The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-11
Agricultural Experts +,
Journey Through Utah s
Idaho to Help Farmer,
Higher Development of S,
tific Irrigation Chief 81
Sought.

The Oregon Short Line and t;,s.
ciflc special farmers Indust1,,'
will leave at s o'clock this morn,,,-
thirteen days trip through m,
idaho for tho purpose OF demon,,-
TO farmers and horticulturists n.
methods Of irrigation with a nI,'
use OF water. and also Ia teach wn-
ricties OF grain and fruits give M.
commercial results. ~
The train will carry a corps n, +
who viii at each town vlsi,ad h
lectures on their particular lines ~
There win also be splendid srhI|
fruit, grains, grasses and liyc sto;
Goes Well Equipped.
The train VIII consist oi sIx !.
flat car. baggage car with sh,~
baggage car with farm exhIbjt~
coaches for lecture purposes and +
posltc car containing the hor,Ir.
exhibl, and accommodation for ~
sonnel or the party which Is d.
OF the following members.
Prof Lewis 4. Merrill. director.
cultural college extension gorI 4
Utah; Dean w. !, Carlyle. dean oI
culture. University of Idaho, NI
Idaho; Prof. ", n, Olln, directcr
ricultural extension work UnIyfr|
Idaho. Boise, Ida. Or. T. D. Bal, 4
Utah experiment station, Utah j.
tural college, Logan. Etah Pruf|
Caine. III. professor Of animal bu|
~, Utah Agricultural college
Utah; Mr.. Don IL. Bark, irrlgatio1'
ncer IN charge Of irrigation lng>
lions. United states department of
culture, Boise. Ida. Mr.. l.. M. h
irrigation engineer. Utah Aeriu
college extension division. Logan.
Mr.. John L, Mcpherson. state IA
| turaI Inspector. Boisn. Ida Mr. h
! Wclch. superintendent Goodlng
ment station, tIooding Ida Din al
agricultural carr; AR. GotueIb
foreman cattle barns, Utah Agho
college, Logan Utah lin charge I
stock carr
Great care mas been taken In d
| rangement OF the exhibits. which n
most inviting appearance. d
effort is made 10 bring out the>ob1
the toug in a prominent and Insir
| manner
Shows Actual Results.
The irrigation car Is probably. III
turc car of the train. II contains d
Ing OF both dry farm and irrIgai4
grains and grasses, principally ID
irrigated farm.
An interesting exhibit shows II
suits of experiments made al The
and Utah agricultural colleges to /.
tain at what point the maxImulr'
Of irrigation can be obtained. OF, Ia
words, how TO irriGatc 10 the btI
vantage.
For example, q display OF besl'
in glass tubes shows that one q
bcets irrigated with five inches a.
produced la tons; irrigated II
inches produced Is. tons; irrigal3
fifteen inches produced 2l} ionsi u
with nineteen inches produced u
This demonstrated thar the bezc
was secured with fifteen inches
that amount the product decree
on wheat it is shown that th>
mum result is obtained at elghteeo|
per acre, NJ.
1t is also cxemplfied that
bushels of wheat. While tho sau1s
Of water spread over four ace<
inches TO the acre. gave yieh
| 'SsAA-i"7E ~ ~ SOo'''l- - wv o>t
Comparative Production
Another illustration shows thai
Ions Of water will result In one dl
oats, Seven and onc-lenth galIdr
Weld one ounce of wheat IN
eight-tenths gallons VIII produc'
ounce of potatoes. and one sa1
water Will result in one ounce 81
beets.
Illustrating the advantage Of
ton with a minimum amount OF g
is demonstrated that The greatest{
are achieved by frequent appllnaI
Fifteen inches OF waller applied
acre twice during the season "
ducc yield OF 135 bushels Of g
The Same. amount OF wafer divd=
three applications will cause a
266 bushels, while II II is dlvhH
slN applications the weld will
bushels.
Another interesting exhibit is
tosraph of eleven varieties OF ghs@
grew Oh a single acre. This Is "
the farmer that greater care sn2
exercised in seeding.
There arc also in the car qull4
of potatoes and the farmer VII
Structcd as to which is the best
grow from commercial standr@'
\ large display of forage crops
vetch. timothy, etc. adorn one pan
car. This Is TO encourage the 9Q
era sscs that arc good for fora5e
green manure
The car also cont aims models ol
ing weirs. check boxes aud latbs I
Small Livestock Show,
In the livestock car there ars ~
amples of the finished produot q
riga ton car. animals that haNe
tened on lone grown forage.
Chief among these sninIals
grade Hereford steer who veg
pounds and stands four feet is9
high lie is only three years eI@II oIS
fed or hcmc grown bran, eus''
shorts. lie belongs to the Ctsn
tural college.
The Utah Agricultural collf:
sends two fine COWS, Jersey aH
The agricultural department..
University of Idaho has furnisnsa
hogs. one q Berkshire prise
Weighing about five hundred p9a
one year old, the other foians
In the hog line the utah -
college has a TsJnworth earvss"
eight months old and veiehts
The horticultural exhibit ls IA
apples and different kinds OF
from Idaho and Utah. Tnere
and figs from southern utan. hs1
arc OF those varieties Which, ~
greatest commercial value Mos
are rcd apples. but lsw poSsI
skinned ones arc "a W!cu'u, trn,
onstrate that the yellow ,Islf
show shipping bruises more %
therefore do not make so 5000 =
ance I'm the market. ,o,. I'D
The car also contains e,m.oolr
showing the effects Of Ds
and other tree diseases. l"and
models OF spraying matcr'n' az
Ing pots. lii, -
Taken altogether the tram "a
one OF the greatest e0Vca V'"s.