Show I 1 conservation notes by W mirl lail work unit conservationist clyde W larson working with the sevier soil boll conservation uis dis triet at salina has recently lecent ly passed so I 1 ou oil to 10 us some interesting ln la formation about tile tiler eased ill ields ids obtained front from the johnson brothers Uro theis farat at aurora utah litah lie ile says sas that better cattle we weights bights from 3 to 4 I 1 extra tons of 0 sugar beets per pei acre acie and a grain yield increase inci tase ot of 6 bushels per pei acre acie are the immediate results of cou on taij laim farm the johnsons Jolius ons already were applying most of 0 the recommended conservation practices at the time their farm faral plan was vas made willard johnson first dished himself in fit aurora a small laiming farming community now in the seier county soil conservation district ills his operations were vere on a modest scale but when his is thice sons soils grew u they pooled their capital reorganized and expanded operations the johnsons now follow a farm and range lange plan that Is outstanding in fit its approach to the land capabilities ab aud and deficiencies of 0 the area As additional acreage was vas purchased the johnson brothers found that soil fertility lUty was as badly depleted that the fields were in ili need ot of leveling and that the irrigation system needed leor gall izing alvith the formati foi matlon oll of the sevier county cogut soil Coil connera berva tiou lloa district tile the johnson brothers saw a chance tor for help willi their projected improvements impi elements A faim farin plan plau was voided out with the help of soil conservation technicians which covered cohered acres of irrigated laud and acres of range land the maintenance aud and implement of the fertility of their cropland ci was vas the first problem the johnson Jolin sou brothers biot lieis tackled first they the applied phosphate to tile the alfalfa fields immediately there were ft ere increases in plant growth and yields next they varied ailed tile the amount of phosphate applied per acre and found that pounds vas the most economical amount to apply with alfalfa selling elling at 15 a ton it was vas noted that phosphate applied to the alfalfa would in crease ccase the yields of grains and sugar beets the first year ole fields were eie planted in fit these crops this increase in ili yield was waa not obtained nom leont the alfalfa fields that ali at had not nol receded applications of phosphate the johnson brothers biot litis decided that it if phosphorous would increase the production 0 of f grain and sua sugar r ro beets as they followed in the 10 lation a phosphorous deficiency still e isted in fit the soil in ill order older to alleviate the deficiency fi fici ency further uie the johnson brothers s drilled pounds of phosphate per acre acie into the grain fields it at plan planting time and side dressed the sugar beets using pounds per acre they dis covered that the application of 75 pounds per acre to the beet crop following thinning and an application of 75 pounds more ai the last cultivation cult hatlon of the summer ei gave bae better results than one application these applications increased the small grain yields moni from id 14 to 20 bushels per acre and the sugar beets from 3 to 4 tons per acre but the cropping plan was only part of the scientific management invoked Ho id better wait until next nert week to tell 3 sou 0 a in more 0 re of this story of conservation farming |