Show SPECIAL LETTER TO THE FARMERS or CARBON 13 bv robert 11 Ste steware warr county farm demonstrator I 1 am now nov conducting L a campaign on the treatment of potatoes to prevent the potato diseases that we ii have live n our bee u tion of the state will make this practical demonstration for potato diseases and also for the diseases of small grains throughout the two counties all people interested in the treatment of these diseases notice for announcements noun cements that will be made as I 1 wish to cover the entire fied field in twelve days As farmers if we ue would reap good satisfactory crops NN we e must use eveia precaution to help in s suc se su c e bursel ourselves es against the great number of diseases that attack our crops in the case of our smaller grains it is ii necessary absolutely so to grade our seed by means of a fanning mill to eliminate shrunken and cracked kernels and all forms of weed need seeds in case we have not already done so from the patch select good medium sized potato tubes every day now means either the sa saving saing ing or loss of a great many thousand tons of water from the soil on our farms the precipitation moisture is much m more 0 re valuable for our crops than the irrigation water nater will nill be that will be later applied I 1 would advise adise therefore much cultivation this spring dont plough one day and harrow se several eral days later but harrow the same day as ploughed As to alfalfa land I 1 would could suggest Nal waiting ting for a few days vet et until the cold nights have passed as vigorous cultivation exposes the torn roots just a vord ord or W two 0 about ploughing sloughing hing I 1 believe we e generally speaking are ploughing sloughing hing too shallow plough deep if you can get the horsepower plough from ten to twelve inches I 1 wish to operate cooperate co with the failers in carbon and emery counties again this year in promoting agriculture it is my belief that we ne have a grand future before us agriculturally speaking in these two counties and as citizens of this section we must unite in leaving no stone unturned to build up our homes bomes 1 I make mistakes you make mistakes if we did not we would not need any help mistakes help to make advancement I 1 hope this will be an excel exceptional year for the people of eastern utah and that the agricultural conditions will be much improved |