Show WAl AND 5 E E THE lri REALITIES go outto out fo the experiment farm 12 miles south and east of monticello pd and seo see for or yourself the wonderful work being done there it Is only 45 crag but there la Is some real actual and f extremely valuable experiments g going on that surely will change greatly the future of farming and even the live stock industry of san juan f 1 blocked off into its many divi alons there ifo a ro the following 9 var of corn cornce 2 of stock beets 3 of 2 of sudan grass 2 kinds of millet roll let 2 of field 1 of cow peas the beans are the lipary and spy ind and I 1 10 kinds oadry of dry beans bani or co cognion i fhi classes ground Is grouped off into alternate and non alternate tracts lands producing a crop each year and the other laying fallow one season to test which method Is best under the various crops and seasonal conditions dit ions siberian wheat grass per rental western we stIrn wheat grass and rye grass with the annual brome grass are among the forage crops and hay bay crops but alfalfa planted in rows in hills and as usually planted Is there just about asgood in appearance as any irrigated Irrig nied alfalfa at same elevation and you may sie see 1920 31 and 1932 plant I j ings alfalfa planted in that extraordinarily dry year 1931 seems seema just austa as good as the file 1930 appearing plainly one year younger but equally as vigorous the 1932 fall plantings of wheat is interesting divided as it Is into so many little divisions each according to time planted and amount of wheat per acre planting dates were august sept 1st ast sept irth october and amounts of seed per acre then complicates the situation or is really a full days study along with the dates as it is 15 30 45 and 60 pound sowings bowings strange as it may seem there Is some excellent wheat that represents only 15 pounds per acre of seed and the best seemed to be the 30 and 45 pound plats the august sowing date appears to have the advantage although both september dates represent fine looking Ine grain while the october ulan plantings tings are clearly behind j garden work Is also important as even water melons are doing tine fine covered with paper but like the cantaloupes show signs of oc being worthy of culture of course that shows that nearly every kind of vegetable grown around here with irrigation Is there or will be without irrigation as the many kinds produced last la st year proved A very healthy patch ot of green onions show up well I 1 not long ago this paper told about artichoke a at 11 12 2 1 to 15 tons fons per acre and we find that on an this farm last year they made 28 tons per acre seven kinds of potatoes are planted and we handled spuds in the cellar there that seemed as solid and good as when they were plowed up last fall j siberian beilan Sl elms russian olles siberian pea trees poplars and fancy I 1 cedars are among the trees and the 2 year old elms planted plant ed in 1 1931 9 31 look good show fine growth and will be a credit around hero here on many a farm as soon as farmers realize what they really are this farm work Is not confined to the boulder 45 acres however as jos jas A eager in charge advised us that he la Is also handling grape vines the wine varieties down at bluff and north of blanding Is experimenting with various forage crops it Is worth a day for any citizen of utah to go over the matter there presented and see in detail the rp spanner rry inner anner displayed dismayed by an experienced man on dry land out on this big mesa one may not be other than keenly interested intel ested mr eager shows no enthusiasm just live interest and makes no stater statements rients about what lie he thinks or believes but has the crops the data the facts and Is willing to show them to you and let you be the judge apparently he Is not at all like it a politician or a but Is a doer |