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Show RECLAIMING LAND BY DRY FARMING When dry l'nrmlng on scientific lines was first brought to tho atten tion of tho country, tho c'nlms made tor the new methed of cultivating the soil were ucceptcd us exaggerated exaggerat-ed and dry fnrmlng wa8 looked on ns a hazard not to ho taken by tho president. pres-ident. Tho peoplo of Utah though liavo had a better opinion of dry farming than n majority of tho In habitants of western states, because many of tho most succossful dry farmers are to bo found ln this re glon. Thero nro specialists who predict that six ml'llon ncres of land adapt ablo to dry farming eventually will bo placed under cultivation In Utah. J. W. I'axman of Ncphl, who is a member of tho facuty of tho Agrlcul-turai Agrlcul-turai college, makes this stnteniont: "'People nro not fully acquainted with modern methods necessary to Insuro their success, and also that tholr lock of confldenco retards tho taking up of land. Wheat and grain crops can be moro than doubled when tho soil is cultivated in such a manner thnt it will hold tho moisture mois-ture for two BPasons instead of for a few months, farmers who own Irrigated farms in tinio will bo able to utilize tho high ground, which cannot bo irrigated, for wheat and other grains and uso tho most valu-ablo valu-ablo land for beets, potatoes and vegetables. Land which 1ms pro duccd less than twenty bushels ol wheat to the aero has been made to produco nearly doublo that amount by deep plowing which is ono of the most Important factors of tho mod em system." Tho scciet of success In dry farming farm-ing Is ln breaking up tho surface so that capillary .attraction is Interfered Interfer-ed with and tho winter molsturo retained. re-tained. This accomplished, wherovor tho precipitation totals fifteen Indict a year, dry fanning can bo mado to pay. Ogdcn Standard. |