Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-08
It Will Flourish in Utah From
Cache Valley 10 st. George.
lieatslSD, SOILS lHrrnE BEST

RAmAu. New Mexico,

AMI some OF tue inquiries Hh)" NUS
understanding OF a statement made 10
the article on tue euujoc. from Ramah
published ia the EvEstsa NEWS Of
Feb. 10th, which iialiowCd 10 pasa may
lead to failure Ia experiments by J'aI
farmers aud thus discourage the Intro
duc,ion OF tho plan. into the Territory.
desire to correct this aud TO add such
other Information on the subject as ihs
experience Of the oilIzsus Of Rsmnh
with tho Wild root enables them 10
furnish to their Utah friends.
II was stated IA the article above
referred 10 that the season Of the
plants growth was from Ooo1sf
to May. Also that the winters
at Ramah reached from ton 10 niiceu
degrees below Esro, aud the inference
has been drawn that tho plant grows
during the winter when tho earth D.
frozen hard ami covered with snow.
Perhaps 1t would have been more In
tolligi6le had tne facl been u.aioi that
tic root does not grow when the
ground u frozen, instead " taking % fsr
granted that IA Cllmatn whore the
Thermometer registers 20 low this palp-
able TACT should DO understood,
The statement however, that iho
plant grows from October tn May was
taken from the Arizona Experiment
Station bulletin anu feufs ~ IT. habits
iu tbs warm climate % southern All
zona. Al Ramah, q climate more
nearly Ike that OF Cache valley, owlng
10 an elevation Of 1000 feet, it begins
growth with the rainy season, whlch o.
ifom tho .Olh OF July % the lot OF
August. 10 ilourlshea until severe
cold weather, which begius generally
from tho lHl 90 the 10Th
VI November aud lalis uu.
til about the Let OF hilrcb,
when tho plant again rcvlvui nuu
natures from the l5lh OF June b thu
Let VI July; thus showing that It.
period OF growth ~ similar 10 that OF
winter wheat, a. 70 which all iaFmufs
are familiar
We would therefore say la reply q
all those who have male requests Tor
the root for seed with which 10 ca peri.
nent this spring that the timo 90 plant
ia Utah will doubtless be- later Ia the
season, anu would suggest about the
middle Of August. 10 will, however,
grow II planted Ia the spring, though
according 10 recent publication Ia
thu Irugd. on Age, it will not muuru
~ other spring crops but Will die down
on the approach oil hot weather. anu
revive again NJ its natural auasDu,
developing TO maturity no faster OS
sooner than II planted nj tho latter
period. anu hence, II the statement be
Correct spring planting would be Of
no advantage.
The oanSigro root has beon referred
T. N various leading articles published
la Utah aud Arizona ~ "iubef"
which means a plant that viii grow
from the eyes like thu potato, in c0uso.
qusnco Of which we enormously called
II n "tubef" In tho former affiole re-
ietred 70, These publications Will
surely miulead iafmera n not corrected.
10 ianf root, not "lubor," anu must
DO grown from the root or seed. Its
probable that Il may bu aplit between
the eyes that appear on the crow end
hnd multiplied iuiO three or four for
planting; bat this We do not know aui
wouli ADVISE the planting VI the entire
root, 10 DO certain OF results.
The planting OF tho seed dooB not
seem 10 be- practical. Although the
plant flowers pFofusyly, Tow OF the seeds
are said 10 mature, while IL IL believed
that few OF those which DO mature will
terminate when planted. The Arizona
Experiment Station bulletin asserts
that diligent search failed 70 disclose q
single Seeding gTOwlug in tho heldt
Ui wild canuigrc, The planting Of the
seed, n Ubtaiuable, would require tw,
Year, TO produce crop lot the market,
the first year'A growth rosulting In bul
asingle root, which, either replantIt
" left In tho gr0unI, will produce II.
cluster VI roots the second year. Heuc,
planting the roots from tho cluster b
the quickest 10 obtain crop f0r thi
market, Busldrs, the root may bl
readily supplied Tor planting while thi
eeed canGoij at least this 10 the Gaze "A
Rhmnh.
While the plant seems 10 have gen
efal accommodation Tor various HOilf
canAgru 10 no exception h tlc tul
that there ~ every whore iu nature
special adaptation OF soil % plant
It's Will growth Ia tho yiciui
~ Of Ramah 10 most ylg0T4u
In sandy Or sandy loan soils, rcluiriu
loose open earth which heavy cln
aud clay loan soils DO not have. Bu
the Arizona Experiment station bulle
TN Informs uH that % may DO cultivate
successfully iu heavy soils by WaluTln
aud properly lOOseuiug up tho earth,
From observations made here vi
would say, do not plant In minerl
soils; anu win suggest ,lrUm tho lmitv
knowledge We have OF the soils &
Utnh) such places a. tho Provo beuC
aud the light sandy lands in the vicir
ny Of Sanlsquin, Utah county, th
cambridge Ia Davis cllnty, and Bunso
ward aud Lewiston in Cache county
AS To irrigation, Of which uumuu
OF Inquiries have been made, We wi
say, that while In southern Arizlnl
where the great heat rapidly dries 90,
the ground, the plant needs wgieriu
several times In season, 90 Rimal
~ not tho case AMI Wu would luls
would not be- required In Unu, Ia
late summer ralus at the limo the plal
begins NJ fall gtOwth aud the mpltiu
SHOWS At the time Of its revival ln th
spring IN all the water the wild ro
Retsln this country, Aul where
would &c. these iu UAh irgigAtlO
would not seem 10 200 necessary
Though II may be like winter whe
which IL successfully grown Wilho
irrigation, yet IS better when wateru
What we know OF the phnt here
as 10 its wild state only, hence Wo ul
give no definite information la regal
20 planting or cultivAuug, but vi
quote what has been published iu
bulletin OF the ArlzIna EEpeTimv