Show ii V THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINE- 6— C :iGE icb: PROVING GREAT rr-i- : 7 TfJEES URGE aim T £ X 0t S ers tjrie i ! af-fec- j v i- - PROCESS PLANTING n O ma r J Finished 1 Diagram showing the fourteen points in planting a tree down and tfe earth firmed as the By ARTHUR N PACK is filleU Be careful not to Ppcsidcnt Ameriojan Nature Asso- hole break the 'Rootlets With largi ciation trees use stick tatuping fepring showers bring" the May 9— In water to top of hole flowers as the poet says but it after l'our If fillirra three-quarteto be well a insert f'plus little with earl h- - When this settleull may work" right afterj the word showcomplete fing-i- n process leafing ers loos® do not nui upitne Take planting tfees !for example top sonabout lythe base of the tree There are 14 points in the plant- earth 10 — Trim! I broken or bruised we should do branches ing of a tree alio branches small and well to consider ind ifollow The limbs baclMto the next largest " accompanying diagram shows stem" fl' them They are: £I7IDED TREES STRAIGHT 1 —A piece of purlap or canvas 11 — Do ist cut back the Idadejr should be spread over the grass or central Mem as a forked krefe so that the dirt from! the holes I may result!! ' may— be thrown upon it 12 — JLargeg trees or trees irt ex 2 Holes must jbe large enough posed placefei should be staked! Tb so that roots mjay spread out prevent chaf ing protect the i tree without) cramping naturally with old iMbber hose or bitrlap 3 — Be sure the holes are well Until the becomes firmlfj esdrained especially when dug into tablished S6 "that the earthf is a clay subsoil about the trunk paclci'd closely 4—Good fertil top soil must 13 — Aftefifplanting it is batter be used about the rojts to leave al Cultivated area rioiit ROOTS NEED ENDER CARE tne tree tnafi to sou close to t 5 — Plant the itree about the 14 — or well - riAted same depth it stood at the nurs manureFertzer may be jtised orompostmixed ' ery thorfclighly with the either 6 — Lay the roots out naturally soil in thejlbottom of the' holi or and cut off smoothly all broken or as a suriacf amuicn or ootnbruised parts OTIIEIt! B'IjANTING HINTS 7 — Press the earth down firmly Now for lather things in the embedding all pairts of roots and April gardfa it in under the crown working An ice p will prove' useftil in 8 — With small trees the dirt the spring Rpfar On dandelions By will settle about thej roots if the or eacn i me -- center puncturing plant is moved igently up and nlant and t&tiurinsr a few drobis Of gasoline- inp$ the heart of it you will dlscouitiEsre further growth In sovvingijflne seeds mix them Federal Farm Facts with dry $ifnd to avoid planting too thickljTf All' hardy perennials livestock commis do better S£ sown In the spring sion associations ht terminal mar- than later sijh the summer kets have saved farmers $5000000 This- - give's them a longer grow in reduced commissions and In ing season! and the young plants amounts paid back to shippers will De strymger ana Better ae since 1917 says ja department of veloped benjre cold weather isets ' 8 8 griculture report Claim depart - in ments collected ijnore than $100Before lite rose buds open 000 for farmers from j 19 23 to 1926 them::$vith a solution of lime spray without a service! charge and sulphur to forestall the later appearance!!! lot mildew and black Fifteen years ago when the spot feg commercial gathering of nitrogen To hclpBA'ou in your color from the air was in its infancy scheme seitos a two-cestamp to 10 less than per cjent 0f the world's Nature Magazine at Washington supply was derNed jn this man- D C for tKe chart that tells when ner Now it is estimated that more the flower will bloom and their than half of thej supply is manu- colors fc§ 5i factured inorganic nitrogen M J— For $21750 in casb prizes Ellis county Texas salved itself nearly a half million potential dollars contest among Staging a its 57000 persons the county rat population was reduced 24 3321 in the month the contest lasted j j rs - tht ! 1 - j te 5 j 1 :§ j - i is ve j j i S nt rat-killi- ng Comes a cautton from the nt of agriculture to farm ers who contemplate excessne planting of acreages pf certain im-- 1 nortant crops this season Reports from 50000 farmers indicate : an acreage of mainl crops three per cent larger thanjlast year will be sown this year- ? 