| Show UTAH DRY FARMING utah dry farming has assumed much importance in the west and middle west both be because cause of the progress made and because of the arid and conditions to be contended with the department of agriculture has Jus I 1 issued a very interesting bulletin on the subject madck made up from experiments carried on at utah deep beep plowing and sub soiling has not proved what was iwas expected of it in fact these ideas have been loundro to be of little value the B gin depth of five to ten ches che showing fields as good as the eighteen inch sub soiling the eri i ments covering five years the me best time for fall plowing is from sept ast 1st to oct while spring plowing as compared with fall plowing shows a net gain of per aerie acre hence the idea of fall plowing being so s much better seems untrue different depths of planting show no material effect winter wheat should be sown tour four or five pecks to the acre rather than the lesser amounts usually sown spring cultivation is fike likewise wise fund to be unprofitable the difference in favor ofed of no such cultivation being about 12 per cent the killing of the plants offsetting all benefit berie fitin in moisture conservation the best time to harvest winter wheat is when it is s in the hard dough stage |
