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Show &L THE TOOELE VALLEY In the course of his regular duties, the writar of this, last week had o:- tfion t0 visiL tluj 'Vai 0'. ' Somu .years ago a farm was located some fourteen to fifteen miles west of Tooele and eight to ten miles south of Grantsville. Every alternate strip of plats in. this forty-acre farm was last year planted to Turkey Rea wheat, which is at this time making a splendid showing. Right out in the middle of the desert, this field looks like an oasis. The field has t- ceived only ordinary treatment. Lat fall it was planted to Turkey Rd wheat, secured from Montana, but unfortunately the wheat is badly affected af-fected with smut The formalin was obtained from a local store and i: had been left standing around so long that its use did not prevent the smut entirely, so that there has been some smutty wheat raised there. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding that however, there -will be a splendid harvest. The wheat is doing remarkably well! Some Brome Grass and Tall Meadow Mead-ow Oat grass stands about thirty inches in-ches high, and is very dense on the ground. These grasses made a splendid splen-did yield, and would hive delighted the heart oi any one who is seeking pasture grasses or our arid lands. Much credit is due to Mr. Allan Fra-scr, Fra-scr, the foreman at this farm, who has kept the fal'ow plits in perfect condition. The farm is an object lesson, not only to the farmers cf Tooele county, but to the entire state. We were also delighted with a fie d a few miles distant belonging to Mr. Marsden of Tooele. field of wheat there should average 25 to 30 bushels bush-els per acre, and this notwithstanding the long dry season. This is a splendid splen-did field; we doubt if there are any better in the state. |
