The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-20
.LETHBR|DGE GETS
FARMING CONGRESS
Sail Lake WithdraWs and Is
Promised Canadian Support
for 1913 Convention.
ADDRESS BY UTAH MAN
P. V. Carbon of Nephi Gives
Interesting Talk at Colo
RADIO Springs Meeting.
ADDRESS BY UTAH MAN

COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo Oct 10.
Lethbrl3ge. Alberta. Canada was to-
night selected as the 1912 meeting
place for the International Dry Farm
ing congress, Salt Lake City withdrew
when the Canadians pledged their sup
port for that place in 1913.
Tonight Delegate Herman Licden-
frost Of Hungary invited the congress
to Euda Pest in 1918, and tho foreign
delegates, with the exception of the
Canadians. decided at Il caucus To at.
tend the Lcthbrldge convention next
wear for the express purpose OF captur~
ing the 1913 meeting for Buda Pest,
Resolutions adopted favor county aud
district farmers aid bureaus, through
state agricultural colleges instead OF
government experts located in every
county; pledges the congress to the ex-
tentiou of the reclamation of the ARID
and semI-arld areas of all nations; urge
the establishment of 81 100000 en-
dOwmcnt fund. urge the national CON
gress to take such action as Will bring
about an early survey Of the unsnr-
veyed portions of the public domain
and raise appropriations for the work
and condemn irresponsible land locators
under the homestead act, and recon-
mend state legislatures to enact laws
which will protect the homesteaders.
p. V. Carbon, superintendent Of the
government suhstation at Nephi,, Utah:
spoke Of ''Thc Commercial Value OF
Dry Farmcd Wheats in Utah. - lie
pointed out the likeness between CON
ditions III the great basin and those III
many parts Of Europe. Asia, Africa and
South America, and suggested that
crops and crop methods valuable in one
1,o ,,11 do nf
the others.
"Tt has been found he said, "that
the hard red wheats which bring the
highest prices to the farmer are esPe-
clallv adapted to the soils and climatic
conditions Of Utah and the great basin;
They have, in a series Of years, Yielded
better than any of the older. softer
and poorer varieties Of that section. 1T
has been found, also. that these harder
winter whoats arc Of superior milling
and baking qualities, These two rae
tors. combined with that of superior
WELD make the harder wheats. especial
ly Turkey. The best all around wheat
and hence the most profitable one Tor
that section Of the United states
which. as has been shown. is quite typil.
cal OF many other parts Of the world. =
Professor Farrell said that the idea
advanced by many dry farming authors.
that the more cultivation the soil is CIV
en- the better, frequently leads to unde-
sirablc extremes. In clay or lava ash
soils dust mulch quickly runs together
when wet and induces heavy loss of
the falling rain by running of. 1t also
leads TO heavy crushing after rains. On
heavy soils, the speaker insisted, the
dust mulch is not desired. but rather
that The surface soil should be kept rela-
t,yely coarse and lumpy,
He recommended the ordinary spike
tooth harrow as the best farm impe-
ment for the purpose, even in eradicat-
ing weeds f they are attacked Just as
thev begin to appear above the ground
in great numbers Mulching operations
should be shallow, and should be direct
ed as much toward absorbing the rain
fall as to boldipg it afterward