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Show Annual Number Six, "Utah State Fanners' Institute," Issued by tho A. C. of U. Is at hand and of particular particu-lar Interest. Tho Information It contains con-tains Is Invaluable to thefauncrsof the state, and a copy should bo in the bauds of each. Wo would bo glad to review the number In Us entirety, but It Is of such magnitude and covcis such a lange ot subjects that It Is an Impossibility. However, a few brief "win lbs" of Interest will be found below. The statement Is made that Cache has 1,703 farms containing :uo,G(i2 acies, of which 100,272 aic Improved. Accoidlng to Dhcetor Widtsoo "the futuie development of Utah will necessarily depend on tho extension of the old irrigation svstcms and the creation of new ones. Still when tho best s steins of Irrigation shall bo In operation, there will not bo water enough to cover all the lands ot Utah" It has been calculated that to produce twenty bushels of wheat to tho Acre would require an annual rainfall 'of 11.4 Inches" In tho noithcrn section of Utah, that is all that poitlon north of Provo there Is an annual lalnfall, Including snow, of about 13.17 Inches. This shows that tho northern section lccslvcs an an nual rainfall, which If properly con" served In the soil, sliould be sulllclcnt to produce twenty bushels of wheat to tho acic, without the aitlclllclal application of water" Practice has demonstrated that diy farming Is a paying proposition In Cacho county The question of crops for dry farming Is also of great Interest. Up to tho piesent wheat has been the main ciop. Of late however, luccrn has also been adopted. Tho first crop Is grown for hay and the second for seed, vsith very satlsfaotoiy financial returns. re-turns. No doubt has time goes on, new crops of great drought-resistant qualities will be obtained, which will add to tho possibilities of tho dry farm. On the Station farm Prof. Merrill has succeeded In grovvingsomc veiy line coin without Irrigation. Tho j leld In somo cases has been two-thirds two-thirds that of tho Irrigated crop. Inanaitlcie contilbuted by W. S. Hansen of Colllnston, the writer cites Salt Lake City as being rocoganlzed as tho largest market in the United States for purebied sheep. Mr. Hansen wiltes of our superior cllmato and feed and related a little stoiy as follows: "While exhibiting recently a carload of French Merino, or, as now called, Rambolullct sheep at the International Livestock Show at Chi- LHHHHHHH I i cago, in which were twenty head ot ' H ram lambs eight and one halt months ' s H old, averaging In weight 135 pounds H each, one of my eastern friends asked - x , H mo what I fed them to get such .' ' enormous size. I answered: "Alfalfa ' MkH with the addition of a small amount ' iH of grain." "But my friend," ho said, J LH "what do you give them for a' a'sLH change?" I replied, "A llttlo more- lH Alfalfa." A prominent sheep breeder illiifl of Michigan said tome: "Wo cannot RH grow sheep as largo here In tho ,East RlJH as j on can In tho West nor can wo I'll grow them as cheaply, as we havo liH nothing here to equal jour alfalfa." It Is conceded that wo havo.the best liH market In the country and the most liberal customers; so 1 see no good rca- son why, with our superior climate IjH and feed, wo as farmers should not J H produce pure-bred sheep enough to M supply our ow n wants." k M Prof. Hutt In an article on lial "Orchard management" says: An FfiH eastern man on entering Utah for tho : J llrst time Is struck with Its wonderful 'tH agricultural and horticultural possl- ll bllltlcs. Kvcry field of luccrn and fH patch of sugar beets tells him of tho lH great natural fertility of the soil. tH Kvcry Hume and ditch speaks of tho lH posslblltics 6f applied water, while the surrounding mountains show tho ll storehouse of agricultural dynamics. . jl But ono Is constantly asking himself, iftH why aro not these fcrtilo lands and jl splendid water rccourccs made of fftH more use In producing crops that aro liH capable of giving greater net prollts H per acre? On the same acre that pro- iflifl duces four tons of Alfalfa at $0 per ll ton, fruit ciops could bo grown that iH aro capable of producing annually ten Jpil times the icvcnuc." jH The subject of beet raising occupies 't H considerable space, and among other i M things Prof. Merrill says: "There is isH no use denying the fact, however, that IH the method by which tho factories jH arc buying the beets will result, In a. llH few i cars time, In carelessness and 'J negligence on tho part of tho farmer. iiH The only consideration in buying has 'jl been tonnage without regard to sugar M content and purity. If this method H is to continue the farmer's sole Idea jjH will be to secure as large crop as pos- slblc and he will pay no attention to SH tho form of tho beet, nor will ho at- jjl tpmptto secure favorablo Influence 'H for Increasing the sugar content. iH Skill and intelligent, thoughtful cul- Ifcl turo on the part of tho farmer, result- iH Ing in a beet with a sugar content pt i -H 18 per cent and a purity or 00 per cent, llH should be rewarded by the factory in a rH substantial way. Farmers should In- j sist on a scalo of prices to bo adopted H by the factory, as only by this method pl will they have an Incentive to produco CH better beets." jl Tho annual contains many excellent !i Illustrations. iH |