'v'ATVY - 1: Dairymen who! say they can't jown a purebred i airy bull because can't afford one can least af-- j jtey ford to have an! inferior bull ac cording to W E Wjintermeyer of the department" 0 agriculture The (original cost of ihe bull would be covered' in a vejry hort time by the yearly Incoijrie realized"1 from the production of his daughters he saysj I j - i : i 1 JMI ) FARMERS FACE GOOD PROSPECT i y F&fniers — of the Ogden district ihc'l&flihg those of Weber Davis ajndiBpx Klder counties ' are de- ciarwa oy iarm experts to face tiroa'ptedts for one of the greatest ye a $3 ih agriculture's history With moisture and soil condifor spring plowing and planting a season which is believ ed sto have been destructive of pestiij ample opportunity to contract at good prices for growing tommtoes peas sugar beets and other crops the farmers are pro gressing rapidly with their early spring work Spring grains are starting to grow- winter grains Werjti through the colder weather Without damage So far no serious lossrs have occurred from frosts in the! fruit belts There is be- ijevgd o be sufficient snowfall in the upper mountain areas to assure!: irrigation water for maturing all crops e&fCQalefit tion d6gs developed tBY 'LION' HUNTER DANDRUFF I A IiHJ SHOT BUG The "Million Dollir" bug the peach curculio tomes in for its share of prevention this year The worm of the beetle hatched in the developing peach causes tremendous damage to peach orchards It AY WARD Cal— (AP)— j These results disprove the exist- s vine is injur-ouing belief that thelivestock as his or fatal to been believed in the past A most important feature of the experiout ment is yet to be brought endeavoring to germinate through the seed vifhich has passed through the digestive organs to determine if in this jfcvay they may be spreaa to clean areas through the medlun of fertilizer These findings will be made known when the work is decompleted' and at that time a arid be will prepared tailed thesis given wide distribution covering as it does a question for the first time which has been of such tremendoi?3 interest and importance in all lines of agriculture Of course with the disproval Of the injurious elements of the puncture vine to livestock there should be no abatement in the war which is being waged against it in all 6f the western states as the livestock Trie angle is only one consideration 4t puncture A'ine is ruinous when gets into the wool of sheep or intjo : 1 j )f Shoot-ingmounta- in lions or cougars out Soon Destroys the H air Irets with a pistol after they a been have liv-iin- gp ! 1 lift Eight Off! - i and All Ages and Reliable I ! ! ran°her in Nevad wheat oats eny to P"vent smut Thom- crop specialist at °f N'evada' declares ' American farmers lost $3000000 in 1925 he Tays JeAuae they did not treat seed to hk treft LImh! 1 ?hJ-fka- PIUS GHICHESTERS VeiTV Mi4laJ you lraaTt I'Ul H4 and Joid CI Kml TUa'ltc boxes sealed with Bl!eVA ho TakMtkvwAskBayfat V £ VrmgrUt Ask im filljnfHFtTtKs mAxnr tr t Slni Reliable Children like h!S Feed it Mothers endorse it All n' JiTSlty -- Hs- every year alfalfa near § ar-ini- (D)irims i 1 ' i-- ii j s - lapy Spring Conditions I Indicate Excellent 1 3 LOS ANlGELES April 7—For many years the puncture vine pt sheep's head as it is commonly called in livestock circles has provj-ea costlyj pest There are manf angles to tie damage done by this plant one lot which has been the of general belief that-- the prongs and the vine which are long hard o£ the sharp cause lacerations mouth andfthroat as well as injury to the intestinal and digestive organisms riany times "proving fatal With this in mind several head of cattle Calves sheep and hogs were secured to be used for experimental purjposes under the auspiqojs of the Los Angeles county horticultural comrnission and livestock inspection department to determine to just whit extent the vine would A harm livestock consuming itwhich was used iklfalfa of supply:' was literacy filled with the vint Its burrs ajid proings being in the most dangrous stage that is dry Qf and hard j Every safeguard course was taken to prevent the animals spreading It the seed therefuse Of being iisolsited