| Show MORE ABOUT GUNNISON utah january 20 1896 in regard to the cultivation of the can oa sigre root I 1 inquired about it information by elder andrew kimball at the parowan carowan co operative mercantile co and the agricultural ri experiment station of arizona from the first I 1 received the following answer under date of december 26 las yours of december hand in answer anekt r will say that we are using the canal gre root successfully in our tannery but we have no farms in this village we obtain the ine root from the dixie country at ii a cost of 35 to 50 per too ton delivered at our tab tannery nery that is dried root roof it grows growe upon a sandy suil soil without irrigation in the dixie climate our tanner mr pritchard has hae planted a small patch in this valley upon loam ana says aya that he be thinks it can be grown here successful ly we bought roots iram mr isaac of washington couty cou ay iy utah 1 I lean can not say anything about its cultivation ti but have been told that it does doea nut nus require tut but very little water it iia 1 barong atron tanning tanu lor plant and one due ton to ie about equal to 4 curds cords of ren rea pine bark it can be purchased from almost everybody in dixie Wigi wishing ling you success Buco esp I 1 am yours youra truly WM H HOLYOAK sapt from the agricultural experiment station at tucson Ar ariana izna upon inquiry I 1 received the me rollow la dear sit k your favor of dec received to day out our station I 1 la a reply will state that it if lu Is grown successfully at an aa altitude of reet feet this la in the first instance of which we have heard board of its being grown at an altitude of feet but only in isolated oases can you ascel tain lain the name of some one in iron county utah who cao can give us some baota as to its havi g grown there at that it is rather late now to prepare soil eoll secure ruota roots and plant for the be coming season although if planted as late as the middle of january a better growth will be secured lor for the second year or by the close of the second year than could be secured in one season it Is will grow fairly well on moderate rich soil either clay loam or sand with little irrigation though a much larger crop to Is secured where plenty of water is applied the amount of seed will wid depend upon the size of the seed planted the root buot cannot te be out cut or divided in any wry way to to advantage but must be whole it will take from to 2000 pounds to the acre small roots going of course much farther than large ones the roots can be obtained at the tonning tanning extract comp company tiny C B All allaire alre manager mana eer doming N ma M and perhaps from professor F P A gulley manager company arlana ariz na we send you under ee parate separate cover c py or of our cur bui bulletin bulle letio tiu respectfully your WM STOWE DEVOL Dl director rector according ace arding to inquiry in DESERET NEWS I 1 take the liberty to send you above for disposal very respectfully lopre your CHRISTIAN A MADSEN |
