Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-07
INSTITUTES HELD
IN THE SOUTH.
Also a Visit to Experiment Sta
ton by Representative
Men.
PLEASED BY APPEARANCE.
Purpose and Manner Of Conducting
The Work Thoroughly Explained
To The Party.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence
St. George, Utah. March 5.-Not the
least In Importance of the events con-
nected with the farmers Institutes held
here the past week was the excursion
to the Southern Experiment station
and the Washington Field Drainage
Experiment President w. j. Kerr
and Professors Mclaughlin and North
rop of the Agricultural college, Logan
who have been conducting the institute
together with Representative t. T.
Gotham. President OF State Board OF
Horticulture Tomas Judd. President OF
Stake L. II. Snow. and large number
OF representative citizens OF this local.
ity spent Monday morning, making a
thorough inspection OF these two
farms,
SOUTHERN STATION.
The Southern Experiment station
was first visited by the party who one
and all were highly pleased by the line
appearance of the farm. Mr. Jos, l..
At,in, who is foreman Of this station.
and has immediate charge OF the eX-
periments under way, escorted the
party over the grounds explaining the
purpose and manner of conducting the
work. He showed the necessity for
treating the soil TO improve It's physical
properties and called attention 10 some
cover crop experiments aimed to ac-
complish this end. He said by putting
some rank growing crops such as rape,
tttNst ,t,Ass Ia Il
fall, they would make sufficient
growth to materially increase the
humus In the soil when turned
under In the following spring. Some
different methods of pruning trees and
vines were also shown, particular at
tention being called 10 those properly
pruned. Prof. Northrop found M
merous examples OF pruning 10 further
illustrate his talks at the institute, and
specially commended the work OF Mr.
Akin IN experimenting the farm. Pres
idents Kerr and Judd also expressed
themselves as highly gratlfied with the
good condition and progress Of the
work being done at the station.
OTHER WORK PROPOSED.
Attention was also called to the
minds Of the party that a great amount
of further experimental work was con-
templated. Many new species OF fruits,
nuts, vegetables, etc. are to be plant
ed In the near future, and since most
OF these are OF comparatively high val
ne and easy to ship 1t Is more than
likely that the people Of southern Utah
viii reap a great benefit from the
work OF the station.
After leaving the southern station the
party walked to the adjoining expert
ment in drainage which Is carried on
by the state, and federal governments
In cooperation. This Is "A tract of land
embracing over 800 acres, which has be-
come soggy, and the alkali, which Is so
prevalent In this vicinity, has
risen to the surface. The plan
of the experiment was to so
construct drains that the surplus wa
Ter later applied, would succeed in
carrying the alkali out OF the soil.
THOSE WHO DID 1T.
This work was done under the direc-
ton Of Prof W. w. Mclaughlin of the
experiment station Of Logan, and Prot,
G.. @. Elliott OF Washington d. c.,
while Mr. G. +, Brown Of the Office OF
experiment stations, Washington d, c.,
had charge Of the work. Something
| over two miles of drain were construct
ed with the result that this piece OF
land, though formerly I'm very poor
condition, is now much better than any
of the surrounding fields and has DEM
onstrated beyond a doubt the efficiency
Of the system.
The party returned to st. George
| feeling very well repaid for their visit
I after which those from the Agricul-
tural college left by stage TO inspecI
THE state dry farm or Washington
county arid experiment station at En-
| ter9rise.