Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-28
SALT LAKES ARID
LANDS RECLAIMED
49,, Remarkable Results
Some ne'''''
achieved by Dry Farming
IN This County.
moo ACRES ARE AVAILABLE
,i-, n. Is Bushels OF Wheat Per
Acre Har,c-tci--charles sho"p
Give Experiences.


.-.i. -Irrl acres of rich. productive
"N ... .f .r,att,fe crops of
lr's ....,sftfs,, b,t
what on Do '.f .
enbo even iu' LIa.l i''9'"@ "f
,taIe4t0n l. The untouched wa
l . f..t tsi,vy tho sur
or sllfF ,s.- % -,,t... ~,
ra le TO-DAY N.'.'' -
sarsta city land that may be mao
~, sf- f1 SEQ au acre. thousands
81 I ,......l,..l. ~ miles
% a'i-.'s .t.,. -. ,,,,,,i-,,r,lo
away and ra'.u- aouhIt or qu'.''l ~
ih5 ndoc for Ilhle poo II5.i.., w. .o.,,.i,,
,a....' r5i. according to Charles
su1. manager o. the 9aII l.aNe
valley Arid Farm ,...li'alls 49,
owns 1000 acre. 'l lN -,
over near t1s 'i'lg ailu
Jordan districts 'N li''' 'U'''''
~r,prNg TT Up BY STEAM.
,..-....
The company hh. il'- uoI 9g ~ 'l
steam pillow at WORK ahd 'i7t a'"ao''
hpse up 1900 acres. rms Was alooill
uHsrad with -i-gtn5 prov uI"N ~ ~
M mo traction engine Pho" ing lIoll
% acres 90 50 acres oay' Dul aver
y sing 6 acres daily Ior t!e seaSoil' ~.
on operating cost OF A'o oag, OF & uout
Il 81 ln acre for nt,ahlhs. Ml. SuouP
estimates the toial cost OF ~ eaNli
narrowing seeding haiNes'ihb ana
hushIug az s. am acre.
Iu the harvesting season TINS same
800 engine is attached 20 the great haI
ycsi'ng machine when covers as ne "
as 20 acres day. 'uiOhk' threshinb
and ackIng simult neously IN une
season thereof inc same eh-lhe rs
. htohei 20 the -'-ioot harrow tnu tile
surface of great tracts ls pu''' fized pc,
K tween suns the capilaries broken ana
tho moisture kept 90 the ground.
ppDrrcrD To EXACT SCIENCE
I'VE find that the dry farm principles
as evolved az the great dry farm sta
ton at Nephi, IN nearly all details.
prove most successful here In salt Lake
4 Wiley our greatest success comes by
. operating as follows. Flowing I'm early
spring or late fall narrowing thorough
oughy a little later on. planting
hardy variety Of wheat not later than
September harrow the following spring
F when the wheat has stooled or IS about
three inches high. This method retains
the moisture down In the ground many
feet and the fine suckers from the
wheat un down TO these depths and
absorb all the moisture In the ground
q DE surface of the earth has been
properly TILED % send the tiny roots
70 depth
We find our greatest SUCCESS has
i been With the following four varieties
o. wheat. Golden Coin, Codfad, Danish
and Turkey Red. We have tried the
DANISH wheat successfully eight 70 10
. years and are this season experiment
ug with Turkey Red. recommended 80
highly by the Nepm people, II Is hold
mg rs own 30 FAR along side the 9th
ers one patch in particular.
Now as 10 results from this plan
Of dry farming. There are hundreds
or acres or uourish'ug dry farm lands
n mat vicinity today, the grain stand
ing = 70 So inches hlgh, wei stooied
end showing large heads so vel ma
ured that nothing short OF phenom-
eniIy dry weather nom now on until
lA-e'i ume IN July can prevent the
l.ils from mime. believe this faVor-
ave condition exists In every dry farm
where the intense system has been re
As.-usy followed.
There are large tracts which will
hardly be worth harvesting, but thai
on account OF dIsobeying the rigid
ol iarm law as set forth by the in
.u',o.s az The Nephl establishment.
W, nave some ourselves-we sowed
laH OK our crop entirely too late last
slu' ih oetooer instead OF Septem-
failure
Last year one tract Of 100 acres