Show widtsoe lands are d reductive productive tile the following article tippen appeared red in ill tile tho last issue of 0 tho the utah V farmer arnitor written by davad W woodard Woo dardi dour editor ilease allow mo lite a 0 little space apace in ill your val valuable paper tor for n tow few lines linen front from tile tho upper deck of car Oart I 1 told lold coil county lity nt lit and ity with respect to some ot of tho the crops bust adapted to our high altI altitude tudd tho drouth conditions that have i boon been cicro tho the last few cow years have given the that thai no crop crol on a ivy dry favin farni basis call bo be raised horo here hid and so fur far as the contral iii drier arlor 1 part art of 0 0 tit alio llio valley la Is concerned it would ap all pe ar true with ono one ox exception cop tion that tha of tall fall yown sown rosen ryo tills this variety of ryo has shown su sn over tile ordinary spring planted or fall planted rye where tested under similar conditions farsi 11 ll in ili better yield and El straw to stand up where conditions aro arc favor allo able tor for rank growth tho the host best time tor for sowing fall grain brain nt at this attitude I 1 la august As AB stated the trier drier parts parta ot or our valley tile last four years have been too try dry to consider raising wheat without some irrigation hut but in thol foothill sections bertlon 4 there are thousands of acres that rot got sufficient snow and rain to raise successfully tall fall sown f wheat without irrigation whore where pro por per methods of tillage havo have boon been used 1 and rabbits have been kept control j in the trier parts of oe tho the valley onri irrigation lippl applied iod about the lot of ot juao Is sufficient to mako make a fair crop on oil tall fall sown grain spring sown grain on oil the other liand hand requires about three irrigations to give tile same production as one irrigation or fall sown varieties such as turkey red conred con red or kin drody A r varieties var lollos in case caio the reader should got gat the thea art thought that spring erring grain in all parts of tho the valley must have three in aba eions awant I 1 want to roter refer to the tha aero acre farm arm ot of mr W F holt anyone who whoa 1 viewed that acres acrea of 0 shocks last harvest consisting of 0 wheat oath oata and barley all spring sprang sown and produced on oil ono one irrigation must realize the possibility ot of our valley under very limited irrigation ono ot of the problems pro bloma ot of high aitt audes tudes Is what variety of 0 grain will have tile tho best beat chance of boating beating jack frost to harvest first among these are the fall varieties among tho spring sown wheat I 1 think joanda foremost the early dart bart tor for early matu maturity rity and good milling quality wo we aro are indebted to the college for introducing and testing out this variety another variety from the sauie same source la is the colaes barley carloy a very early maturing variety ot of good yielding power and treo free from tho the objectionable tio beards of othoe varieties we are fast learning to appreciate the ili efforts effort of the collego college in testing varieties los suited to high altitude conditions |