Show mK I Utah Famous For rk Her r k Dr Dry Farming Methods j success Sg of oC dry dr farming and the tho numerous great Irrigation ton projects T lat hat have hae and are ate being being- completed havo o made Utah conspicuous amon among fiE Either states The Tho fame of ot Utah fruits is world wide worle and man many maintain that f lute aher can excel their delicious flavors The success of ot the sugar boot beet c t Is known to the world The amount amount of ot wheat raised on dry dr farms few eW years ears Is enormous and not long a ago o would have ha been con- con tr d I It la is estimated that tun fully seventy five p per r cent of ot the thel tit eat l crop during the tile past year was raised b by dry dr farming E A visit to Lo the state statisticians statistician's office disclosed the fact tact that tha In many the crops were larger this year ear than an any year ar previous One of ot the who had Just returned from a visit to some of oC the north northern rn coun- coun C said sid that although In one or two twp sections crops were not riot quito quite Quio up to the tho mage the majority would exceed the lie avera average e from ten ton to fifteen per ier cent The The alfalfa alaUn crop of ot Utah tah Is not to be excelled anti and Is more successful than t er r this year some of time the farmers succeeding In getting twenty bushels iced leed from an au acre on Ott large tracts of land Fallacy Exploded f Some time ago there were disturbing reports of the great damage done the alfalfa weevil and California merchants put a Quarantine on the Utah contending that tile the weevil was carried in the lie seed peed Noted made a number of experiments arid and succeeded eded In lii proving that the evil levil could not be carried in the seed thus proving the lie quarantine SI t Time The weevil itself Is the size of a pea while the tho seed is not miot larger than a aS ahead S head and were the lie seed properly cleaned the tho weevil would be abeD abeD- ely eliminated Some said that the eggs might get mixed with the seed wt it It was proven that the weevil deposits its eggs In the ground and It be next to impossible for them to mix with the seed P- P While experimenting with this the experts think they have die die- ered a way of ridding the crop of tide this devastating Insect and when successful t efforts will have done touch In Increasing the lie value of the tho crop |