and orthe aside far put the pens destroyed i observation Several pens of check anima-fwere kept! which were fed upo!n clean alfalfa and at the end of an eight-wee- k period all of the were slaughtered and pojst morteras held to determine the condition of ajll the organs Much Jo the surprise of those who had charge of jthe work thereof was ro injury evidence in any animal from eating the vine there being no lacerations in the mouth throat The animals or- intestiiial tract showed practically the same and jn some Instances even greater gains in weight ithan were shown by tlte check anitnals we had upon clean ij A tin yjb o 1 1 1 e of The campaign against the corn costs only "FreezoneJ orcr is steadily1 folrging ahead a centk'at few any drug 12800 are ma of units There nearly store TrJit: is chinery stored in the army ordnance depot at damp Perry Ohio awaiting the operilngjof the annual drive ! - Bm Kni this j users recoup txhch O"' til ami retards H (j HEXS WOK If mend h it f faction with isolated independence one of the agencies causing migration of- the rural resident to the city "Economic conditions? he says "such as improvements in agricultural production great'! expansion of urban domination and the postwar crisis in farming have unseta distled farm life and exerted 1 he relainfluence upon turbing tion of the farmer to otfter groups of society Migration to the cities at the -- rate of more than halfun- a million a year has continued til now 70 per cent of ithe—population is Even inventions designed to help the farmer are driving jhim from his land the professor f says and "making possible the centralizing lie believes of farm residents" that the combine making it possible to harvest and thrfcsh' a crop at one operation ao-- equally effective seeding machines "may prove to be entering wedges for of establishment "capitalistic'! j farming CO-E- D rzil eiOGsgoFn Increased Dailly fnewne i nen iumis Prop- - crly 1'h flALKIO ti Ni —The s stemitlc f:jpdinr of mitti' cows wouhtl benefit I thie dairy In- 7(AP) dustry and Iik 1 isithf income of those engaged in tjije jniuslry Recording to 3 tobklrt jlll lluffner hoM of the animal! jhulbandry di partmcnt of tne Nfrth Carolina J tl btate colh-p-t milk cuvs in trio state pnly 011 third n of them ar) ing-- a jprottt third arc boniibi dowb one third are robbrrs for tula is tlsat most f'Xhe ofi the "rohH ttre h4 poorjy fed"-'-" a's Ituftm r "lf ajl ofj tJifse 3 1 i )' ' V - 1 i r- - I I k!)-'- 1 ri-c- n 0010 fed COWh f U now balanced rptioiij th paying a 'n rot St wb u it inrrcas"! to lo per their production frdih r cent tnose wjiani boarders would pay ajfnr profit and the robbers might citase tb iri nefarious ( practice" claSiVis that this better lluffner Yes there are farmerette coof t eding ciiild add fir eds Here's Viola Russ an agri- practice a lyear per vow to thej receipt of cultural student at the University the ovvni'is whlch would nn an an of California farm school She's increased incorfto of $4500000 a specializing in animal husbandry year to state lairyiicnj g and this lamb she now is developed touring Caliwith a farm train to awakthe hoofs Injuring the feet of live- fornia stock which it penetrates as badly en interest in improved agricultural methods OF THEIR CHARM as a needle The question of whether or nof the seed will germinate after hiv an WASH IKOTO N — iAP ) digestive OHIOANS TO HUNT ing passed through the "enloses her y hajrni noneo( organs of the animals Ni ill be ofusa gaging in the ariolis professions GAME ON BICYCLES and of value in checking great deal activities t1nce tonsidcred ex- more sDread as If this is the mast ilhne believes clusively of care can be given the handling LAGOS Southern Nigeria — von Prittwitz ijind (J afjfron Herr tier- fertilizer produced from animals (AP) —Three Americans are on man amhafsadcr to United the feed$ fed which have been upon their way here to hunt African States t containing the vine big game on bicycles He told !thr member of 1h They are Dr J Stewart HogGn Women's Unheksity luh)jhere that Peter Ibold and J W Rooms all irt tier many Nvln're thcjre now ar of Cincinnati 0 Behind their 53 women mi ne rficlifirath wo sporting expedition is an- nen are bet oin ing v4rf active other story "And 1 showd hn!e to see t