OCR Text |
Show .,, - THE CHRISTNiAS NEWS. - SALT LAKE ...crrt:,-SATillIDAY.:- DE6ELEER 17, 19.13. , - 1!1 '....'''''I'i--.L.:7-4.;:-'0-,-:"'.;'U-10:0$..-'-.,,::'',.:.'.'.,1...:0-..-'- ; ,.. - Utah Outh60 , ,7ft-- :are Needed 'o 'Preserve oil Fertility itodern an lives in universe which be controls more newly each day.; Re has harnesseit the . ligiiMing of the skies end the Of the moue. mering,-catarecANMIMM,10010..011.....MBEIAW.4 Una and bid them each do biz , , vrilk ha has taken from the The modern farmer does things in a far different manner than did his predecessor;Ala longer bowels of the earth the materials does the ftasmer plow labcniously by hand, plan t his and then hops for enough rain to maks for conquering it. them grow. The modern farmer rules a tractor which reps, pulls machinery to, plow,. sow and reap. , Disasters such as sudden floods, ' ' sweeping fires. earthquakes rw eri the ego old inteinees of crop on in scone instineet, fedi f main beyond man's control, but Only two or three years ago Reserraire Aid Greedy the quickness and efficiency with The effort toward the oetuotrue.. I many farm were ruined through whicl . he repairs their ravages the mid west, "dust bowl" by Uon of ,reserstairs for the im4 and reasserts his authority over duet storms of almost unbellev pounding and conitervatims of able proportions. Science applied eariy spring water for later use I4, the earth stand as monumental Itseil to the task.. immediate . in hxigation has been a great fii:( evidence- to- the- triumph ol 'Mem and the intelligence and steps In soil erosion control achievement toward the eontrolt'"i were taken and already' will of men. climatte factor. the awl. menace hail been largely. check.. ctdturalexpert.notes-to,aIn the matter of procuring his paper- -I t - -- - -,, i , Mgt doubtlettor in the future , especially prepared to discuss. fond man has aim undertaken to . 01.c.. ': ( ' It will be Simcontrol the elements of producthe question and from which wit entirely removed. ...., tion. Modern agricultural meth. ilariy ,the piagues,of crickets- andquote; , miter harmful insects are retreat. rods have little in common with Similarly .the biologic factor Imo before the weapons of science. the simple procedure of sowing in may play a major part in deterwhich offers a variety of wave apringtitnei harvesting in fall mining Our crop production. if in which these pests may be which was the first advancement conditwas become favorable for . the-man-- made-tvocheec or elintimited alto. hr Injurious thsecta, or destructive-- , 'primitive state when "agriculture" was the gether. In many of the worst in. plant diseases. the production rit,' of' areasfeted the West the crops may be reduced materially process of picking such edible cricket problem, has been posi. with an accompanying great lose wiln fruits, berries and roots as were to be found at hand. tively removed in the butt four to the farmers of the state. These- Farmers So Longer 'Helpless, factors can be controlled pryears by intelligent application e of mintrot measures. overcome to a large extent. how. Crops have been..and mill are, Not are ever. by adopting various pre. . ruined by unseasonable weather, only farming methods improving, fundamental difficul ventive and control measures. prolonged droutit attacks by ties being overcome by the mit- - developed by the State Agricui.But no longer must a farm. acles of scietific advancement, er sit helplessly by and watch his tural Experiment Station and the U. S. Department of Agri... grain; wither and die because it but a more :careful attention le of the selection to fella to rain or because grass. being given culture. lands: lands. or crickets attack his "Marginal" posts May no gootsoum hoppers Ifarming natural drawbacks fields. Grasshoppers may be contrail.. an great that the making of et or held in check by the Dry farming is mill practiced. often with highly. successful re Iare profit on farm operations is spreading of poisoned bait at suits. In sections of the world doubtful and dependent on the the critical time: during the past moat favorable of external (On' where tnere is a normal auntyear thts bait has been furnisii dititms. are being eliminated from ad to the counties by the U. S. clency of rainfall to insure the growing of any crops save those 'the agricultural