Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-12


citizens Of a Republic, and therefore The
necessary intelligence aud practice 90
execute the most advanced farming By
In harmony with the necessary general
intelligence requisite for citizens OF our
Republic.
NorE !. -lNrfNstriCATioN or ouh
TApAitNC INDUSTRY The best iarming
we arc not acquainted With. because We
have not reached o. buf % b, may De-,
family fofcshadowcd in the promising
analyses Of modern science, as also the
Increasing data Of intelligent experience,
open 10 view more and more. the I'M
limited field for Improvements, through
applied science.
by the best farming we know OF today
We mean the most tcmuucfatyc. II Is
also the most Satisfactory to cultivate
minds Through the blessing Of God
il will improve the country and make 10
more healthy. beauty and shape II in "a
character approximate 10 our faint ideas
Of paradise.
Developments Of the sciences, and
their practices, particularly In the last
century make impossible at the present
time 10 arrive n a higher productive
ness Of the soil than perhaps ever
known before. And Il We are able
correctly to read the proyidcnual dis.
covefics OF latter times, ~ scCincc and
mechanism, we would most likely also
be able 10 see that the most ample and
fitting preparations have been made for
more perfect agriculture to be built up
In this era, than we were acquainted
with from the past
Al the present time We should not
rest satisfied with anything less than
ideal farming built mp upon true science
and practice, both iu farming gardening,
architecture, zoology, hygiene, es,hetics,
etc.
We are well aware that to some ex.
tent Il requires scientific men, more than
empire farmers. TO prosecute unsolycd
scientific problems In farming, but In
consideration OF the thousands Of young
people now educated and trained at
our agricultural colleges, universities
etc, there Is a most hopeful prospect for
a speedy advancement from cmpifIc to
rational scientific farming and Il Is
significant and encouraging feature the
great number of young people that
already have been and are nov trained
under the tuition Of our most advanced
professors IN agricultural science.
Morn 4. II Is well known fact iu
botany that 10 favor plant life, the soil
must contain D., depth, ?. luuscucss, B,
nourishment 4. heat and S. moisture,
most congcnial to the kind OF plant
production wanted.
To conclude with we will therefore
very briefly, consider certain conditions,
as above mentioned, Tor intense farm.
ing.
T. Depth OF soil.-The penetrating
power OF roots into the soil, Of cereals
and fodder plants Ouccrn, csparsettc. and
few other kinds cxpcctcdl such as be.
long TO farming products generally, is
not much over 20 inches. Wherever
possible by a favorable underground Il
can be plowed and cultivated TO that
depth, tits prcsumahle luutil thoroughly
tried and concluded on az our expert,
mental stations 10 be the proper depth
;. i-ooseness Of the soil and nourish.
ment In H. Irrigation, by leading the
water ON the land, 10 furnish necessary
moisture for vegetation, has a tendency
to bake and harden the soil more than
rain does, II organic matter Except
entire sandy IS not sufficiently contain,
ed in the soil TO withstand the con,
traction In driving, Ia order tu obtain
this necessary consistency, by properly
mixing the soil with organic etc, .bUlH
physical and chemical natter BE-
necessary in order not alone 90 make 10
!. loose enough 10 be favorable TO the
growing Of roots. but also To be 2. rich
enough for the most fruitful vegetation
also 8. TO secure approximate eycnnpss
10 temperature, and 20 moisture. and
finally There are still other CuusIdcn,
tionsl S, greatest retaining power of
moisture, riiuciing measunbIy arrest of
evaporation. Altogether this will Dc ul
the most costly and improving features
towards more remunvrltiyc and perfect
farming, 10 will probably more than
double the present cost of land while
it Is sure 20 enrich b several bundled
per cent How much percentage of or
ganic matter, and how much ChcmiCJ
effect. II any it will require 20 reach
this high character OF soil will bc ar
exceedingly interesting problem 90 solve
hy our western agricultural experiment
stations. Bot ln doubling the cost %
land, u Is certain 10 will more than treble
g. producing value,
g. Nuuushmgut or strength 20. soil
Necessarily BOO improving the physiCl
qualities Of the soil by adding orgau.,
matter Tor the object OF retaining thaI
lO1sgncss most favorable for vegetation
the chemical conditions Tor tlr same
purpose should also bee Impaired. W,
will not risk 20 loresUli the future out
come OF this very interesting and mos
important national problem. Iut W,
are certain that these proposed intensive
Improvements carried out with pTagtga
economy will give an average Interest
ON cost, enough 10 make "a good Twins
for family ON from ten TO fifteen acres
Always providing that pluiocnCy doe
not rule over the nation, that the tquili
brlum OF true values be re,esUabIshgd
and honest government prevail iu GU
Republic, We expect il TO bee of prea
economic value that particular accen
be put on the prosecution OF solving thi
agricultural problem, at our western
experiment stations, and that liberia