limit Mrs Joseph Beitzel wife of a l(fave-ahbrahih of fjhfe ivork thlej medical missionary ot Nigeria are adde$ 'Far from aoin5 was gravely ill a few months ago robbing jtlje-h- hp of thi-'iI and attending physicians held out think it gives therh ancharm — nriilnit no hope for her Beitzel received L fcqblp scatctfly nay less letter from a friend in Cincinnati charm I nsei njiy wile ivdhi n© was Sulphurous Barrage Over asuggesting sjjnee conthat Ir Hogen be iilanagerfof ai ion far Oermftn in Dakota Fields He took his wife all the7 dustrial sulted jivtpmcit way to the Ohio city for an operaPlanned! tion It proved successful and Beitzel invited the physician" to ABERDEEN S D April 7— visit in Africa Now the doc- STYLISTIS! BORROW iAP) — Planned as the first large-scal- e tor ishim on his way with two friends FROM rust to fight hyheat attempt accept the invitation with airplanes a heavy sulphurous to Ibold LI: ) — Th e is a manufacturer P PA barrag-- will be laid down on an ex- and Kooms a cigar Hue de la business man Raix owes bailor colhErs failor hats perimental tract in Brtwn county about July 1 ahd sailer I cdlfdrs toftMef navy this BFES WERE BUSY season Arrangement's were completed at The 3000 bee keepers iiv the a conference here between Dr C The newest shades hi blue i9 RJ Ball senior agronomist of the Canadian province of Manitoba identicaltwith that cif th eFrench federal bureau of - plant industry produced 7000000 pounds of hon- sailor's ifnifriA slit Hi s Ushter farm leaders and representatives ey in 1927 taan navy nfot so lidh iisr Canen- from the chamber of commerce hage $ailop collars 01f finuet are MAX1 OATS TESTED While the mixture tio be used added t sotiej of T albot's after- Between 60 and 75 varieties of noon anil spoilt copturiiea has revealed a marked proclivity The for checking the growth of both oats are tested for yield and other white stircld hat in the red and black stem rust nemesis qualities every year at the Ohio most popular) sbo'rt h adgoar along the Iliviera of grain growers in the northwest Expenynent station at Wooster the impending application is conIt is sidered purely experimental j planned to use about 20 pounds to j the acre over an area four miles long and half a mile wide A similar experiment in Canada in which the dust was sprayed tract liais been deover a clared a success although eradication of barberry host plant of rust spores heretofore has Ibeen considered the only effective measure of control When Dr Caldwell started to RIOT OF COLOR IS practice medicine back in 1S75 needs for a laxative were not "1 SEEN FOR SHOES the as great as they are today People lived normal Quiet lives ate plain 4 LYNN Mass — (AP) — Indian wholesome food and got plenty of 1 i prints and block printed linens will fresh air and sunshine But even predominate in the fabrics while that early there were drastic soft rich hues of blue green maize phjsics and purges for the relief y' beige Indian yellows jade and of constipation which Dr Caldsome shades of red will meet mi- well did not believe were good for lady's shoe style requirements this1 human beings to put into their summer This is the advance in- system So he wrote a prescripformation that comes from the de- tion for a laxative to be used by signers of the shoe factories here his patients' Imitation reptile shoes are beThe prescription for constipation lieved to be on the wane but the that he used early in his practice manufacturers are anticipating' an and which he 'put in drug-storeincreased demand for thev real in 1892 under the name of Dr things in snake and lizard skin Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a liquid shoes White shoes will be in vegetable remedy intended for wogreater demand this summer than men children and elderly people for many seasons past they be- and they need Just such a mild lieve safe gentle bowel stimulant as The smartest shoes will have Syrup Pepsin " French lines short foreparts and Under successful management high arches for dress wear but the this prescription has proven its sports shoes will be distinctly worth and is now the largest sellAmerican with stream lines It is parjllcijilarly Upiuti&ifte tu ing liquid laxative in the world suggesting 'automobiles or angular Tim fact that millions