| Show GROW LESS WHEAT ON IRRIGATED LAND too large a proportion of the good irrigated land in utah is growing wheat says director william peterson of the utah agricultural experiment station in 1922 the bannera in the state grew acres of wheat acres was on land without water but acres was on good irrigated land the dry land offers little chance for rotations and change in cropping therefore the raising of wheat on the dry land must continue on a visit to the dry farms of the state recently a number of the best dry farmers of the community were asi assembled gemble d and careful analysis made of what it cost each to produce an zero acre of wheat the men differed some in their opinions but the figures differed only from 12 to 1480 as a cost per acre for growing wheat on land without irrigation one of the charges was 6 per cent for interest on 40 as an investment for each acre of land on irrigated land the interest would have to be charged against land worth from to this item alone will provably figure wheat in the losa instead of the profit column it lq is necessary to grow wheat at certain intervals in the best cropping rotations of a well regulated farm but in the opinion of director peterson wheat should be grown 0 on n irrigated land in utah only AS it is necessary to fill in n to the crop rotation scheme or to actu ally supply the feed needed for the poultry or animals on the f farm arm grow more alfalfa more beets produce more dairy products hogs and poultry and the irrigated land will maintain its fertility and produce more profit is the belief of the tha amx ant station |
