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Show Millard County Round-up Big Success Much Valuable Knowledge of Agriculture Methods Meth-ods Given to the Husbandman. and expense. Mr. heelon said that smne of tile worst lanil in thnt section had been reclaimed re-claimed by tile di ainaire and was now producing profitable crops, and that it is also the fact that land, neither water logged nor alkalied, was a paying investment in cases of tile drainage for the reason that the tile drains carried off all surplus w ater and supplied the bacteria in the soil with life by allowing air to circulate thru the soil. lie sail that a system of tile drainage should be followed out and that a haphazard hap-hazard method was expensive, inetli-cient inetli-cient and unsatisfactory all around. The cost jter acre for this method of drainage is onlinarly from $12 to $1(1 per acre and the increased yield from the installation of such systems in the Garland district have been sufficient to pay forthe system in one year in some instances. Thus far in points of benefit and general usefullness to those engaged in agricultural pursuits the Millard County Kound-up lias been of greiit value val-ue and it is hoped that as time goes by the man behind the plow will grow to look upon these meetings as the military and railroad man regards his school of instructions, as the educator 'does his summer school and institute and the M. D., his post graduate course. Haphazard farming is a thing of the past in the U. S. A. and will never be found connected with financial success again. In this issue we have slighted the work being done in the House-keepers' Conference on Recount of lack of space and time to prepare the interesting things being done by the good house wife for the benefit of mankind, but hope to be able to furnish our readers with some of their doings next week. The promoters of the Millard County Round-up must have had the weather made to their special spec-ial order for the occasion, as such balmy days are seldom seen at this time of the year in this latitude. It should certainly serve as an inspiration to all who are in attendance. We are informed that the attendance at-tendance is not what it should be considering the importance of the work given, and it is to be regretted that more of our people peo-ple do not feel that their time could not be more profitably spent. We are convinced, that the wisdom gained from those who have spent so much time and money in the aecquisition of the knowledge which they are so freely distributing, would be of infinitely more use to the farmers of Millard County than the few dollars they would save in the pursuit of their regular occupations. We have with us a full corps of teachers of our own Agricultural Agricul-tural college, besides other .well known persons who are experts in their several lines of work, and the work they are giving is the solid fact gleaned from repeated re-peated condensation of matter to disseminate the utmost amount of knowledge in the minimum amount of time; The scientist gives us the result re-sult of his experiments in the laboratory, as well as in the field, without requiring us to make the tests ourselves, thus saving an incalculable length of time to the farmer who is too busy to spare the time for even the most valuable experiments, which after all are only experiments, experi-ments, and must await the passing pass-ing of time to prove their value to the human race. And time saved to the busy farmer in the growing season is of too much value to be wasted in doing something some-thing that someone else can do better and can also communicate the result to others. For instance! J. C. Whelon is employed by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Beet Company to take charge of its Bear Valley Lands. Through the expenditure of much time, and money as well, Mr. Whelon has been enabled to conduct some very interesting as well as valuable experiments on those lands, and has discovered discover-ed some very important facts, which he is here to tell us about, and the farmer who listens to him and then goes to work along the lines mapped out by Mr. Wheelon, will find that his knowledge know-ledge of the soils and drainage of this valley together with the application of the same, will make his farm better than before, be-fore, and he himself will be a broader man, more ready to listen to new ideas next year. Hon. Jas. A. Melville spoke at some length on the Future of Millard County, refering to the county in general from the time of the establishment of the first state capital at Fillmore until un-til the present time. Continuing, Continu-ing, he compared Millard County with the six leading counties of the state, showing the imnif use natural advantages possessed by our home county. The billowing figures taken from the reports of the Utah Bureau of Statistics will prove of interest to those who were unable un-able to be present on Tuesday evening. Name Area in so,, miles Cache 1,20; Utah 2,342 Salt Lake Weber 1,94 Davis Morgan U9Y . Total " 0.37 Millard's area is 0.771 sq. miles or3ii7si. miles more than the combined area of the cither six counties. Resuming the comparison in regard to the population, ii.