picture altogetir Department of Agriculture. Otto. er. of which require a minimum e insect pests may be contrail.' water and these regions need to Machinery Will Increase led by spraying or other ',miler In the future more than ever means. grow their own foods supplies as Plant diseases may be a be ecientific will much as do the regions more foragriculture held in check by proper cultural highstudied, methods, tunately situated from the point operation. carefully by planting special of view of climate. With the ap. le efficient; More and better ma' varieties which ehines will be used on the have been initiation of modern scientific developed thrtitigh forme. More and more efficient methods, it Is the areas which or research. by other teat. long are deficient in natural rainfall Irrigation Proecta will he car- - ed and approved procedare. !led out. to provide a sore and which will produce successful Other biologic factors will al. ample supply of water for all so plat, a part in determining yields more regularly than those where dependence on a normal crop!. Land will be protected what the production of crops and from erosion, from insects and abundance of precipitation leaven livestock may be. One of the ' outside other from mum. dangers. an farmers at the merry at principal factors of thbo group is Farms will be located on good the fertility of the twit Al- pectedly dry year. ,., and lend " ' though tim ing land will Irrigation. practiced centuries the wile of this state be devoted to were poorer quality ISO in ancient Egypt and first high in fertility when they which for or other things utted- in- the modern world by the grazing were first subjected to cultivis , tion, "Mormon" Pioneers in Utah, has they are fitted. many of them are now will future the The farmer of this about. Moisture brought less productive. The con be a further development of the much which tells In the winter months tintted production and removal farmer of today, a sound. steer of is not allowed to run away to crops from the land has- - tin. waste,- but is stored up tor the thinking Man Of business and of doubtedly lowered the supply of about running sununer growing season- and la ' nutrientainthe a farm with the same earetui run into the fields to provide a soil. The washing away of lets and constant and steady supply of attention to fact principle as soil tile top through sheet anda man uses in, runnings big bust. moisture throughout the growths gully emotion and irrigation netts. Intelligent edneated. enter- water in furrows on s running prising and with all the resoon-eIrrigation Developed sloping land also has contributed of mode rn science at his com The fertile brains and great to the decline of the productivity. of the future. - imagmations-- of ourahleengi. mend. the fa IL has been estimated that the neers have turned their energies rwe have- eery right to expect. Utah soil has de-productivity will take our food from the soil to the question of irrigation prof. on the average. approxi. a maximum of efficiency, creased. 2.5 and each year the concep. mately per cent eince they which means more profit to him- - were Moretion irrigationleitOines put tinder cultivation. it "If' lbwwr brit" trLus' eaat. Instead y Of merely aging M entirely probabie that the rate Malt Outlook the water front the little streams-whic- 1 win me emproductivitv come- down the mountain in the years to camel: t Elides of any particular region, a however is another question and than it has in the past., unless, lier1011-1tiny- reservoirs to offer preventive measures are adopt. an uncertain supply for small somethingri:o very difficult to pre.... edIt the termer of Utah art many varying faciors diet. due needs. the flow of mighty rivers to look forwa rd to a pmMisin g is stored up and which inciuding the threat of trouble- future. they must adopt a sound in Europe and the domestic poflows through program on their llttral sittuition land is taken and carried to the fame.. This will benefit the farms of otter regions. Tunnels Regard lege of major changes farm families living on and the In the world political situation, are cut through mountainc itTl however. It in pointed out by R. them. Whether or not govern: mense dams create artificial re. merit benefit payments-,arH. Walker. dean of the schoni of lakes of