of bottles know that tho nost iif: it is buueht wing effects revealing the "air- are'used "a year proves that it has by motht-r- for thernisfilvos and the i won the confidence of people who flpldren thbujh Sy Up Pepsin is plane influence" needed it to get relief from head- just as valuable! for Ulcily people biliousness flatulence indi- All drug" fctores have 'lie1 generous aches TIGER' GETS CAR gestion loss of appetite and sleep b utiles i MONEY IS REFUSED bad breath dyspepsia colds and We would bei gladj to have you- fevers prove at our expenfi how much Millions of families are now nev- Dr Caldwell's ikSyrun I'epsiij can PARIS — (By The Associated Ju-Caldwell's Syrup mt an' to- yriu and HYoifrs Press) — Georges Clemenceau the er without- Dr if you will once start write "Hyruh Mfntlcello ei)Mirj grand old man of Ciaul who uses Pepsin it and you will also always have Illinois and" we will sJnd you nre- an automobile Instead of the train using a bottle handy for emergencies for traveling about France tried to pU a J'JU:I: SiAMPIE BOTTIi buy a new car ihe other dav and couldn't The company insisterl on : giving it to him For several years the Tiger had travelled about in' a big but old for the family at especially reduced racs until IAiril 15 car He decided it about time to get a new model and went to Now is the ideal time to have those old r )0s the sales office to see how much removed and replaced without pain Uelltli (ilciitistry he would be allowed on the old I machine guaranteed r "Monsieur le President" the FREE COXSULTATIOjsr sales manager said "France owes too me much Let ym pay my part of the debt" And he refused to accept a sou from the Tiger Gas Administered i Clemenceau on returning to his DR FOUTZ in charge sent a check for 10000 apartment — — to 24G8 Wash Ave upstairs francs $400 the automobile I'lione 343 plant to be distributed among i'''Xi Jgt fisJ'lfix ylf- ry whose workmen circumstances were the most needy COW IS BUSY Miss Warder Eminent purej Oil bred Jersey cow tested by the ! New Jersey Agricultural college By! gave 657 pounds of butterfat and 12546 pounds of milk In 305 days Soap and Ointment Regular uss of the Soap assisted by the jOintmcnt BAULKY INCREASES as needed will" kqep tho complexion e Forty-fivcountries report an fresh clear and youthful an 3 the hsir 1277-0000of aggregate production ' and live of last bushels healthy puticufa rjTalqum ii barley cooling !and refre$hirjgr an year an increase of 6 per cent fragrant over that of 1926 ideal toilet powder lf Tl-'2V t il4 evTwlu"-Soap 25c Ointment 2S rl lMCattcwk MOST POOR CATTLE LabanttorUa A6tiTHmt enrh free (Jryt liB £rtmjle Maiden Mm " of the bulls on Only 25 per cent " jfiitF" Cutlcurk $kvthtr Sti'k ISii the dairy herds 'n thee I'nitcd states are purebred one-ihir- d t i prize-winnin- lose none Women ! j ce I AIRPLANES T0 10-0- ile I BATTLE RUST i r - I e 4- - ' UlflFORM e Itm-r-(A- 1 I " f Prescription He rote in 1 892 is the! Word's Most Popular LaMtive I 40-ac- re 'i f£V 5 s s s ' ( - - t DENTISTRiY I NEW METHOD DENTISTS -- i!tn— s Youthful Charms Enhanced Cuticura 1 1 j fS42 n SV-- ! At all Scliramm-Johno- n Stores Drtigj s ? r I - NGi POOR i & " L 00 mrx — nvnTHfT averas"e ee& Production of hens from 374 of Oklaflocks in February was homa's 2 7 eggs per hen The ntir jj)rctlduction was 818 S92 eggs i - I i FARM situation Jk There is one sure way that his treed by pack of dogs never failed to remove dandruff at Ib £j business which provides a once and that is to dissolve it then for Jay C Bruce California you destroy it entirely To do this State Hon hunter get about four ounces of plain As a sport it has long since lost just liquid arvon from any ordinary iitakifeest for him but not for "Ran-$eh- ?' store (this is all you will need) Bruce's head hunting dog drug it at night when retiring apply whfe has presided at the demise of use to moisten the scalp and rnore than 250 of the ferocious rub enough it in gently with the finger tips felijies Ranger is half bloodhound By morning most if not all Of and! half foxhound ycur dandruff will be gone and Ih'i developing hunting or three more applications will two dogs Brit'ce has come to rely on completely dissolve and entirely dechiefly thej crossing of fox and blood- stroy every single