Show DEMONSTRATIONS DEMONSTRATIONS AND LECTURES The demonstration tram train conducted con con- ducted Ty by the Lake Route on and the State d College Colleg put in I its sw on schedule time Sturdy Saturday and nd re- re mamed th throughout g the th day I Iwas It was w. wel welcomed o to by a goodly number num num- her ber of farmers stockmen et al 1 who manifested a keen interest to tD absorb such ch helpful knowledg knowledge as u was given out by experts m in agriculture stock rasing ing etc etc the gist of N h ich we re re produce r.-produce belie believing it be of interest and undoubtedly to w of consideration b by those Be Beof of our readers maders who were unable anble to tD be present prent The Th meeting in the afternoon woe was largely attended In fact the said that u no pia ace had hd they spoke to tD as lw large o Pend and nd andas e a lot of as met th at Delta There would have been been a larger attendance attend attend- ance nce but the weather wather w. w was so favorable for fat farming operations that mn thy they could not Ic leave t their work There was us also a g od r representation e e of farmers m af f from 10 the a neighboring g towns Johr ohn eve ev county chaired chair man mn of the a miners Union Umon act act- ed I as ss chairman of the m meeting eting ne nm e was w. rot Prof jc- jc Laughlan of the Agricultural College Colleg who poke on the go subject sub sob b- b of irrigation ration Prof Ian In said ald that every farmer should install a measuring weir wr to tD know exactly the amount mount of water he was using were war an too Do much water wr particularly particular Z on the older projects projects He said Baid that weirs r could Id b ta ed on any part of the V various projects to a amund around around round mund Delta i The w. w the mot most exact a ae nd e wily eily T Ten ThIS In was w. a wooden wood wood- en box save several I fet feet long with t a aboard board bord acro sense across w the lower end nd afoot t a foot or more wide In the upper part of the board an n opening w. w was made ad for about bout b half hlf alf its w. w width d th narrower at t the bottom than at t atthe atthe the top th the angle on e each ech ch side ide of po portion the ion opening of r one to being e four fou in n T The Te the e J edges pro proportion e of the opening should be b. beveled wIth the sharp edge up ap trem there should be b. a fall of ft from ro SlY inches to tD a foot below the open ing so the e water would not be beThe backed up ap The Th depth of water ter w. w was me measured ur a foot above the opening j by driving a si nail nOli i iwas in 10 the or e over the h height which of the the water low t- t was w. flowing Knowing the depth of water and nd the width of the weir tables tablea furnished b by the Agricultural College gave at a the of acre inches flowing gh the weir per hour With such auch device installed in 10 a head hed ditch he h. could keep an accurate record of the mount amount of water h. h was w. using He would have data by means mens oi of which he could tell the amo amount of water required by differ different dr crops duty of f ti Prof the water Winsor an and spoke yoke showed of by charts that the yield of the crops crop did not increase in proportion to tD the increased mount amount of water In fact too much water d ad the YIeld The charts were made from experiments carried on t at Logan Logn where the rainfall IS 16 inches and nd there IS no such uch evaporation is around 08 Delta or t. t what as there the amount of water will give the maxium d here her has to be bede bedei de determined An animated dia- dia i followed and nd the speaker was kept buy busy answering ques- ques so tion and nd objections JAn John T. T Cane Can spoke poke on stock raising He H. said thIS section was w. especially adapted to tD do but that the far farmer farmr should hould not think that alfalfa was the only kind of feed fed dairy cow should have and nd strongly raising of corn and nd storing of it t in 10 SIlos It was w. a mistake to tD suppose that corn could not be raised in 10 Utah Willie While It did dd not yield as big bg crops crop as in 10 Illinois the hard bud whIte con coin gave a satisfactory Yield here her It should hould be cut when the top of the ears can were to tD turn It should hould he be cut up and nd put into the silo do at t a acost cost of about bout 5 per pr ton and nd provided provided pro pro- vided a succulent which cows cow greatly relished He rec silos doe iloa for this th section and said sad one ten feet through and nd 25 feet high ought to tD be b. built budt for about bout The Tb Agricultural College would be he glad to tD furnish anyone nyon with plans for a silo do Ben Eldridge also tC the industry 3 on stack was i especially fec and s said val valuable 1 of ments el returning here this as r. r land to it the was provided soil deficient 1 the thele ir means elements ele- ele in N. N s. s Bishop ted as chairman of the evening meeting which le not quite as well attended was i interesting Prof Ian an spoke poke briefly on the treatment treat treat- ment it of f alkaline soils Boils All It arid i land and h. h has mum mora or I. I law in mineral a I in It It was w. a mistake take to tD suppose upp e one could lg get rid o of i- i injurious eral by washing g or r I n in- Continued on page pg age 6 6 1 1 1 Continued from page I I. I the land It only made it worse Excess water only brought the allah to the surface it was wait left a it after the water was to to pie vent rent the water evaporating by the surface of the toil soli wiland and making a dust dut mulch John T T. Canes Cane's s talk was wait on hog raISing hung for profit profiL Idaho has lias been shipping hundreds hundred of car loads load o jf of 1 hi hogs h 5 to the market mark mark- et at while Utah has been heen very much behind m in this th It required ed hut but small capital to get m in the I business and that there them was wait a large demand for pork at a good prim When hogs sold old for per pound gram turned Into int pork park was worth T.- T. 2 per poun pound and alfalfa was wait worth front from 60 to 75 per acre Hogs reqUired more concentrated feed than cows cowa or horses homes The groin should be ground An A shaped pen on the ground was the thc most economical pen for brood sows sow Little pigs piga should have plenty of exercise to prevent the the thumps Duroc Jerseys w were re breeders and the he I Berk- Berk pr and er was ovas nOO io be given all at 11 u gK-u they t B By can eat at when young as it was wait then that they made their most economical growth grow grew th From to pounds was vinc the best w weight h for the Los Angeles An An- geles gelm market and that any iny hog should weigh that at old if properly fed Ben Eldridge gave an sn interesting interest interest- ing mg talk on n starting a dairy herd hard g the Get N. N leading the i kind I points you J like of ewh which best beat were for there them is no best beat breed brood Have enthusiasm en- en for the business choose pure pun bred sires alPes With a record for I milk producers keep your cows clean Keep Kep a reco record it on om the productIon pro pro- production auction of each cow cull cow cull out the poor producers sell your inferior I Ic c calves Vea to the butcher give the dt cows emos s plenty dt of feed fk and a varied r diet chet Send no milk or crown cream from your your arm farm that isn ISn't t pure pur and sad clean To attain success the farmer must Breed Broad Feed and W Weed ed u is the third annual visit vit the d has hall i ito made me e eto to Delta and we wea are a sure aura the air coming ing has been of great benefit to the farmers The speakers do donot donot not claim to know It all but Ire are always alway willing to be shown hown and andt t jiey my were especially pleased with the discussion that followed each speakers talk this went to show that the farmers are awake and thinking for themselves The different different exhibits were viewed by over interested people during the day and this th feature was of untold benefit to all |