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Show Mtof ) 5 1 , FAME 1923 15 ' of . Utah agriculture came through wt I ' DECEMBER CIIR.ISTMAS NEW'S, .that production In la possible the arid First conceived and executed ly , , THE trtnh farmers, the science of irrigation has spread to bless the entire twrsl. However, a (treater miracle pass ;thnn Irrlitailon Is coining toaetcnco iwlih the development of the iof dry farming. Jim" Hrliiger was a groat trail 'blaxer. Indian' trader and tripper; blit ho was none ahead of hla time In Ideas on agriculture, ft struck him as funnv when told that the 'Mormons" wore going to farm Balt moment. il.ake valley and build a "1 II community. tho f.rst fur In. gold undo give In Bolt Lake bushel of wheat raised llrlgham valley", he told I'restdent would Iniming "Jim's" credulity deed have been taken had some forward looking dreamer told him that In 1823, and Ion before, farmers in Salt valley would raise 15 bushel of wheat per acre without Irrigation. us to Kin Farmer t This brings Fruits of Irrion his dry farm. Utah gation Iput blossomed a In wave of west over the spread On the other hand, prosperity. says the V. B department of arl-- ,' culture, hundreds of abindoned diry farms throughout the , arid . . west testify that dry farming t a haxardous undertaking for the Inft might be gaid that experienced. given the right conditions and tha knowledge of right methods, dry farming la sure to eucceed, and lacking these It Ip cure to fall. . lluir tli Wlicttl Crop. There are over 6,100.000 acres of Innd In Utah farms. I.esa thanI.&00,0u0 acres are classed as Irrlgated farm lands. On the 26,000 ' kl Utah practically all the farms lagid- - below the ditches la Irrigated. Kathcr dull statistics, perhaps, but far those who discount tha value ef dry farming and auxiliary graying Innd theta Is an Interesting study ini checking tip Just what use le made of the 1.600.000 acres of land, owned, mostly fonoed, but not ir- -' to rigated. It might surprise some- the , know tha't more than half wheat amounting this year to over O.tiOO.OoO bushels, was never a of the rye, Irrigated. of the corn- and barley are grown on dry farms and the value of the spring pasture above the ditches le worth half as much as the hay grown below them. Dry farthing finds Its greatest utilisation When practiced In con-Ir-- nection with stock raising and ngntlon,' It Increases 60the prorits of many farmers by per cent. While If has reached its greatest sueeesa In Utah following first demonstrations 16 years ago 'there de apportunlty to Increase the acreage 10 fold, while possibilities of .Irrigation are strictly limited. Wkh proper equipment and right methods dry farming aa an exulu- -. slvto business on a largo scale has ' proven success and abundant wheat crops on tha Levan ridge, Juab county, In Han Juan county and on the uplands that fringe the .Wasatch mountains have been harvested this year. Fundamental are the' same in aach principles case. Plants will not grow unless thalr roots find soil and moisture together. Ho called dry farming Is the annual rainfall Soaalblb where or greatar, though dry farm methods ace not necessary where the average rainfall la abuve 20 Inches. It le said that a crop may be produced each alternate a rainfall of between 10 year with and 16 Inches and that certain annually crops may be produced without Irrigation where the rain-fa- ll Is between 16 and 20 Inches. This first consideration eliminates a Inroad atrip of Innd on tha western borders of Utah and a smaller section In the southeast, buti given the same soil conditions necessary I -- . 1 - I Two-thlrd- , - ' for general farming and the necessary rainfall for dry farming the rest of the state, wherever the land 4s susceptible of cultivation at all, la potential dry farm crop area. The next, fundamental consldora- - j I y; 4 X'&ALj& VfcsH. JKosv - yf'i - A . ON TDK DRY LANDS, r tho Tractor on If Vast Upland Rtretrhp riaa Como a New Era. Ono Openukm Plows, Harrows and Disks! and Its One Operation Hie Gulden Grain la Cut and Th rceliud. clorod. However, once this moisture tlon Is the seasonal distributionsec-of Vitamtnes Found in is even partially lost, there I genrainfall. In' the Intermountain In Common Food Products the winter erally little hope for a successful tion moisture falls crob- and early spring. Therefore, crops Total production of the state may There are at present three rseog- - , must be grown that mature before yet be doubled by extension of condry nlsed dietary essentials known aa the summers drouth kills them. oats till Vttandnss." Thsy ars called farming, so far aa wheat la Wheat, rye. barley and some seccerned and the hard winter wheat H.' and these conditions bent. In soluble A. Water-solubl- e tions oats mature when spring produced on dry farms la tha Water-solubl- a C." In Utah the successful world's premier milling grain. Thla planted. A" le necessary In 121.000 la to sow wheat or barley year there were harvested practice tha diet to Insure proper growth In acres of winter wheat, which