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( SATURDAY, OCTOBER ' 31. i8. THE DESIRHI FASMH 6 I 1 main crop of wheat grdwn by him j each year is Gold Coiit or Fortyfold, 1 and the lowest return he has hatl1 in I the driest years was 15 bushels. To f show the b'encfit of tilling the soil in the summer to conserve the moisture (for an experiment) he plowed 90 , acres of his land a foot deep and har rowed it 14 times. The neighbors thought him mad, and said he would . have no crop; but it turned out the I very driest season they had had. The rain fail was but o in. for the year, and he reaped 40 bushels of wheat to the acfc, when nearly all the crops n found him were a comparative fail tire. The soil on this farm) is similar to the last one, a light-brown, sandy loam, but it is higher Up the hill, and the subsoil is much looser and llghtcf, and consequently not so good for re taining moisture. He was quite ccr- tain that, with cafeful tillage, good J crops could be grown on an average foil of 10 to 11 in. per year, provided the soil was retentive, and not a loose, porous, gravel undcfitcath. I consid ered the information obtained here most valuable, as the success and good farming of these men was well known to the officers of the College and other persons in the district. The soil is very similar, and not at all su perior, to that over most of the Black , Rock Plains, and the only advantage ' that I could sec is that the Cache Val- ') ley is about 4000 ft. above sea level, j and the heat is not so oppressive, though it is very frequently from 90 degrees to 97 degrees in the shade f during the summer months of May, I June, July and August. The more I elevated plains have this disadvantage: 1 That the winters are longer and1 cold ly cr and the frosts arc more severe. iThat snowfall is, as a rule, very light; but this is recorded in the annua! 'pre cipitation' tat the various Weather 1 Bureaus. ! Wheat Yield in Utah. T traveled through the State of Utah, which is one of the driest. There is comparatively little of it under cul tivation, excepting by irrigation. The J State comprises about 52 million I acres, and of that area only some 900,- 000 acres are yet cultivated. Six Ex perimental Stations were started in the State at the end of 1903; but the records arc not of sufficient length of time to be of very much importance. The ..soil is generaflly light, sandy loam.;, parts sapdy, , with a loanu.ond cliy, suvsoil; and in places gravel. The station near Nephi produced nite crops this last season, as the fairtfalt was not bad, having been 13.98 in. for the year prior to August, when the1 crops were reaped. The wheat was a'H cut and stacked, but none threshed. The varieties sown were Gold Coin, Kofod, Turkey and Durum; estimated yield, from 25 to 30 bushels per acre. But the fairly high yield "is accounted for, as the previous year the rainfall was exceptionally 'high, being 18.48 inches. In 1904 the rainfall was 15.30 inches. This was the first season, and the landl wtas not fallowed; the aver age yield was 20.30 bushels from nine variet?ies of wheats, which averaged from 15 to 24 ibushcls per acre. The year following, 1905, an average of 16.90 bushels was obtained of Turkey Red wheat, on a rainfall of 11.29 inches. Mr. Boswcll, the manager of this station, recommends ploughing eight to ten inches deep in no case less than seven. He ploughs and har rows the land directly the crop is off, it is then left until nain or weeds ap pear, and harrowed again. lie lightly harrows after each rain, or, if weeds arc thick, disc ploughs; before seed ing he discs and! harrows again. lie generally ploughs the land three times, and harrows after each rain up to sowing, and until the crop is up several inches he harrows after rain, and always across the drills. One of the Utah Stations. At another station in Sevier Coun ty the (average precipitation was 12.82 inches for fourteen years, and in 1905 an average of nearly ten bushels was obtained on ia fall of 1 1.48 inches. In 1904, the first season of the farm, an average of 10.80 bushds of Turkey Red wheat was obtained on a fall of 13.19 inches. Another station is in Washington County, which is situated in the southwest comer of the State of Utah. It has1 a very high tempera ture, often being from 90 to 105 de grees during the summer months. On a rainfall of 10.87 inches, when but 2.87 fell during the growing -period, an average of 9.15 bushels per were was reaped. At Tooele County farm, the average, precipitation for nine years being 14.3 imches, returns were ob tained as follows: In 1905, rainfall 12.39 inches, 13.45 bushels per acre; in j6, rainfall 12.99 inches, 16.40 bushels por acre. Six other varieties, yielding from 11.6 .to -13.9$ bushels Peilrcre, were also .reaped.. At most en these stations .the yield for the "last two years was good, as the rainfall was above tlfc average, but the yields of past seasons arc interesting, as showing that with cafeful cultivation nd suitable seed good crops can and have been obtained with a small rain fall. For about twenty-five miles southwesterly from Ncphi there is more or less cultivation, mostly under irrigation. ' WHAT SOME PRACTICAL FAR MERS SAY ABOUT THE DESERET FARMER. John Bond, Hcber City: I owe wluit little success I have attained in the poultiy business to the sugges tions given in the Descrct Farmer. Not only are the suggestions of great value, but the advertisement I carried for a short time brought me more business than I could" attend to. Every farmer should subscribe, and every breeder of live stock should adver tise. Willard Bishop, Provo: Your mon ey is always ready for your collection agent when my subscription is due. I receive from a single issue many times the value of year's subscrip tion. By all means keep the Farmer going and make our home paper the peer of any agricultural paper in the country. Mrs. B. W. Musscr, Hcber: I like the Farmer, especially for the "Home" page. The articles and re cipes from Miss Love have been of great value to me in my domestic duties. The "Farmer" should be in the hands of every housewife. w B. II. Bullock, Provo: You can count me an enthusiastic supporter of the Descrct Farmer. If I can aid it in any way, do not fail to call upon me. I stand ready to do anything to extend the subscription list of our "Hig Farm Paper." Chas. J. Wahlquist, Heber: I am not particularly interested in farming, but I certainly believe in supporting worthy home institutions. I am glad to give my dollar to the support of such an excellent pub cation. Mons Peterson, Mop"': I fcM that the Descrct Farmer is '''oing as jnuch or more than any other one Japtor in the betterment of Utah agriculture. 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