Show STUDFXT LIFE barley rye alfalfa etc could be successfully grown zvithout irrigation on the sagebrush deserts of Utah These lands are practically unlimited in extent there being thousands of acres that today are no more than barren wastes This arid farm exhibit showed to the people what actually could be done and what actually had been done by properly working these desert tracts Notwithstanding the scarcity of floor space this display of field crops occupied one of the most conspicuous corners of the building The exhibit was made up of various crops from the six experiment farms in the counties Juab Tooele Iron Washington Sevier and San Juan The results of these experiments were shown to be very successful and encouraging In several instances 35 bushels of oats 25 bushels of wheat 34 bushels of barley and 20 bushels of rye had been grown on one acre of land All without irrigation The bundles of grain in most cases were over four feet long and were nicely arranged on the walls The products from each farm occupied places by themselves in this way making a better display In v 25 addition to the bundles of grain there were in sacks and bottlessam-ple- s of grain from each plat placed on a stand in the center of the room On this stand was also placed three large carboys of water holding 104 pounds each The water in these carboys represented the amount of water required to produce one ounce of wheat the ounce of wheat being placed along side of the water thus showing the contrast These bottles also represented the amount of water that falls each year on 3 sq ft of soil when the rain fall is T2 in average amounting to 188 lbs This demonstration itself was to create great interest from the visitors and was surely a revelation to most of them By most of the experts at the Fair the “Arid Farm Exhibit” was considered the best and it undoubt-edl- v will do as much good or more good for the people of the state the home builders than any of the sufficient other was certainly a great object lesson and will unquestionably result in the citizens of our state taking a more active interest in develTt oping our vast agricultural |