Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-04

| OF agriculture and the state experiment
stations has done and will yet do
much for the farmers of our country.
| They have been great factors In in.
| creasing the yield OF wheat per acre
| from SO bushels in 1885 10 1876 bushels
| In 1906, which means that farmers pro-
! duce 265, 100000 bushels more under
! 1906 conditions than would have been
| produced under 1885 conditions on the
same number of acres The yield per
| acre OF corn has been increased from
| 2i,3 bushels In 1856 to 30.3 bushels In
1906. or 4s3 100000 bushels more were
| produced under 1906 conditions than
| under those OF 1856. and the money
value Of these two crops. according to
| last December prices. Is $3.50, 900. 900.
Great az has been the development in
| the past 80 years, we have only crossed
the threshold of the above mentioned
institutions mission OF discovery and
education for farmers The farmer II
Just waking up to the latest POSSIBLE
ties Of the soil and by simply following
Vol understood principles of soil man
agement as advanced by the national
department and experiment stations. 1t
viii be a simple matter 10 Increase the
present production per acre by 80 per
cent. This would mean another quar-
ter billion dollars to farmers for the
increase in corn alone. The increase
In fruits and vegetables has future
too great to estimate. The Cannery,
the fast freight, the refrigerator car
have overcome the question Of latitude,
longitude, and season so effectually
that the American farmer can now act
ually supply every possible demand Of
the whole world.
Then. too, while We are developing
the farm and It's crops. We expect to
further develop its animal products.
About oue-fourth Of the dairy COWS OF
the United States do not pay for their
feed and we are now aiding the farmer
In learning how to test the value OF the
products Of each COW on the farm with
a view OF eliminating the ones that do
not pay their board II the average
COW Of the United states could be- made
To- produce hve pounds more butter a
year It would add $50, 100000 annually
to the wealth Of the farm II takes
from s. 90 sl2 worth Of fertility from
the soil to produce one ton of wheat and
a ton Of butter worth $500 requires only
about 90 To 70 cents worth Of plant
food from the soil for its making.
SECRETS OF FARM SUCCESS.
Education Is the key by which tho
undrcamed OF wealth of the soil may be
unlocked. The farmer must become
bottcr acquainted with his soil. Though
h. has lived on 4 for generations. II
still needs an Introduction. Some farm
crs are fast realizing these scientific
possibilities. but the mass OF us are
only beginning as primary pupils in the
great school Of agriculture one farmer
In eastern Maryland purchased farm
20 years ago which would not produce
enough to supply his family for the
first two or three years. but by adopt
ing good. progressive methods Of agri-
culture he has brought II up to a very
high state Of productivity and now II Is
one Of the most productive farms IN
the state Another farmer In north
eastern Maryland has brought his farm
up TO such "a high state Of cultivation
that he produced SO bushels OF wheat
on measured acre in 1905. Another
farmer purchased n badly run down
farm near Baltimore In 1903, At the
time OF the purchase the retiring land
lord took him over the farm and point
ed out the merits and defects Of the
various fields one field IN particular
he pointed out as being unfit for til
lage, stating that he had been unable
TO make II produce anything i'm Ave
years The purchaser was a western
farmer. He opened the clogged drains
OF the poor field. manfred II, plowed
deeply, lined IL and planted corn the
following spring. The season was nor
NAL and he received 10 bushels per
acre what these farmers have done
thousands OF others have done. and IL |
Is largely due 70 adopting modern
methods OF agriculture and in the in
telligent application OF these methods. |
II the average farmer can be taught |
To- do what his enlightened neighbors |
are doing today IL will suffice 10 make |
an annual increase In the products OF |
the farm sufficient TO purchase one
half the railroads OF the United states.
Each farm should be a miniature ex-
pertinent station, as each type or kind /
OF soil on Il has its special require
ments as TO crops and treatment, and
system that may respond on another
farm may entirely fail on your fields
With a few simple tests each year each
farmer will soon learn the requirements
OF his fields without much expense or
loss of time Learn the elements that
are deficient In your soils, also the
amount OF each kind OF plantfood re-
CURED to mature each crop you desire
TO grow and you will soon have your
farm operations reduced TO a well de-