trace of it no hounds or shepherds and collies matter how much dandruff yqu Canadian government has may have Obtained some of them to help You wilt find too all itching and tid f the western Canada provinces will stop indigging ofe the scalp will of fhe huge cats be fluffy hair and your stantly U°i ux - Unt in rueered country is lustrous glossy silky ana soir anu endurance of the hardiest look and fei-- a hundred times bettff sranines The linna arter — Advertisement hvirMed and unable to outdistance J v?!usually take to a tree they still have wind enough jthfle Hard onrn soft corns corn$ be l°oiSU Ur a good fieht- - The d°e3 lift tween thejiofs and callouses — it is so right off! jYou'll laugh easy and doesn't hurt a bit! Just drd0 "Freezone" on any NEVADA FARMERS ForAUCougliS tender touchy corn Instantly tit TREAT SEED GRAIK stops achifi then shortly you just lift that ol bothersome corn tight It works I off With it?ur fingers lEKO Xev April 7 — (AP) — Safe like a cha&m every time $5ectnh roduct of from fivi1torioSnin magic j i w-in-d 1 i r- - -- A minister must know his flock and his flock's industry Acting on this 25 theological students of the Episcopal Theoloteica Seminary at Alexandria Lia j recently visueci the department St agriculture at Washington and jmade a study of rural sociological and other agri cultural problems DON'T suffer headaches or any of those pains that Bayer Aspirin can end in --a hurry! Physicians prescribe it and approve its free use for it does not affect the heart Every" druggist has it but don't fail to ask the druggist for Bayer And don't take any but the box that says Bayer with the word genuine printed in red : pt i !8T Monoaceticacldester every region dnc:of tree life in a limiterl form 4lor® 4he banks of larger streams in qie sunbaked plains Trees appeal oh higher although contigu-ousjleve- ls giving rise to the theory tjhat! and protection firoAj prairie fires will provide conditions for tree life in the southwest Iitrdduction of fruit trees ia con- £ideed a secondary measure chief donri centering around develop-men- -t of evergreens for shelter belt plark)hg SAXD STORMS STOPPED If id believed that a fringe of tree on the wind-sweside of a fiel vfiil go far in protecting frog from the sand storms that Sornletirne slash tender Dlants that rtarim buildings will be protected froria velocitv by strategic she iter belts and that the ' hot Winds of summer may be deflected frorijvj dwellings that are guarded fcy jfcorfectly planted windbreaks Before practical plantings can e made in the southwest arbori-ulti:i- ts say it will be a ietcrmine through a necessary series of the types of trees £xp$jrjirhents Aowji Uked or tht can be adapted to We territory and what condi- tjion® ojf soil and climate must be to meet ovemqome or corrected tireeh requirements fa-yor- f of Xs to almost siib-irrigati- seed-born- of SalicyllcacH M re CHEAP SEED TREATMENT A pril T— ( AP) WASHINGTON — For five cents an acre Dr A G J ohnson federal cereal pathologist declares farmers in the central portion of the corn belt can 4reat their seed corn with a chemical dust that will largely prevent e seedlosses caused by' increase and blight organisms ling their yield from 1 to 12 bushels an acre mark of I j 4datea ' t j an important matter to tjhe tf fafmer of the plains Robert Wilicm! associate arboriculturist at the Olandan station declares lim- ijtedfalnfall and 'periods of drought chief obstacles to over-onarehe There are species of trees fa tree$5 er Rarer Manufacture' p- I 00 ia no-ther- co-o- the burning yearly of about cut-ovacres of forest and of land or about four-fifth- s the total forest area burned in the United States This represents a loss of money running into many millions aof dolproslars he says adding that perous south must have "productive forest and range lands which it cannot have until burning woodlands is stopped Asnk-t- to its credit in Great Plains region s wind-break- fe the United States forest service declares the south is responsible for the trad- April 7 — (AP) the (science of arboriculture pur-rjosnow to work its magic in the treecjssj areas of the southwest 1 ffteen hundred farmers riratng' with the government's dry land experiment station at Mari ans Ki D 'have overcome nature's