Show I 1 UTAH ORY DRY FARMERS many interesting pipers papers are read a annual convention of men inter ested in dry farming pron utah the state dry farn association met here la in annual con february 2 president lew Is a A merrill made a very optimistic it address on the conditions in this stati of the dry firm arm industry which li how eald said tho the president established on a safe basis I 1 if grace of nephi spoke on I 1 th profitable table size of a dry farm ahli depends somewhat on the man gale mr grace the average site size woula probably be acrea acres with 80 acre na as a minimum and as a maxi maximon murr for one man and four horses he much valuable information on sum me met allowing and other features ol 01 cultivation the Import importance ince of rood horses and implements with intelli gent work nas urged dr robert stewart rave gave a lecture on the most profitable ol 01 N wheat heat for the dry farm it if wheat it raised for bread making it must be b sue euch lind n as the baker wants and turkey red wheat was the best said dr stewart tor for bre broad bread ad it makes bread equal to stat at manucal manu fal lured in minneapolis gold cold coin ad some of the softer A make good pastry chacke and also for mixing w with ith tui tu rt ey lied where a inix mixture ture is needed sylvester pierce of gunnison Gunn leon spoke on the growing of alfalfa on dry larm I 1 arm land in juab county lie ile ad growing alfalfa tor for seed only on dry land he had produced elx six to eight bushel bushels an acre by seeding ono one and a half halt pounds of seed to the acre planted in rows with the plant awen tyone ty one inches apart john Q adams of logan talked on the same subject basing bis his remarks on experience in cache valley on sandy soil which was the soil mos most used for alfalfa a crop of hay bay and a crop of seed was raised each season carl R williams Illiams IN of the publicity bureau spino on Aval available laWe dry lands in utah he ile estimated that there were about fifteen million acrel acre aval available lable for dry farming in the state hi urged that some means be adopt ed to thwart the efforts of dishonest locator locators who located settlers on greasewood and shad scale land which wae was not adapted to dry farm ing and resulted in loss to the andl vidual and to the state by converting a boomer into a knocker the next dry farm parm congress wag was the subject talked on by dr john A widtsoe soe pre president of the internal dional dyr farm congre siR he lie referred to the great advancement that had been made of late in dry fanning farming by all the nations of the earth thes convent loni were for the purpose ot of exchanging ideas and learning about the art he ile asked that big delaga lion be sent from utah to the leth bridge canada convAn convention tion this year there will be a great effort made at the lethbridge convention to take the 1913 congress to hungary austria and other countries and the utah delegation would strive to get the convention for salt lake and the larger the delegation the balser it vill ill be to land the 1913 coax congress ress for utah I 1 reasons for the summer fallow in dry farming was as dr widtsoe a theme at the afternoon session sum mer fallowing not only gives the land a rest but it tends lo 10 0 o conserve the moisture necessary foi tot the growth of the crop hon ilon A J ot of clover utah spoke on the success of dry framing in rush valley stephen L chi chapman man of american fork told of the sue cess of dry farming in cedar val 1 ley and hon lion james IV ol 01 1 nephi spoke ot of the success achieved on levan ridge in juab county im ira prove ments of 0 wheat on an the dry farm by selection and breeding was the subject taken up by P V car don superintendent nephi sub sta lion after which a general discussion was indulged ed in by the delegates tho officers elected for the ensuing year are professor L A merrill ol 01 the itah I aa tah agricultural college collise preel preat dent J W of nephi vice president and carl 11 williams ol 01 salt lake secretary at the afternoon session flank a deel gate from utah coin coun ty spoke ID in favor of protection tat tot coyote and advocated their pr lion instead of their destruction mr declared that the joycle was a staunch friend of the farmer in destroying destroy destro yin inc squirrels mr ir IRYs ley views were supported by professor E I 1 D ball 11 one ore of the director ill recto ol 01 oc be uhe agricultural college colleg L who so eald aid d that in additon to me the coyote the ski and hawk were friends ot of the th farmer and should be protected at present the state pays a bounty for the killing of coyotes a system which was decla tid by mr hinckle and processor Pro leasor sor ball to be entirely wrong 1 I A resolution was adopted declaring de clarin against dishonest land locator locators resolution was denunciatory ot of those persons r rho bo locate on lad not adapted to farming |