Show GET liET GOOD CROPS Bf BY DRY FARMING fARMIN Farmers Can Raise 30 Bushels of Wheat to Acre on oni i Arid Land MEN HERE HERETO TO SHOW HOW Lecturers from Agricultural Itu rat College on Tour of Ex ExI Experimental Ex- Ex Experimental I Farms I J J. J C. C and John Stephens pro pro- CC 80 of or agronomy at tim tho Utah rl- rl cultural coll college o anil r F F. F U. U oil Farrell at an an i assistant I In the saino sarno department arc In Iii Salt Lake on their wa way south to o some orn om o othe ortho or of I- I the lie Utah experiment farms which have been established b by th the government Jo to further agricultural Interests In arid lo locations Jo- Jo y of oC the state stale Excursion tran tranY trains Y- Y bring farmers Carmels from all parts to meets meet nice them at nt various arlow point and Interesting s sessions are cue held I- I Utah now ha has six sic of or these experimental r I farms which are arc under the direction of oj t Jim thA experimental station at Logan Losan Oner One r h I Is in hi Tooele county countr about t eight mlle miles J. J south of oC GrantsvIlle Another I In Juall Yr count county a third In Iii Iron a fourth In WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ash ashi i ington Inston still sUIl another In and the k sixth at Verdure San Juan count county Each farm larm contains divided Into 10 acres or u- u more plats 4 p The prime purpose of ot th these e farms Is toJ to lo rr J determine b by means of a n. serIes o of experiments ex ex- JI what each locality Is best a adapted for Cor In the way of or producing farm arm t- t crops crops s Aa s grains and grasses cs arc of oC chief I I Importance the seek eel to lo 1 discover tho iho best variety arlet of oC spring wheat r- r 1 i and t of fall Call wheat for Cor different localities h Thc They work to the same end with baric barley S oats rye YOe orchard grasses ha hay grasses 5 and alfalfa r r. r Compare Many Iun Varieties To determine the most valuable variety f k In each cach locality the experimenters sow i 10 30 or os' J 12 2 varieties of oC seed and md carefully JJ note the results In each case In addition addi addi- tion to these tests experiments experiment are m r iT-r ff- ff to lo determine the depth of or plowing best i t t t for fos' or different rent crops In various localities f. f The They aim also to discover the life best time 1 for planting and the proper amount of or to sow so- soto to tho the acre I t i To 10 impress impre s upon the farmer the im importance im- im importance l and value of ot the lessons sot so t learned men trained in agriculture agriculture i. i ture tur from roTa the experimental station at nt atS 1 1 S Logan Losan give demonstrations at al the tle experimental mental farms for tor the benefit of ot the farmers farm Carm- arm arm- 00 ers rs 11 In the neighborhood It Is this kind kindi i ti ot Z work that the tho professors proCessors from mm the experiment experiment ex ex- station at Logan are arc now engaged en en- in Besides being an assistant in inthe J the agricultural college Mr 11 F. F D. D Farrell I Is an of tho the United States Stales department deI de tie- I of oC agriculture and will have o I I charge e of oC arid land cereal experimentation U I tion in Utah Friday the party part gave an object lesson to about JO farmers at the tle Tooele experimental cx- cx farm fat Monday the they will go so goto soto to Juab count county for the same purpose C and Wednesday a will lind tind them in Iron Iroll count county Deep Plowing E Essential In giving si these hc e object lessons ns said rold M c wc ate Br t teaching j on one great l That hat Is that to operate a dr dry farm successfully the farmer farmel must know how to It j conserve conserve con con- serve e the tue moIsture and to conserve the tue moisture we ve teach the farmer that deep plowing and thorough harrowing rowing j i I are ale essential The earth eaith must be I tl deep ep to receive I c all moisture that i tails bUs alls It must be thoroughly harrowed t I lo to lorm term a on the thc t surface which acts as a trap to moisture coming coining from S 1 below and thus keeps heeps it from lom escaping Successful dry farming thus becomes a a. process b by which moisture Is conserved t People generally have no nu idea of what whal successful dr dry farming mean meant to S. S Utah There The arc are thou thousands of acres of dl dry diy farm lands In Kanab Klumb San Juan Tooele Iron Beaver and Washington 3 countries countries' where intelligent ent cultivation of the thc soil would produce from 10 to I i 30 bu bushels hels of or grain to the acre ci I Wants Alte Artesian ian Wells I S There is only one drawback to lo utilizing util J- J izing all this valuable land and that thatis 5 is 18 3 th the of getting selling water for b i domestic 1 purposes 0 and to water I S The state should act at once onee to see what can be done in the way of getting getting get get- et- et 4 ting HilS' artesian wells If water were provided provided pro pro- vided it would be but hut a short time lime un until un- un til much o of this land now unused I would b bw be bi brought ought under ndel cultivation S The work of the tle experiment station sta sti- p tion anti and the thu agricultural college is 1 al already already al- al 5 d ready a good effect Companies aio O rapidly forming and taking up 5 I i great ni-cas ni of this this- land The Utah Ulah Arid rid Farm company has tal taken en up 5 J about acres in Dog DoS Valle Valley Juab i 1 county The Tho company compan will vill soon have havea t 1 r i a a. L horse power engine which will pull pullO 20 plows Other companies of the or-the the i I same amo character have hare been formed an and f v- v big results arc are bound to follow k i The rhe government e is making similar experiments experiments' in horticulture Two experimental ex ex- S. S farms are now located one ono oneat r S r at Lehl Lehi and another near SL St Geor George e. e Th These too have ha done clone doncal valuable al service 5 in n showing the value o of treating eating trees I lit In n a s c Farmers arcI are arc I finding that orchards pa pay to so o well that in n mall many localities the they are better thai thalo I II I acres of grain c Utah orchards have hae undergone a transformation The They ar are arc arenow now low kept pruned and perfectly clear of weeds These changes chang Professor Pro Pro- fessor Ho Hogenson attributes in lal large part to the good work worl of the meat station and ami the agricUltural col- col leg lege ego Despite the rough h handling which the he Logan JAg school has received ed during the he past year Professor Ho Hogenson en on sa says sal's S SIts Its Is future looks exceedingly bright In the summer summer- school which has just clo closed cd at the colle college e the attend attend- anco was iho tito best the Institution has yet had during a summer session The attitude of the people leoPle too is changing I toward oward the new administration The old Id 10 loyalty alt to the college collego is again returning returning re- re turning and everything c points to a alore amore more lore successful ful fall term than the school chool has before experienced |