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Show uu AGRICULTURAL MUiffflf UTAH The Agricultural college has been appealed to toy the farmers of Emery, Em-ery, Carbon, Uintah 'and Wasatch counties to holp them In tholr e.Torts to avoid being unjustly treated regarding re-garding tho quarantine issued against Utah alfalfa seed by some of the western states, on account of the weevil. wee-vil. The college officials announced to seed purchasers what counties are effected by the weevil In order to raise tho quarantine on tho counties mentioned, which are free from tho pest Are Utnh soils different from all other soils of the world? Dr. Robert btowart. professpr of chemistry at the Agricultural college, has discovered that the arid soils of Utah, when con- I tinuously cropped, do not loso their ! fertility, as regards tho most Impor- j tant plant foods. This is contrary to what scientists havo heretofore been 1 teaching and is attracting the attention atten-tion of agriculturists throughout the country The arid sections of tho state arc now boing visited bv a com-mlttee com-mlttee of government experts "who are Investigating the marvelous fertility of the soils. Lands cropped for thirty years aro Just 03 rich in important plant food as when first plowed. |