Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-19
ConjOint Session Held in the Audi
forum of the Agricultural
College.
HAPPY TALK BY PRIEST. KERR.
George Farrell of Smithlield Tells His
Hearers How He Makes Dry
Farming Pay.
Special Correspondence.


Logan, Utah, Feb. 19.-The State
Dalrymen's convention was continued
yesterday conformity with the Cache
Valley Farmers association, mt the
large auditorium Of the Agricultural
college, President Carl NJ. Nielsen In the
chair. The program consisted Of very
profitable talks on DRY Farming"
sugar Beet Growing" Farmers or
PLANTATIONS" and good music intersper-
sed Being, so to speak, the guests of
the college, the first number, after pray
er by Bishop oldham of Paradise, was
feicltous address Of welcome by
President w. j. Kerr. He expressed
great pleasure at greeting SO large and
representative an audience of the lead
ing farmers and dalrymen Of the north.
ern part Of the state, and assured all
that a sandwich lunch with milk and
coffee would follow the interesting pro-
gram prepared for both the meeting Of
the men and Of the women.
Passing to the work OF the college
President Kerr pointed out its relation
TO the farmer and citizen and Its great
scope I'm the work of empire building
and industry making He closed urging
all 10 visit the butter and cheese maxi
ing In actual operation, and to examine
the shops. barns and poultry houses.
TALK ON DRY FARMING.
George J.. Farrell Of smithfleld fol-
lowed with his faNorlte subject How
| Make Dry Farming Pay The lee
ture was so full OF good common sense
and advice that at its close Hon. Abram
Hatch moved that II be published In
the Semi-Weekly Deseret News so that
people could read 1t all over the state.
The main points of Bishop Farrell's
talk were based on his experience In
farming side hills and up lands In
western Cache valley lie advised sum-
mer and early fall blowing. Pillow
deep and II possible, be sure and
subsoil six inches. harrow and work
the land several times till 1t is good and
level and forms a good seed bed. AS
carly as possible in September SOW IS
pounds of good, clean wheat per acre
and you will get good crop of grain
the next year
In raising luCern on this class Of
land, prepare 1t the same way In the
summer and fall, and then drill your
lucern seed In fairly early In the spring
about three pounds 10 the acre.
THE next spring, get on to your lu-
Germ field early-soon as you can TO
avoid II when TOO wet-wlth a sharp
harrow, or better stu, disc harrow,
and harrow II up and down, and then
cross ways until you think you are
tearing T. up, almost, and I'll promise
you a good crop OF hay" But you must
work your land WELL always, and for
grain summer follow, subsoilng as be-
fore stated, and 1t viii pay the biggest
kind
SUGAR BEET GROWING.
Henry e. Nancy Of Hyde Park, one
Of the best beet growers In Cache val
ley, gave a splendid talk on his ex-
perienCe. You should raise maxi
mum crop OF beets 20 to 25 tons per acre
or you won't make II pay said he, for
nearly all elements OF expense will be
as great In raising 10 as In raising %
tons per acre First manure heavily,
20 or % tons OF barn yard manure
land plowed deep in the fall
And II you get best results you
should subsoil' Don't work your land
too wet, nor leave It TO get too dry, but
don't get in hurry; prepare your seed
bed well and thoroughly with harrow
and drag TO level and crush the Jumps
so that you viii get a good, healthy
plant To start With" "The better the
seed bed the better will the soil retain
The moisture" "In timing your
beets leave plants eight to 10
inches apart. The best time to
cultivate is in the morning when
the air Is moist" II hoe twice and then
leave them for one or more irrigatngs
during the season. Don't irrgate too
much nor too often. but don't let them
suffer for water" THE harvesting is
the place where strength and hard
work come In, Up TO date the boys
and girls can do most of the work and
II is good, healthful occupation for
them, but In digging and marketing II
requires hard work to crowd this end
OF the business. II was. among the
Hyde Park boys. a common saying that
the best qualification Tor harvesting Is
"a stout arm, strong back and
weak mind" (laughter), But In all the
beet industry q man must be In love
with It or he is apt to be discouraged.
It is u great and profitable industry
and a manument ought to be erected
to the men who introduced It and
made II a fixture in Utah. For begin
ners, want TO say In conclusion, don't
contract for too many acres at first.
Learn to walk before you try to rum"
ORGANIZATION URGED.
Prof, Ball OF A. c. U. followed with
talk urging farmers to organize
The vocal and piano solos were
very pleasing feature.
The evening session OF the Dairy
mans association was held In the court
house at which the officers for the en-
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