fiailite to provide tree life on the plaiiis Interest has spread to sput!rtein Colorado Nebraska Kan sas Texas Oklahoma and New tl of which would be Sl4i (byall the bill Garber passed ' n- QY title house and sent to the 4te Authorizing an appropriation of flojOOO for experimental work in tjhe growing of trees jllAINI ALD HAS EFFECT Ekplkining that the absence of WASHINGTON April 7 — (AP) — Col William B Greeley chief of n in Big te th hi and j SOUTH BLAMED FOR GREAT FIRE LOSSES - Co-opera- WASHINGTON - W1 ! —A F)' Experiment ot i D- April 7 picturesque reversal of the Arrfericin agricultural system under which everyone would live in town and farms would be populated only s mammoth industrial by workmen plants are iopulated —— returning td their toil is predicted by It Gillette professor of sociology at the University of North pakofta In this new mode of farming he between1 suggesti cities aind farming communities would iio longer exist as they do today and country neighborhoods and communities would be entirely dissolved farming would be la commercial proposition purely rather thar a family affair and props wouljl be profluced as facmeans of tories are ifpperated-i-- by managers ipremen and hired men! Operators f living in the cities would go tot their farms only when they were needed Author of several text books on rural sociology Professor Gillette declares that the farmer's dissatis GRAND jfORKS N AINSjTATES 1 Careful measurements reveal that of irrigation water in an acre-foavthe Imperial valley carries an silt dry erage of about 34 tons of 10 tons a adding approximatelyWith 85 per nere year to each silt that enters the cent of the on canals finally depositing itself discost of the fields irrigated its various posal and control atinabout $1000- forms is estimated 000 a year 9 PL t i Sociologist FarhriRun AslVast Factory FDR FARMS IN wJEZUFi?AWS' Li il IFE ED — Ses Future D ilMeto Hundred Farm Dr Foxtier and Associate Report Regarding Im- perial Valley By FRANK 1 YVELLl'Il Associated Press Farm Editor" WASHINGTON April 7— (AP) — Roaring down the steep bed of the mighty chasm its current has chiseled during: centuries the Colorado river has become a menace to the agricultural wealth it created In 'a report on silt in the Colo-rad- o and its relation to irrigation Samuel Fortier and Harry F Blaney federal engineers declare the situation to be a serious question aniong farmers of the Imperial valley Rock and sand collected by soil erosion at its headwaters" sweeps through nature's titanic "grinding machine" and by the time it reaches the lower levels has been pulverized to the fineness of powder It is silt SIIT DETERS 'FARMING In the irrigated districts silt settles in the canals or is spread over the fields Where the land is sandy the first application of silt improves the soil but further applications make it hard and difficult to cultivate Tests at Yuma have shown the silt content of the Colorado to run as high as 375 per cent Used for leaves a layer irrigating the water of silt as much as a quarter of an inch thick in some places When damp! silt has the consistency of rubber and excludes air from the soil Drying it rolls and cracks 'and frequently has to be removednoSilt damage is particularly ticeable in the uncultivated fields Acres! of alfalfa have been ruined because of ah impervious crust in that kept the water standing the field to heat in the summer eun and scald the growing plants DITCHES ARE BLOCKED Deltas or silt bars that form at the opening of irrigation ditches offer one of the most serious problems Sometimes they so interfere with irrigation that the deltas must be removed a process that is estimated to average an annual cost of $2 an acre tinder normal conditions the Colorado carries two per cent of its weight in rock and sand During a flood the load is sometimes nine per cent In a year's time engineers and say enough silt is created washed to the mouth of the Grand Canyon to cover a tract of 137000 acres to a depth of one foot In such manner was the Colorado basin an built in the years before history feaera that In Its varied physical tures is nearly as large as all of ITE AND i Tree Planting Methods FARiOBLEH j IS Nature Expert COLORADO SILT — — SUNDAY CORNING APRIL'S 1928 R n - t i I |