yieldIn the full when It makes Its root or an average the young and maintain normal nusystem and Is prepared to reach ed 2,602.000 bushels, acre. Also 20 trition In tha adult. He original of II bushels per rapid maturity the following spring. condiper cent of the spring wheat wag source Is . the vegetable kingdom, Given the fundamental although some of tha foods richest farming grown without Irrigation. tions the art of drv conserve more value cornea from In this vitamins are of animal origin. consists In cultivation to Tarhapa the moisture. Generally, a dry upland farming- through livestockof Boms af tha foods supplying thla farm la divided Into two sections, than through the production vitamins are milk, milk on of which producee a erop each Many large farms consists grain. (butler, cheese, cream, products of an upland stretch used for year. Following hdrvost tha sucata.), eggs, cabbage, lettuee, spin, cessful farmer plowe the farm spring pasture, below this a strip of ach, carrots, cod liver oil. liver, and It till early sorlne. Ho then" dry farm land, then cornea tha IrriIn a lesser degree fresh meats, aniseed firm harrows a gated land for production of genmal fata, and whole grains bed. With a light barrow and brush i elm crops, such as hav. silo crops. InSince- - herblvorouav animals are le made eugar beets, vegetables eto. Often drag the top of the soil moist from the to a dust separate dependent upon plant for below this la a meadow paeturo entirely this vltsmlne It Is soil underneath. This Inch or so of used. In the summer after the their source of seasons of tho year essential at all dust Is called a mulch. It forms It la a grow- that spring range lato dry. fed be vegetable abundant. products they e'ow a protection from the sun and air audan oats, ing pructlce Is It In which especially and prevents evaporation, as wagrass or other crop thaton makes a If this Is not dono the foodwillpioit-ucattracnot tha dry ter rising through caolllary by the animal rapid spring growth produced the vltsmlne requirement to tion does not penetrate the dry land and cut it for hav. Hay prosupply the consumer. mulch- - area cars must be taken duced In this way release land be11" a Is needed for to restore this mulch after every low the ditch for production of the proper nutrition of the nervous rain. Moisture la conserved In tho beets and other crons at the same for normal growth and detissue, the tn mainto sprout oil by time allowing the farmer velopment ofand theto maintainof the the tain a dairy herd or to feed atock seed at the end of the summer nnd organs functions This vitamins Is obtained body. that grsxo on tho forest ranges Jn from give the grain Its first growth. of the germ eggs, vegetables, summer. Even If all tha moisture could be and In amallar cereals, nuts, yeast conserved farmers have Icarnod amounts in milk and meat. a TOO. IN RWEDEli HAIR nomiFIl An abundance of that plants absorb and give off a the .diet Insures tha body the .report air. had spread C In - the Somebody ware great deal of moistureon to thefarina known es no bobbed-hatredigests, that thsrs againstdry For this purpose Is best obtained from in and but the scurvy following Sweden, aa so set out or thinned frlrls lemons, oranges, a to plants are editor especially fruits, metropolitan IS tomatoes and raspberries, vegetables to give each plant more than douehowe the report ell wrong. such as cabbage, lettuce, spinach ble the apace allowed where Irri-Is comes from a mao tn the navy: and turnips; It Is also contained to a When the Second Light Squadron Orest care gation Is practiced. lesser degree tn potatoes carrots, visited Sweden there were many exorcised to maintain continually eeen onions and nuts Ur. K. L. 11111, to had who he adopted to girls' and the mulch between olante bobbed Utah and American Agricultural, Experiment StaEnglish eliminate weeds that suck theIt Into the tion. hair fashion." ' moisture and exhause the air. COPOOOOOOOOOOCOOOPOOOOOCOCOOOOOCOGOOCOOSCV Tho Hama Amount of Work. that work of amount same The must be given to preparation of More land for Irrigation and to the work Modern Agriculture Cads of Irrigating will conserve the res-In ervoir of moisture that exists Utah soil each spring. It la de- Attention to Soil Fertility AVIUi I , - and-leave- well-packe- d, ls Water-solubl- e water-solubl- i d life-givi- ' For Mousey Irbn SCRAP IRON AND USED MACHINERY Stock of , We Carry at All Times a CompleteSTRUCTURAL Commercial Fertilisers prepared for tha particular crop or soil must get results RAILS, USED PIPE, AND JPLATE STEEL. I' SOUTH THIRD WEST. 0 Phone Was. 4763 . Salt Lake City, Utah. gsoasooooooPooooccocfioooQa t c Inland Fertilizer Co. , ' 131 URGENT STREET, SALT LAKE CITY. G 700-73- . O & Metal Co. .1 5 wssaJ-or-- i one-third - ' te atat ef Washington, California, Idaho, Colorado and to all parts of Utah. are now shipping fertilisers to ranters formation Oregon, S fi showld write for free kalletlas and fer say other they might exit aa this Important subject ms, 0 X noeeesoeoeeeoeoesoegooseoseeS |
