Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-06
THE WHEAT CONTEST.
LIST Of the Winners in the american
AErtcalturist" Competition.

In the News Of Saturday last if
was stated that Mr.. William Gibby.
Of Farmers WarI, had received
from the publishers Of the .I,ae7ca,
89ric'at'1-is, the Prize of $500
awarded for the largest yield Of
wheat tc the acre in the United
states In connection with the
contest we take the following from
ahe February number Of the journal
in question:
From nearly every State in the
mon entries fer the Anaerica,
>igT7cuIuT7S wheat contest yyara
received, but owing to an unusual
season over vast areas OF our coun-
Try the results are in a measure dis
appointing. More than one-haIf of
AZ. competitions Withdrew before
harvest time, discouraged nv the
failure OF their crops. While an
unprecedented rainfall IN the Fast
has drowned the CROPS anu hopes of
s'any CONTESTANTS extreme drought
mad similar effect with many in
the West, T. a. Stanley writes
from Connecticut: "AIy wheat rron
'yss nearly a total failure. l had 70
give II up; the wet weather has
ruined it" and J.F. Langley reDorts
from Maine: The acre OF wheat en-.
'efed Tor competition lisa dismal fail
uTe; storms and warn, cloudy
weather have laid 5. low, never TO
flse again. In strong contrast is
=, Il. Ncwardis statement from wv
oming: IN this section we have
experienced the dryest season ever
NhcNn II, IN consequence Of which the
yTuls are very short, not having suf-
Iclent water to iFrigate them. :,
Nevertheless, valuable lessons were
taught by this contest, and the fol-
lowing reports by successful COT
petitors viii be read with Interest
and profit;
ne first prize acre was twenty
rods Icing anu three rods wide. II
was surveyed 10y Henry f. Burton,
of salt Lake City, Utah, whose
STora certificate, signed by Justice
Anna Pratt, vOUohes for the cor
RICHNESS Of the statement. The har-
vesting and measuring was wit
messed ana sworn 70 by Albert g.
Masstaf, Joseph f. Andrew and
William Stevenson, all Of Salt Lake
City. The soil is a sandy loan, of
medsVnl moisture. The value of This
Aan9 Is from $1,000 to $500 PER acre,
owing to It's proximity 10 the city.
and the owner justly thinks that it
Is getting too high-priced fer farming
purposes. In 1855 the land was in
potatoes, in 1856 in wheat, in ISS7 in
oats, and ia lSSS in potatoes. The
only fertilizer used was good stable
manure, applied during the winter
OF lSSI-SS, at tae rate Of about fif.
teen wagon leads to the acre.
IN the beginning of November.
1855, the ground was ployed once,
ABOUT six inches deep. at a cost OF
S!'SJ Tor man and team, The field
was neither croSs>picwed nor har-
Towed, as Mr., Gibbey's experience
LADS him te think that If the land
Is lett rough it affords better protee-
'i0n 70 the grain in winter than an
eatiooly smooth surface, the uneven
EEeen nj holding the snow better,
About the middle OF November.
1855, the seed was drilled in, three
inches deep, with n keystone Pre-
MUM Drill, which has always
given satisfaction. The crop came
ssp IN che middle of February, Issg
rs was neither rolled nor has II
received any other attention of
thrilling until AprilI0, when il was
rolled once. No other care was
given until harvest time. AMI the
prize acre received no different treat
f'ient than from the general wheat
crop on the farm, the entire Weld of
which averaged seventy bushels TO
Il'e acre not an uncommon occur-
1suce in that locality, we are as
s0rod. One bushel and one peck of
seed was sOwn on the acre. The
name Of the variety is not given, the
same kind having been grown on
the place for fifteen years without
change. Before sowing, the seed
Wls treated with blue vitriol and
then dried in lime dust.
On July 18th the crop was har-
vested with a Mccormick binder. at
a cost Of $3.50. The sheaves were
shocked in the field and threshed on
Angus list. The crop on the con-
test acre made gls bundles and
yielded a total weight Of cleaned
gram Of 1906 hounds or
eighty bushels and six nou,ds
ms being the largest Weld obtsinej |
..o,l one acre under the conditions /
~ y, t'ie american -AgTlcSltlirtst PRIZE /
Crop Competition, the Arlsr;c11 a.
Tscu'tHTT@ Grand Prize Of s5Co u
gold is awarded to William C;ibbv
Salt Lake City, Utah. a consider,
ably larger yield, Mr.. Gibby states
would have been obtained had II
not been for the English sparrows,
which took a good share of the
grain, and which are "a regular
pest
The second prize goes TO Mr.. Rob-
ert G. Nisbet, Del Norte, Colorado.
the third prize to Mr.. ]. H. Lee.
Saluda, Indiana, and the fourth
prize crop was grown by Mr.. Bar
thoIomew Gedney, White Plains,
Westchester Co, \. Y. Mrs. A. o.
Woodford, Trmbull Co., Ohio, cap
tured the fifth prize. Mr.. w. T. |
Greider, Lancaster Co., Penn, takes |
me sixth. To Mr.. ID. NJ. Cassele-
burs, Lower Providence, Penn, is
awarded the set of LOudon hay tools
contributed by the LoudOn Machin-
cry Co., Fairfield, iowa. Mr.. f. J.
oanheld, Yam Hill Co., Oregon, re-
ceives the last prize.
Rally and Overflow.