Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-06


an To- A. bushels % wheat to mo arra.
ON the College farm at Logan. ON land
which six years ago nearly every nor
e1n said was no U.s. Tor farming
iirht porous lcechy s1ii-thera was
raised last year double The average
yieId of grains and folders that Is rs.
nsrted for the state. on thls same land.
In fact on the poorest p1rt OF 30, we
tept two cows ia good feed FOR three
and one-half months ON one acre ~
uagture land. record which I have
never seen cdunllpd outsId. nf mo
st.ta. ON the rich bottom lands In
aorna Of the warmer valleys. ! fully be.
lieve nne-half an acre 0f land win
.uuror, n COW In good feed fir frlm
f1ur DO fvt months. These are u1ssI-
hultios which are within the roach "
Iii who win become students uf their
ro cail attention 20 f,w points
,,brrn this Improvement might hH al.
frctod and 10 point out some pront.
ahs methods OF dlspoHing nf the u.
creased crop. Ia the object 1f ihis
IN conversation with farmer friend
slme time ago hu Faidi I know uu
,b5ut farming plourhing, sowing.
.fe but there are % few things about
d8irvlur that ! might learn ~ sup
nose nr compliment 90 iha d1iryman
With whom he was talkng. From
observation and conNerfltHn ! fear
there are TOO many who are loo the
same position. due, ! believe. largely
AZ ihe fact that agriculture hnH been
pres1ntrd mainly as phyfIcil work
only. forgetting that o has sn Iutol-
ieefual and scicntlflr siue.
Al Taardnlc. ln Wayne Co. H little
settlement IN a valley among thH hills
rather prottily situated and Na.Hrrd
by a mountain spring. ] gave talk
On frW practical agricultural topics
Al Inc close 0f the meeting EHule-
man vhb had been a vrry Inter sting
iIsiepcr aid that he did not expect 60
hear IA talk on things that thty could
put In rrnatlcs uu their farms. ava NOT
know that that was possible. hut
thought that perhaps some intcrNHiIns
theories would be discussed when
would have u very distant relation i1
tholr work nut those th9urhA were
la no wise confined Co ih.t locality,
fhev were frequently met SIS w. In other
pinr.a and scpm 10 indicate that the
areupation or the farmer has frequent.
la moi been one nf the objects 90 his
rudy. Tho experience NJ every agri-
cultural student IT, on the contrary.
that the subject IL 80 vast thtt mere
ia ctlon of II may be mastered even ln
I noted particularly. IN driving from
Nenhl 10 Mona. that the Sides 90 the
road were lined with HunnoWcra ana
tho thought occurred Co me, why, "
Tho eunnowprH grew On the hard soil
othrr things would not grow II the land
was property cultivated. The sam"
thourht came 10 me In several other
places. with dry land. or land In dry
seasons. cultivation has another pur-
posu besides those Reformed 10 above
that o.. 60 prepare the rpU Tor tho re-
rcptlnu and retention uf moisture. The
water which falls on dry. compact suils
tauds 20 run on ana iH thus lott ~ that
land. Araln. whom icft IN itH natural
state. or Ii allowed % become cnmuirt,
pores or openings are formed In the
soil which allow the water 60 Do
brought readily from the auhsroH tn IN"
surface by capillary attraction ANA then
into tho air cultivation corr cts both
those tendencies. ploughlng land With
a clay aub.soll In the fan improves the
nbrurutivc power % the soil. md "
plnughod ngnin IN the spring. partcu-
larry II Il had been nuh-roilcd, loosen
ing the noii down nt least twelve Inches,
the natural pores " the soil are broken
and tho moisture that comes up from
tho mih-soil diHpcrrsr itself In the sur
face fon where IL becomes available fur
tho growth OF crops. lf the crop IL
PLANTED 80 that surface cultivation mas
be- cnntuhlucd through the season NJ
stated Intervals, and particularly right
after rainfall which cnmpactH the soil
and oreua NJ communication with tho
fuh-Hd1 an % the rain that fails may
! uo saved for IN. growth Of crops. II
may even pay In some places 10 huH-
hand the moisture ~ twn Seasons by
proper surface cultivation % an Ia get
o crop every second year. This might
we'll apply In districts where. because
Uf the limited water supply. only half
NJ the cultivated land ~ cropped each
year. and thus add ono-third 90 the
crop In two years.
Ia seeding, two points require PAR
tlCulnr notice. Al experiments show
that. nv rule f1r all cereal crops the
earlier the seed gets into the ground
after the land ~ ready the better tho
orup. This frequently calls for fall
PREPARATION 90 that IN tho spring sur
f1cr cultivation, a preparation Of the
seed bed IL an Tint h required. In the
SECOND place tho seed Suwn should be-
clean. that ~, free Of weed seeds and
other grain. Carolosanefa on this point
is an too common and Il was the oX-
coption rather than tho rule Co SEE a
ruin nrld that was not mixed or
wctdy. In this same connection IL
should be- noted that u pays 20 SOW
plump gCsd only. The start In lie has
much to do with n successful career
As Il IL from the seed THAT thoyoung
iuut rats ltH rtnrt tho ndvnntnEe ~ q
good plump Heed-a good supply ~ food
Tor the young plants apparent,
The time to irfigatc, the amount Of
water 20 use ana the frequency and
manner Of lta application, are problems
requiring much careful thought our
scientists have na yet furnished but lit
tlu exact data on these questions, and
perhaps hut llttle moro than general
principles can be oXpocted,ns n practi-
col application win vary with different
rolls, climates. seasons, and localities
Thus each locality will mainly have 20
nnHwer these questions for Itself. and
this calls fer careful observation from
ysnr IN year. In 81. George, Washing.
ton county. I noticed that four-tonths
NJ an inch Of water grew three 10 four
large crops of luccrno each year while
M other places three or four times thls
amount " used. In not a few places
tho crop showed evidences OF having
too much water.
with the hood crop We have. IN nddl-
ton 60 the above, the question of cul-
tivntion o. consider. II does not nav
~ merely plant the corn. the potntoes
or roots. or the garden VEGETABLES. and
then let them take their chances. as /
frequently noticed 10 be the case. I
think fully 20 per cent OF the gardens
In many OF the settlements visited dur
lng the summer would not produce a
fourth NJ what they were capable OF
doing. and In not few the weeds had
fuit poFHfFalon The pron tvna an