Show Tooele County Prove Value Of Bog Drainage Draining the time waterlogged lands of ot I Tooele County is proving a most moat profitable pro profitable profitable business undertaking to the farmers of that county according to the annual report of County Agent kg A. A L 1 L. L Christensen The report which came to the office V W. W. W Owen of oC the time Utah Agricultural College Collego Extension Extension Ex Ex- tension Division State State Le Leader deT cf of County Agricultural Agents a short time ago outlined the time results of the first years year's work In drainage performed performed performed per per- formed under the direction of the time Extension Division of or the College e. e As a r result sult of or a three year campaign campaign campaign cam cam- tile the drains were wore installed on ten of the time farms at nt Grantsville and Erda prior to the planting season last spring The Time results obtained on these farms arms seem to indicate that draining the water logged lanes lants ob 0 o othe the state for tho the purpose of adding addingto to the farmers farmer's income is a good business proposition MX Mr Christensen reports thres farms which ho says sas are typical of the drained farms of tho the entire emit conn ty ly On the farm thirty acres are drained and seeded to bar har- ley A yield of or sixty four bushels per her acre was secured as contrasted with thirty eo bushels prior to ageA six-acre six field on the Ratcliff RatcHet farm where sugar beets were a total failure last year ear when the land was U drained yielded this year under drainage seventy eight tons Ot Other Othor fields on the same farm which hal hail produced only weeds In years ears yielded a crop of Dicklow wheat this year On the Booth farm farma a yield of or tons of ot beets was wag 3 s 3 cured on eight acres of drained lann lane where prior to drainage only three tons had hind been obtained from Crom tor ton acres A quarter of an acre planted bushels to potatoes on the same sam farm yielded These drains were wore designated as s demonstration projects and a larf lam larra number of or neighboring neighboring- farmers vi it ed them during the summer and had hadan hadan hadan an opportunity to see the time effectiveness effective effective- ness of the work |