Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-23
convinced that they are what they are
represented to be-
DfVERsITs or INTEREST.

But ,yith ali tbir divcrsitv ar in
terest. tho HETEROGENEOUS mass of hui
| manitv has one common Interest. and
that Is the successful agricultural de-
velopmant OF the seml-arid lands OF the
| United States. II this organization
does not become an effective machine
| to aid In bringing about this result,
| IL VIII not be from need of common
| incentive nor the lack OF mechanical
| material, TOR am sure that we can
luIllsn an ample supply ol lhechahlcsll
! palt9 ~ aIilpst any hi"u - it'tSSu-
/ ~. ~, ~, uoes II steii, , pIoptuie mat
-, w any nv, ~ sii
Gi"'i'S No. 70 w w i''o,'.ii
,''a w i,eep t 10 .i. "a.
| veionn,ant 10 ea1ins, sevse
| of hun,or tbst win liable nc
| nor onlv 10 SEQ fbe amusing side
| az tho foih1as Of ou,, associates bnt also
Of o,,reelvee when thew are no,ntcd out
10 us, flint ,vill allow us 10 snhn,it
! GOOD natureaIv 10 a considera HE
| amount Of hannrnerins filing and fitting
of the vnrious narts Of the nnachin,,
| ~ tbav do not 90 +opethar inst nc thav
! oueht ana over ,s sbe r,schine "yyoh-
bles !, bit" after we ret IT going. 10
enabls ne IN natiantIv adjust Its parts
SO II win RIM more steadily.
PLACE OF THE SCIENTIST.
THE function Of the dry land aprt.
cuItrroitst 10 70 afford SaciI,tiee For
bringing into tbe Nald ~ investipatinn
OF the scientific problens OF dry land
agricnltura n cor,ns of trained scientistu
each ono y snecialist in some one line
These men may prove To be "trouble
some exnerts@ WHO win cast discreIit
ON Inc sIinne,y ,,,o,t,, of .sboldIng tb,s
eel or science nv the TAN" II there
chance 10 he those who nre stiIl addict
ed 10 mis- sIinnerv SNORT They certain
~ win "e,,hn,it n an sorts ~ nnortifv
ing tests any theories mat may i.
adyanced concerpine the nrac,ise nf
dr,, lana a o,icult,,re I'm the great nlalns
area and Il is o,,tte nossible that they
NAV NAV havoc with some systems and
tbeoriea mar arc $50 beautiful thar
tbo,, ora ,bot, oO,, a,,c,,ea fo,. hains,"
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.
49,
"a iesiueItee VI 80 Ssal ~ tne sisht
piains, during al Vl which tpllS was
IN close toucn WIN asllcultural PROD
lens and during haif OF when ! was
in oharage OF the agricultural ileid IN
vestigations of the South Dakota ex-
,n,,ld he rada ,oa,ard soln~
,to,s - ~, f,,,1la,,,.,,,,I ,,,,ohlo,,,s or
III ,,o' "a .,d',I.,, ',,,ti, 49,,
@ is s an, ~, o,,,d a. ~,
Der OF Trained eNperts eoulu carry 9p
tlloroushiy sSS.eil .Ial tilNes.le'.t.oii
at considerable NUMBER OF representa-
tive stations distributed over a VIDE
area having somewhat similar SOIL and
climatic conditions and that these in
vestigations must he continued unit
terruptedly for long term of years
When / was called to Washington to
organize the work in dry land agricul-
ture Investigations / accordingly es-
tablIshed the work on this basis. | first
sought the co-operation OF the trained
experts I'm soil physics. meteorology.
chemistry miami nhvsioIogy plant
hro,di,,o ccreaI invcstigotjons aoiI
bao,eripIo,,, smear beet investigatio
49,, i0'osS "a iat,
lo.use e'op ~ "'iN'
pon'oiosy, Iores.rS anu Animal iit"u ~
n.y. theh SOUGHT anu IN most m
stances ootalheu' co,opelatioIt WIN tile
state experiment statlohs tnioushout
the great plains we now nave III
stations in successful operation, seven
OF which are In cooperation with
state experiment stations and four of
them independent. The cooperative
stations are located at Judith Basin,
Mont: Dickinson and Edgelcy, North
Dakota: Highmnre South Dakota;
North Platte. Nebraska; Hays and
Garden Citv Kansas The indepen-
dnnt stations are located M Relle
E,n,rcba so,,th Dakota, Alsron colo