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Show IRRIGATION EXPOSmONf Practical Illustration from Work of Utah Experiment Station. One of the most practical exhibitions shown at tho Irrigation exposition was that from the Utah experiment station, Illustrating irrigation investigations and showing the value pf water as applied ap-plied In varying quantities to" various farm crops. No better lesson In irrl was ever given than the ouu there shown by the station bojled down from u recent bulletin No. fcO, on Irrigation Investigations" which every LUah farmer Bhould get and sjpdy, Whero water is plentiful thu tendency tenden-cy among Utuh irrigiUorela to use it too liberally for the neeJs of the crop grcwu, and to (the detriment of the laud. The investigations of the station covered experiments in growing various var-ious cereal and vegotallc crops under irrigation. Each crojT vas grown under un-der similar conditions, but with varying uinounts of water, showing show-ing the requirements tff each crop to produce tho most profitable yield. Wheat was irrlgaled'ifi varying auiouu-is auiouu-is from 3M to 53, acre inches of water and the results are highly interesting. With aniippllcatlouaij Inches of wuter the land yielded 33 bushels to the acre; QH inches produced 30 bushels; bush-els; 12 inches yielded io bushels; Mulches, Mul-ches, 17 bushels, 18 itiehes 10 bushels, lillo 53 inches yielded but 42 bushels. Another experimenthliowed the yield from 20 inches of water applied to one aere was 47 bushels. The same amount of water spread over two acres yielded SO bushels and' when applied to 3 acres yielded 105 bushels. Or putting it an oilier way. 20 inches' of water will produce pro-duce 47 bushels from one acre, 80 bush .Is from two aud 105 bushels from three acres. himllur results were obtained in growing outs and other grains. In thu growing of potatoes and sugar beets the results showelllfter years of experimenting, ex-perimenting, that excessive Irrigation was not ouly detrimental to the quality of the crop but actually decreased its quantity. Water applied to the beet crop in excess of,20 inches was done at a loss. Tho experiments show that for economic rcsuHslS Inches of water is better than 30 inches. From these de ductlons it may be Inferred that If irrigation irri-gation is carried, on suisutillually the - irrigable H?'1 L f&fr'-'V-H!"t" t""YiV" more than double. jHtu tho consequent Increase in the rural population. Salt Lae Herald. 2' |