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Show I UTAH DRY FARMERS' MEETING Many Interesting Papers Are Read at Annual Convention of Men Interested Inter-ested In Dry Farming. Provo, Utah. The Stat Dry Farm asHoi lallon met here In annual convention con-vention February 2. ProNident Lw. In A. MeiTtll tnailc a very opllniUtlc nddreHK on the conditiong In this state of the dry farm Industry, which In now, tiald the president, established on a safe IiumIh. I, II. (inue of Nephl apoke on "The Profitable Size of a Dry Farm." ThiH dt'pendu somewhat on the man, said Mr. Orate. The averagei size would probably be 160 acre, with 80 acrea us a minimum and 2.r0 aa a maximum for one tnu and four horaea. He gave much valuable InforruV on on summer sum-mer (aJlowln and other featurea of cultivation; the Importance of good hore and lnlmuU with Intelligent Intelli-gent work waa urged. j Dr. Robert Stewart gave a lecture on "The Moat Profitable Varelty of Wheat for the Dry Farm." If wheat la rained for bread-making It must be such kind at) the baker wants, and Turkey Ud wheat waa the beat, said Dr. Stewart, for bread-making. It niakea bread equal to that manufactured manufac-tured In Minneapolis. Gold Coin and some of the aofter varletloa would make good pantry, chicken feed and also for mixing with Turkey Ked where a mixture la needed. Sylvester Pierce of Gunnison apoke jn "The Growing of Alfalfa on Dry Farm Land In Juab County." He advised ad-vised growing alfalfa for seed only on 1ry land; he had produced hx to right busbela an acre by seeding one. tnd a half pounds of seed to the acre,' planted In rowa with the plant twenty-one lnchea apart. John Q. Adams of Logan talked on the same subject, basing his remarks on experience In Cache valley. On sandy soil, which waa the soil most, used for alfalfa, a crop of hay and a crop of seed was raised each season. Carl n. Williamt of the publicity bureau apoke on "Available Dry Lands In Utah." He estimated that there were about fifteen million acres available for drf ."arming In the atate. He urged thai some means be adopt ed to thwart the effort a of dishonest locators, who located ae-ttlers on greasewood and shad scale land which waa not adapted to dry farming, farm-ing, and resulted In loss to the Individual Indi-vidual and to the state by converting a boomer Into a knocker. "The Next Dry Farm Congress," waa the aubject talked on by Dr. John A. Wldtsoe, president of the International Interna-tional Dyr Farm congresa. He re ferred to the great advancement that hill been made of lute In dry farming by all the nations of the earth. Thesn conventions were for the purpose, of exchanging Ideas and learning about the art. lie exited that big delegation delega-tion be aent from t'tah to the Loth-bridge, Loth-bridge, Canada, convention this year. There will be a great effort made at the Lethbrldge convention to take the 1913 congress to Hungary, Aus tria, and other countries, and the Utah delegation would strive to get (he convention for Salt Lake, and the larger the delegation the ealser It will be to land the 1913 congress foi Utah. "Reasons for the 8ummer Fallow In Dry Farming," waa Dr. Wldtaoe'a theme at the afternoon session. Summer Sum-mer fallowing not only glvea the land a rest, but It tends to conserve the moisture necessary for the growth of 1 the crop. 1 Hon. A. J. Stookey of Clover. Utah, spoke on the success of dry framing i In Kush valley; Stephen L. Chlpman of American Fork told of the "Sue- ' cess of Dry Farming in Cedar Val ley," and lion. James W. Paxman of Nephl spoke of the success achieved i on Levari ridge In Juab county. "Im ! provements of Wheat on the Dry 1 Farm by Selection and Breeding" wast I the subject taken up by P. V. Car-don, Car-don, superintendent Nephl substa- I lion, after which a general discussion i was Indulged in by the delegates. i The officers elected for the ensulnp, i year are: Professor L. A. Merri'.l of the Utah Agricultural college, presl- i dent; J. W. Paxman of Nephl. vice- i president, and Carl ft. Williams of Salt Lake, secretary. ( At the afternoon session Frank i Hinckley, a deelgate from Utah coun- j ty, spoke In favor of protection fot coyotes and advoca'ed their propagation propaga-tion Instead of their destruction. Mr , Hinckley declared that the coyote , was a staunch friend of the farmer In destroying squirrels. Mr. Hlnck ( ley's views were supported by Pro fessor K. D. Hall, one of the director. ( f the Agricultural college, who ald , that. In addlton to the coyote, the skunk and hawk were frtenda of the!, farmer and should be protected. At1, pnscnt the staw pa a toiir.ty fori, the killing of coyo'es, a system!, which waa declared by Mr. Hin kley j . and Professor Hall to be entirely J wrong. A resolution waa adopted declaring against dishonest land locators. The resolution waa denunciatory of those ( persona who locate homestead -re on land not adapted to farming. |