staggering size, conduits at the Utah State celved for carrying out the prae. are built to carry the water to agriculture tice. Agricultural Experiment Station, widely scattered areas, and the Aid Legislation the outlook for our agriculture arid lands of the desert are turn. More and more. well trained will depend. as always on twoed into fertile fieldst, are finding Farming is being dons more principal. groups of 'factors. The agricultural people and more by machinery, Where. first is governed by the climatic their place in legislative bodies,. can where the and biologic environment and they give intelligent In Bimlical timt s. one man would iseconci by the economic laws est direction to efforts being made to spend a fultday sowing grain in the , farmer demand and help. through lawei it field smelt supply by scattering In title matter an Intelligent and The climate of Utah. Proleasor hand in a picturesque but highly Cs ea. informed approach is worth inefficient manner. today , one Walker. observes further, ntany times more than any !venially arid in nature; hence mart takes ahuge tractor hauled of amount will.' creme of and good de the as "good one drill and In production day plants intenticms which lack direction much grain, soi; hie aneestor of pendent on the supply ofmows. and may defeat their own ends. 20.000 years-agonuld have dont gallon water attired hi the in mithmerY it le clear that tain watersheds during the win. In a year of steady working. our the ituntediate an well as our and come preset. months ter upon Similarly. plowing had from the crude method of a ahem pitation during the growing sea- - long range agricultural outlook Is dependent on biological and ens. stick forced into the ground and son. Mis phase of agricultural nomie factors, hut- that we are !separate pulled through it by a horse le a mtuation b entirely that be influence may kerning to control times factors modern mectumical bard steel from any and the exerted dozen cute a furrows anticipate their demands be adjustment through plow which at once, pulled' all day by an un, of crop acreage or other politi- - ter as times goes on. And as our Ora. cal or canal11C measures. It we- training and education increesett, Wearying tractor.: Every our agricultural outlook will ins. have- a favorable growing seathat of cultivation.- - preparation son. we will have a good year for prove. , Aericulture. like every of the ground harvesting. is done other modern enterprise, le the pmduction of crops and if by machinery. and each year that we have an unfavorable grow pendent on the intelligent entitle machinery is improved as science finds'new and better ways to car. ing season, we shall have a. short cation of :scientific principles. ts , Giant irrigation canals bring water front miles away to assure sufficient moisture for hit crops. Zack year the farmer becomes Ition Of a scientist, and constant research and experience promise a bright future for the Jarmo,. at the future. -- of-th- e- the-du- 's a - , ,, , - - -- - ,..- ., -. , - -- -- -, ., , -- - - , ---- - -- - - ',ad, 14111......- - , frt,A.,,,a, '.",'),t:,:eem 't - ,....windr ' ..!.7".,":,,,-..7o- , - ,,r in . , . A - POLICY ADOPTED in 1913- CONTINUES disease-resista- - TO PREVAIL.. i :44 t I - EBIltrARY 13, 1913, when the Landes Tractor & Machinery Company was lotmded, thispolicy was - acienca.-sviutgo- adopted: 1 - 1 -- "This company will sell only the finest products. leaders in their lineNo second ! " outtookfoutralvirdatdadin h 1i -- gori 1 - grade machinery or equipment. nor any merchandise reported to be 'just as good' will ever be offered to our customers." - , A; e , - - Present Year's Crops Compared With RYE WHEAT RICE - 1927-193- 6 This policy has prevailed throughout the word. Now, as for years, we are devoting our entire energy and time to the distribution of "Caterpillar" Diesel Engines, Tractors, Road Machinery and associated lines. We not only recommend "Caterpillar" to youbut guarantee satisfaction. oi :zC Average L TRACTOR , - GRAPES CORM TOBACCO Ak MACHINERY ES COMPANY msnratTons OF "CATERPILLAR" DIESEL ricrcEs. nuounrn TRACTORS. ROAD MACHINERY 117ZZ, v more than a quarter of a centuryand continues to be our watch., HAY 144.0'7, yearsfor BARLEY I 113.91, 107.4 11111, .,4;3!wt: , - o, : 91.9 - SoLo gold 61. 11, to .. ' tb ,to 4,- - |