Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-28
DRY FARM YIELD
LOOKS PROMISING
Prof. [. A. Merrill Receives Good
Reports From Many
Quarters.
BIG CROP ON FALL0W LAND
other Yields win be- Small and In
some Cases Total LO-~cs-No
Need for Rains.

Nctu luI iNblh~s
Wherever dry farm lands were prop
rly fauowed. the crops viii yield
lbundanty despite the fact that IL is
he dryest year since 1876, according
% the reports received by Prof Lewis
\ Merrill .pf tho Agricultural college
n Utah In cache county Davis
ounty. Boxcldcr county Salt Lake
county and Juab county where the
rain was planted In falloWod ground
has withstood the drouth and b.
low heading out fast and some Of 10
jas begun to ripon. while on cropped
ground. the spring sown crops and
rolunteer crops have burned up and the
armers viii not even cut the stalks.
ising the ground for pasturng pur-
,oses
on account of the drouth Prof. Mcr'
ll. who Is superintendent OF the farm
rs institute. has gathered reports
rom his deputies throughout the dry
farming districts, In Cache county
,he reports were favorable where the
armers had followed out the instruc-
college. James Han Of Wellsville has
% acres OF grain which is in excellent
condition. II IS headed out accord
ng to the report. and viii yield 40
bushels an acre. James Whitney at
Hendon has 40 acres OF hnc grain. His
,rop will probably average 30 bushels
m acre YOnk Bros. OF Petersboro
AVE so acres of grain IN fallowed
round which win bear an excellent
rop. In another section he has 20
ores planted on cropped ground. which
; all burned up and win yield moth
ng.
Peter Peterson Of Petersboro has two
wheat fields which will average IS
bushels 10 the acre. In the report he
ays: 1T does not pay to grow grain
n ground that is not fallowod. | Will
ealize a one fourth bigger crop on ac-
cunt of following out the Instructions
( the Agricultural college which are
ased on actual experiments"
A MARKED CONTRAST.
J. A. Darlington OF Potersboro has
ID"
7hich Is In fine condition. He expo cts
heavy yield. Ballard Bros OF Cache
JUNCTION have a good crop on fHllovod
round. In another field OF about 90
ores which Is cropped ground they
VIII get about i've bushels 70 the acre.
'hris Nelson. who has a small farm
iear the Junction. has fine stand on
allowed ground Andrew Peterson OF
newton has so acres on fallowed
round which will yield 40 bushels 10
he acre Griffith Bros Of Newton re-
iort fine stand on the falioWed
round. Across the road on the west
there they have "A field OF cropped land,
he grain has burned up. George g.
Ngby has a good crop on followed
round. Hiss stuhble and volunteer
rops are all burned up and win bear
othlng. In the same vicinity, j. y.
iodfrey. Eugene Nelson. clark Bros
nd Ecklund Bros. have several hun
red acres of grain which viii bear
rom % 10 50 bushels an acre. Some Of
his grain Is the finest In Cache county.
Dan Buffers has 200 acres, Andrew
laggle $50 acres, Joseph Holt 100 acres.
Allen Archibald, 100 acres, and Hvrum
larson 200 acres OF grain on fallowed
round near Charleston These farm
rs are optimistic over their crops and
eclare that they need no rain to grow
wheat in that part Of the state II the
round s fallowed.
Erastus Peterson visited the dry
arms In Davis county. salt Lake coun-
" and Tooele county and reports that
he grain ON fallowed ground is in fine
ondition and that "A big crop Is expect
4. Earl Bcnnion, Marcus Bennion and
y. Rasmussen are the only three dry
armors west OF Murray who have
tainted crops on fallowcd ground. In
ach case their crops have Withstood
he drouth and are green and In n
ealthy condition The same report
ONES from Davis county the pioneer
II dry farming. and most Of the land
ls being fallowed.
FINE SAMPLES SHOWN.
In Juab county the dry farmers OK
ect an average Of 35 bushels 10 an
2 ere where the ground WAS fallowod.
here are farms where the land was
ropped that were -owu early i'm the
pring and the grain has burned up
nd is a total loss
G. w Richards OF Fielding Roxcldcr
ounty, came 20 salt Lake this morn
ng and brought four samples of wheat
rown on his dry farms Hc has
% acres and the Yield viii average
0 bushels To- the acre. Richards has
ONE of the best specimens that have
Teen brought To- the office of Prof. MGR
~ In speaking of his crop he said.
Although IL has been the dryest sea-
on In years. I think that the heads
WIN an out and that the crop will be
better than the average. We don't
iieed any rain In the summertime "a
row wheat In our country n we can
ct the moisture in the ground In the
all and winter that ~ sufficient
about six weeks ago when hot
outh wind came mp the grain started
o burn and ! thought that II was all
n The stalks turned "a little yellow
nd the leaves Withercd up some. hut
herc Is still enough moisture In the
fa1le q an ont tho karuaIg "a ma rn.Na