Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-11

wide and ten feet high, and the bin
was filled level full. It would have TO
be over two hundred miles long to con-
tain e.
Tho cutting Of so vast an item from
the nations foodstuhs supply for
single season may we'll prove some
what disturbing The accuracy " the
estimate IS not open to serious dues-
| tion. II Is based upon reports made
| by trained observers IA an the prin-
clpal wheat. growing sections Of tho
land. and h compiled by officials " the
agricultural department, who have no
interest I'm the rise or fail OF the mar
ket who do not deal IN futures or In
stock manipulation. and whose sole
business is 10 collect and impart cor
rect Information for the benefit OF the
public M large. But, strangely enough,
tho report has caused but little con
corn II proves that in this country
man docs not live by bread alone
Even Henry Clews. confirmed croaker
and possimist that he IL. looks cheer
fully upon the situation. n wheat Is
short. he orgIes corn az least is album
dant and corn makes more business
Tor railroads. ana makes fine, Fat. juicy
beer and pork II also enters largely
into the direct human dietary, its
products being so varied and so whole
some that communities well-suppued
with IL can get along comfortably
without much wheat. II not. in emer-
sency without any at an II Is one
Of the fortunate climatic compcnsa-
lions that the kind of weather which
Furnishes wheat. makes for good corn.
and vico versa. The hot dry days
and nights which carry blight and
havoc into the Dakota wheat fields
add bushels To- the yield per acre OF the
Iowa corn farmer who declares that
In such weather you can actually
hear II grow"
The feature in the whole situation
which possesses local interest is that
the sure locality for wheat production
Is that which used to be spoken Of as
the arid or the desert west II VIII be
noticed that in these intermountain
states there is no talk OF the utter
failure OF the stan of life. Such drouth
as brings ruin 10 other localities Is con-
sidered mere incident here. II Is the
usual thing, and anything else is not
expected Where irrigation IS in vogue
Of course dependence upon rain IS a
negligible factor. Even whore artificial
To-.
tain wheat harvests follow proper cul-
tivatlon and the employment of the
principles Of scientific farming I'm
der existing methods, spring sown
wheat on non-irrigable lands is not a
sure crop IN ordinary seasons in these
mountain valleys and plateaus. with
fail-sown grain, however, on well-pre-
pared soil. and with the frequent use OF
the harrow.-and again the harrow--a
pa ing crop can be gathered, though
there be no late spring or early sum-
fner rains. and no artificial irrigation
whatever--a crop almost as certain as
the season itself Dry farming has
already progressed so far that there
Is no such word a. fail in its bright
lexicon. II has mastered the problem
Of the conservation OF moisture, let
this moisture come when 1t may. 1t
cares nothing for drouth in summer
provided there be rainfall or snow
enough in the winter a certain mum
Der OF inches per year no matter when
II comes. Is all The precipitation the
modern dry farmer asks FOR. II Is
only when besides summers without
rain there come winters without snow
that the future or wheat from dry
areas will be rendered
proposition. II that condi-
ton shall ever come, King Corn ana
King Cotton. as Wen as other vegetable
maiesties, viii also have hidden their
diminished heads. the grass on the
ranges win have ceased 10 furnish sus-
teuance 20 the toothsome steer. and
man, like the lizard Of the desert. viii
have had to learn 10 live upon baked
sand and heotad air