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Show NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS TRAIN ATTRACTS MANY INTERESTED VISITORS The National Preparedness Demonstration Dem-onstration train brought out a large attendance of representative citizens from every part of Beaver county. And the train with its splendid equipment and interesting exhibits was well worth going many miles to see. Made up of twelve electrically lighted coaches and each car containing con-taining a special demonstration of "what to do and how to do it" along the several lines of agricultural activities, ac-tivities, including bean growing, ir. rigation, crop rotation, sugar beet culture, poultry and stock raising, farm machinery, home economics, etc., the instruction given was well worth while. The train pulled into Milford Sunday Sun-day and spent most of the day bus was not open to visitors until Monday. Mon-day. The following are those who compose the official party in charge of the train and the exhibits: " v Utah J. W. Paxman, Dry Farm expert Prof. L. M. Winsor, Irrig. Engr. Prof. Byron Alder, Poultry Expert Miss Gertrude McCheyne, Home Economics Miss Mildred Maughn, Red Cross Demonstrator Mr. Ed. Bowling Mr. Oscar Crookson. Nevada Miss Norma Davis, Home Eco. Mr. G. C. Vinson, Agronomist California Prof. V. C. Bryant, Agronomist & Assistant. Salt Lake Route J. H. Burtner, Gen'l Agent, Riverside River-side Mrs. C. E. Miller, wife of Asst. Gen'l Indus. Agent, Los Angeles Mrs. Marion A. Byrne, Special Writer, Arrowhead Magazine William Lee, T. F. & P. A., Salt Lake Douglas White, G. I. A., Los Ang. Industrial Section Mr. and Mrs. Heber S. Cutler, Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. H. F. Doremus, Holt Mfg. Co. D. W. Pierson, Consolidated Wagon Wag-on & Machine Co. R. B. Baker, Landes & Co., Salt Lake F. C. Watson, Avery Tractor Co. E. I. Crook, C. L. Best Tractor C. W. D. Crook, C. L. Best Tract. Co. J. M. Davts, Fairbanks Morse Co. E. E. Hopkins, Train Electrician. U. S. Forestry Service Mr. Mark Anderson Mr. N. W. Lichty. Crowds Arrive Monday morning by ten o'clock the state highway was very busy bearing auto loads of farmers and citizens from Beaver, Minersville and all other points in the county outside of Milford. They crowded the cars all day. The moving pictures pic-tures taken in the early afternoon in front of the Milford Hotel caused a great deal of interest and the Main street of the city certainly presented a lively scene worthy of reproduction reproduc-tion on canvas. These films will be reproduced throughout the East. The luncheon at the Atkin and the banquet at the Milford both given by the city trustees and officers offi-cers in honor of the train party were enjoyable affairs and thoughtful tributes to the worth of the Demonstration Demon-stration Train enterprise. This train is sent out by the state agricultural colleges of the three great states California, Nevada and Utah with the co-operation of the railroads over which it travels. The pictures and lectures given at the high school auditoricm were instructive in-structive and were attended by a large audience. We are herewith privileged to give a transcript of Prof. Bryant's lecture on bean growing, grow-ing, an industry which is being strongly recommended for this section. sec-tion. Lecture on Bean Growing (Note Mr. Bryant is Asst. Prof, of Agricultural Extension at the University of California exhibit cars which are at present being tun over the Salt Lake Route.) "Water is usually the limiting factor fac-tor in the production of beans. The bean requires a uniform supply of moisture. If there is not sufficient moisture the production is limited and if there is too much moisture the plants have a tendency to produce pro-duce vines and not a good crop of beans. "I think beans are one of the Tops that might be successfully grown on some of the high loamy bench lands where irrigation water is available. "In growing beans on the dry farm one of the most important things for the farmer to do is to plow his land twelve to fourteen inches deep in the fall. This would loosen up the soil and put it in shape to absorb ab-sorb the winter and spring precipitation. precipi-tation. The next step is to hold the moisture in the land after it has been stored. 'This can be done by working the soil continually with the spring tooth or spike tooth harrow, every two or three weeks, from about the first of March to the time of planting, which should be some time along the middle of May. "It is too late now to prepare a dry farm for beans unless the plowing plow-ing has already been done. "There is ample time however, to prepare the irrigated lands. This should be done by plowing the land to considerable depth and settling it by irrigating before planting. It Is absolutely necessary to harrow and cultivate the land after each irrigation, irriga-tion, so as to retain the moisture and avoid another early irrigation. In this way the beans receive a uniform moisture supply which is required to grow the crop. "More cultivation and less irrigation irriga-tion should be the watchword of every bean grower on irrigated farms. "The varieties which would do best on the dry farms would be the white Tepary. This should be planted plant-ed at the rate of from seven to ten pounds per acre. Another variety which should do fairly well on the dry farms would be the Mexican Pinto. Pin-to. Plant this at the rate of about twelve to fifteen pounds per acre. The varieties which would do best for the irrigated farms would be some of the early maturing bush beans such as the Pinkeye, Red Kidney Kid-ney and some of the other Kidney beans. "For field planting the bean may be planted with the corn planter In rows three feet apart dropping the beans from Bix to ten inches apart in the rows and only one bean in the hill. For some of the dry varieties they might be spaced a little further than this." Party Sees the Project One of the pleasant things done for the train party was a free ride of about twenty-five miles given to them in autos by courtesy of the Delta Land & Water Company to Minersville and over the project. |