOM comae 00 It Is A mystery my lery no longer however hoever when we make some calculations lone and nd discover that our annual pro pre precipitation of ten Inches means 1301 JaGl tons ton or over oler to two and a 11 half bait million pounds pound of Qt water r or more than two to and a half halt halftimes times as III much na as A Is III necessary for tor ten buin bushels ls of wheat If It il all of or this water be Jt retained In the soil soli wo we fe would have hae enough to produce 37 27 1 bushels huehl of wheat every year Of or course much water wAin Is in lost by try evaporation when hen crops are aro not growing grow In but where the tho field Is allowed to llo ha fallow for tor onu season and proper methods method are adopt adopted ed eel for tor the conservation of or the moisture it IB is reasonable to suppose that at M rut Mat of the cnn can be retained for tor tho use u c of the crop crOll lm RAINFALL OF OP UTAH The rainfall of oC Utah about 12 Inches It varies front from 5 p to 20 all D Inches but most moot of the theto 20 to 0 million acres of desert lard land retorted referred to receive ep nil nn annual of or At nt least 12 U Inches Incline H Have a ayou you over oer thought of what it would woula mean to Utah If it the young youn men mono native wins Iona of Utah who have reclaimed tho the of Idaho Wyoming anti and Canada had put the same sanle energy and effort into reclaiming the deserts of our own oui state 00 I million acres acree each one producing 20 21 ZI bushels bushel of or wheat every eer year Is in a pos poe possibility dependent only upon tho faith and antl enterprise e of ot the young men of or Utah three ihme t f me are not tho the of I a v dreamer but conditions and the thin fact that large larg crops crop can ean be pro ell has hue been amply demonstrated during thin the past year There Thern is no rn rea reason wn son hy there should not be more mare 1111 aim 2000 more farmer on all lands which are now waste asto deserts TUB TUE Iv METHOD METHODS S le Jt deep soil sell The rhe question ns tie to the hind of ot soil eoll la le not so no Important no as the tho d depth of toll soil After AUr clearing the tho theland land Kind from sagebrush plow tho the ground very scry deep ten tell Inches at least and deeper If it If II the land Is Ie to be topped the Mime Grime tIll tell the plowed plow ground lw be b double disked and ant then harrowed thin this not only to prepare a 1 good need bed bell but also alB to make it u mulch or blanket through which tn to tan uter f ran can n not lint In l f the tern use tIlt Rome ome variety arlet that hoe has not cot be been n grown on arid land without irrigation an aM long as s possible Any or oi orthe the tM following varieties of or wheat may maybe maybe mayhe be he selected Turkey Lofthouse Kofold Forty Fort Fold or Golden Coin lin Odessa Odel atom Ht m or tinny ninny other varieties which hl h have liae been adapted to dry land farming The Jh seMI td should be bo treated before seeding needing i that you ou may not noti i MI smut the next net year 1 Soak lk t the seed which i Ia held III In a burlap sack mck for tor ten tenn n u tn to a I solution containing one round of or In M of ot water After the till seed eed Is III dry It Is I ready roody for foru use u e Is I not to be 10 achieved oven even en now It If the th seed need ed la le instead In of drilled Use Uee a 1 small malt amount of seed fud not net more than three peeks pecks to the acre acM and lod drill In oa WI uniformly a au The shoe or wheel on tho Iho drill drill presses the loll around a rOil 11 the dell dellato tale cato need seM and at the same am time leaves learn III tho cite ground loose and ant finely pulver I d n R condition unfavorable to tp tho iho evaporation 1 of f moisture If II a 0 crust cnut forms forma the tic next ne t tpring before the grain IN la three lh ref or four incites high U I It well ti tn go ga over oer It with Ith an tut Iron harrow horrow the teeth leeth slightly backward There Is I nothing lift left to 0 do but to reap re the tho hurt harvest out and If It all 1111 those these details have havu Wn been looked after carefully you may lU y fit feel I of a IJ rood good harvest t spit lIt results r will wili be If the tho hud be 1111 every Iry ry other y year ir mid amid midsummer summer culture bo ho practised The Th stub lub bled should Uld be plowed lust just an as soon loon us ae a at the t he crop Is I rerouted removed In 11 the tha tall fall This Is Ie a I mutter muter of great Importance Many who Mho ar dry fanning trill fall to plow Jn in the tall fall but toul l leave uve It until the tho next spring when the tho soil noil more moisture It If you w a tub Ieh to 10 use UI Vie the precipitation which bills full during th the HIe full winter and ami ande e n prepare the Ihl ground 1 by plowing p owing to rotate retain thin this moisture After I plowing leave leav the ground trough rough un narrowed ed during the winter In the It early the toll soil should be b double and anI shoed be done no UI early curly in to the spring n III as the soil lOll may mayhe mo moho maybe he ho sufficiently dried a 10 o that li is Will wll not tick stick If to the disk This should ho he followed with a II harrow and this early earl opting culture has h for Ha its purpose thu tiiu and drying of or tho the surface so 80 o aa U to 10 pi prevent event the tha th evaporation of ot the moisture below After each rainfall of ot any magnitude the toll soil should bt bi harrowed na as the sur surface ur filet fare soil IOU will not stick to the harrow The Tho disking and harrowing should lie be kept mi up during the nummer in order to keep the Ihl we weeds d down mid and also to 10 keep the loot loose toll soil mulched or blanket blanketed ed cil through which the water witter can tint not evaporate The Tho weeds must munt be kept down at tit all costa coata o tl A good crop of or uses IM urn I much water tee a wheat and the beneficial effects etre t to 10 he be expected from summer fallow Ing are aro entirely entirely lost Those who ate are following agriculture as an a a follow It along scientific lines linen and eliminate the this ele of which haa ham ao so largely dominated 1 It as u till tar en H the farmer was Willi concerned by un call There are aro ro fannora In the Ul State who have huva Already profited by the expert memo menta ina made le by the lie experiment eta sta station ta thin tion and who with a single years ar crop have havo paid lAId the entire expenses Incurred In buying bu and clearing cl the land lend and seeding and harvesting the crop Why should you JOU A l Merrill II Utah Agricultural Col College loge lege Logan Loran |