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Show A FARM DEMONSTRATOR. ' Editor Chronicle: In lust week's Chronicle you refe to the work of the Farmer's Schoo ebld at Hinckley, and the necessity.! demonstration work and farmer's organizations. or-ganizations. Before tbe school closed the writer was selected as County Chairman of Farmers' Institute work here, and I have received a copy tf the constitution and by-laws of local farmers' organizations. It Is our purpose pur-pose to organise In the near future to further and protect the Interests of the farmet. We hope soon to bava something of Interest to present to the farmers of the county. . It la also our purpose to have so sin rousing Institute work done during the winter which will be of great Interest and benefit to the farmers, ao far-' mers watch tbe column! of the Chron-Icle Chron-Icle for further particulars. ' Tbe question of having aome agricultural agri-cultural demonstration work done Is the county next year was taken up peralstently with the professors before they left and tbey assured us that they would do all they could for us. The fact Is, as Prof. Wlnsor said, that the appropriation made by tbe legislature legisla-ture was such a small amount that it was Impossible to do anything In the way of providing for farm demonstration. demonstra-tion. At the present time tbe college has exhausted Its appropriation and Is working on a deficit. If our next legislature legis-lature is more liberal we will have some valuable demonstration work, done In this county next year. I suggest, Mr. Editor, that you take this matter up strongly with pur legislators and senators and try and convince them of tbe necessity i t making a generous appropriation f this work, The iBoVef)roJuttIv Hie farms are the greater tbe ability of the farmer to pay taxes; the more prosperous the, farmer Is the more inosperous Is the merchant and every nher class. I bave already taken this matter up Khh the Hon. A. A. Kimball. Millard's epresentatlve, and he assures me pos-lively pos-lively that he will do all be can to urther the Interests of Millard coun-y coun-y farmers. On the west side we have some pe-ullar pe-ullar problems to solve In regard to he proper and conservative use of Ir-igatlon Ir-igatlon waters. For Instance, we are old that some of the very best farm-rs farm-rs on tbe west tract Irrigated their rain fields about every eight days, lllowing 90 days to produce the crop re can see how many times this crop 1 .as Irrigated. Now, Prof. Wlnsor hss ' uade a demonstration and raised a ' nil crop of grain on two Irrigations 1 fter seeding. I will not attempt to Ive the details of bis method here, 1 ut If the farmers are Interested and 1 ill send to the Agricultural College 1 it tbe six bulletins Nos. US to 120. 1 ic, tbey will get a lot of Information" ' n Irrigation. Another thing, tbe agricultural de-epartment de-epartment of the Millard Academy 1 i arranging to test the milk of tbe ' airy cows at Hinckley. Probably the J iruiers of nearby towns can secure a Imilar aervtce. 1 Thanking you for the good work tbe J hronlcle Is doing, I am yours truly, 1 JOHN REEVE. 1 We are very glad to publish tbe ' bove letter from Mr. Reeve, and to now that steps are being taken to ( rpanlze for farm demonstration work. ' be movement will have tbe hearty 1 jpport of the Chronicle. We shall, ' om time to time, publish articles on 1 ie need and value of farm demon- ' .rstlon work and send copies of tbe per to every member of the legls- ' ture and to every oue who can aid 1 securing an appropriation for this 1 uch-needed work. ' In regard to Irrigation, does any rmer on tbe vest side know whether , b is using 14 Inches or 60 Inches to alure bis crops? It's all guess ork. Prof. WInsor's demonstrations k where may not be conclusive In i gird to new land on the west trset. i here Is a great difference of opinion I i to how much water Is needed here, f he actual needs will !y be known t ben we begin to measure our vi r. and this Is the most Important c rk for a farm demonstrator to take t ( |