-.iiit-the same authority; Name Population. Cache J.i.Oo'J Utah 3,1U! Salt I.ake(ex. of S. L. C. )31.ooo Weber (ex. ul Ogden I 15.000 Davis 1U.191 Morgan 2,407 Total (ex. S. L. C, and Ogden) 110,000 Millard County 0.118 Dilference in population 113,000 in favor of the six other counties. Refering to the number of acres under cultiuation in the six named counties, Mr. .Melville gave the following figures. Name Acres under Cul. Cache 123,570 Utah 43,548 Salt Lake 03,498 Weber - 38,154 Davis 39.111 ' Morgan 2.990 Total 310,877 " Granting that 5 of the total 310,877 is irrigated, there would be 207.249 acres irrigated in those six counties. With the completion of the project now under way, Millard will have 185.000 acres of irrigated land. With developed well water we will equal the six leading Co's of the state with more than doerble that acreage of Dry farm land. Mr. Melville's talk proved to the most skeptical that Millard Co. has a great future, and that the developement of its great resources re-sources has ok ly begun. With all its advantages in having plenty of fertile land, plenty of water, excellent climate, clim-ate, and a progressive and ever increasing pipulation, no one will attempt to deny the future of Millard County. Dr. Harris' talk on "Soil Fertility and conservation of alkali" Tuesday was very well handled and a theme which interests all intermountain farmers. farm-ers. Dr. Harris is strong for the control con-trol of salts in Die soil by the proper and liberal use of barn yard manure, saving it was essential to build up soil in this country as elsewhere. He also mentioned the great value of cultivation cultiva-tion as n means of preventing alkali from accumulating on the surface of the soil. His talk along these lines was full of good, sound logic and can be followed fol-lowed with excellent result. L. M. Winsor, of the A. C, spoke very entertainingly and instructively of the "Distribution and application of irrigation water. He1- displayed a chart showing the duty of water on growing sugar beets as shown by farm experiments done by the experiment farm at Richfield. He showed that excess ex-cess irrigation not only washed much plant food but made the sugar beet yield lighter than where a medium amount of water was used, besides waisting the water. This holds good in other farm crops as well. The heaviest irrigations produce the smallest small-est yield. His experiments have convinced con-vinced him that the average farmer uses from fifty to two hundred per cent more water than he should to obtain the be,st results. More cultivation, less water and better yields. Farm Demonstrator Welch spoke interestingly in-terestingly at Wednesday's meeting relative rel-ative to the value of crop rotation in in die Delta country, and the advantages advan-tages to be gained in rotating alfalfa, sugar beets and grain was shown to advantage. He set forth the great importance of the introducing well bred stock on the farm, declaring that such crop rota-Lions rota-Lions and live stock is absolutely es sential to maintain permanent soil fertility fer-tility and success on the farm. Which all comes home to us when we loo), hack to the farmer of the middle west who breeds good stock and llioroly tills his ground and compare his place and financial conditions with the fellow who inblt-i-ds and lets hi cn.p take care of iO.elf. Mr. ht-elon's talk on tiie dtainhge Tijra Ky furnished fool for a great deal of study along these lines. He has had a hit of eSpei leiicein this work and is making it a .,iul atidy in .,'orthern I'tah. 11, -fore thir. ystetn of drainage was taken up in the locality of (iatland, v. here the sugar company has a factory aodowia ci.ih.idE'-lahie amount of its ; I.e. I land-, fanner:, wne becoming i.-ry much d'.pieed on aici.unt of llu-ir land ;v.ing Pack. li.A,-.-r, v. hen MliVrsW ol tile dl ailoiir V. a- il.-ni-I .nitrated thlliCi link on a dilfeo nt : hu and many lal'loei air I10W putting ! in steiiis w hicli ha.e and are rapidly j repaying them for their adJed trouble |
