Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-02-16

WOTk FuDuay rs wen M bdtuTOAy,
night and day they strike 8. 10, rs or
20 feet deep. making innumerable
perforations. while storing up nitro.
gen. and when these roots decay they
leave not only a generous supply OF
fertility for any desired crop. but mil.
Lions OF openings into which tho airs
and rains OF heaven hnd their way.
and help 10 constitute an unfailins
reservoir OF wealth, upon which the
husbandman can draw with little fear
Of protest or oyerdrafts"
rrndesBor Buffum, some years ago
AZ The Wyoming Experiment Station,
made a test showing the gain on al
falfa ground for small grain and 20.
tatoea over the same type OF soil
where alfalfa waa not grown. His re-
suits obtained are here given.
Wheat. gain in bushel per acre.
~. gain In value OF harvested croI
local prlces), 5000.
Oats. gain In bushef per acre, Al;
gain In acre value OF harvested CROP
local prices). $1,000.
Potatoes. gain in bushel per acre,
20; gain In acre value OF harvested
crop Oocal prices). $500.
Therefore. get the land Into a le-
gume OF some kind, alfalfa. vetch or
field pea, ms soon as you can that II
may be better prepared for success
full and profitable after crops.
In case the farmer is In doubt Just
what crop TO put In, he will make no
mistake TO seed down to alfalfa while
he In planning out the crop rotation
that his environment would seem TO
Lea A.a Nar 20 "A
Rotation Destroys Weeds.
The elimination OF weeds In Of.
fectually accomplished by the intro
duction OF cultivated crops like 30.
tatoes. stock roots. sugar beets. field
beans and truck gardening crops. The
irrigation ditch IL even a greater car.
rier Of weeds than the winds Where
an entire irrigation district adopts the
practice OF crop rotation and cutting
ditch and canal bank weeds, they can
be. and are, exterminated. Most OF
our worst weed pests are annual and
when all users OF a given ditch prac
tice good crop rotation the weed
qeustion In solved
Get station Bulletins.
Because weed and insect pests as
well as fungus diseases are fully dis.
cussed In Station bulletins which can
bo had by addressing the director OF
your state experiment station, I shall
pass up any discussion OF them.
Rotation Fundamentals.
Let us now consider the fundamen.
tails which we should concern our
selves with. In adopting a rotation for
our irrigated lands, whore we cannot
afford 10 grow many cheap forage or
grass crops. unless upon said farm
we can convert these cheaper crops
Into more remunerative meat. dairy
or, poultry products.
4, All plantA .tand : 10 exhaust the
soil. They abstract some one or more
food clements 10 the full amount OF
availability.
2, All plants do not exhaust the
soil In the same way and manner
equally,
3 Plants grown constantly or con
tlnuously on the same field favor the
spread OF insect pests and certain
plant diseases.
4, Some plants, by methods OF till.
aye. are favorable TO weed growth,
while others are not.
g, Plants differ In habits OF root
growth.
G. All legumes are soil builders
and soil renovators.
7 Some form OF stock raising.
combined with crop growing will fur
nish manure for making humus and
building up the soil. The old English
adago "No grass no cattle; no cattle
no manure: no manure. no grass" is
.trua avarvwhera
Rotation on irrigated Lands.
Every rotation on the irrigated
lands in this region should contain;
lat, At least one money or cash
crop;
End. AZ least one cultivated crop;
Srd. AZ least one legume crop;
tth, AZ least one live stock or feed
Ing crop;
9Th, These should be 80 grouped as
20 most economically distribute farm
labor throughout the year.
9Th. SO arrange tho rotation that
the farm can turn cheap and bulky
feeds into milk, poultry or meat pro
ducts
7th, Thus mako factory methods on
tho farm. turn ordinary waste pro
ducts into PROFITS.
The meat packer so utillzes the
calf, lamb and pig that now there Is
nothing lest but the blat and the
SQueal
The adoption OF DEFINITE crop TO
tatiOn and the practice OF factory
methods ON tho farm will stop the
leaks which now reduce the profits
and tremendously improve the quality
while Il increases the quantity Of the
output OF every farm In this district
know an irrigated farm In the
Rockies where the suggested method
named above is followed and the re.
turns FOR the period OF their crop ~
tAtiCn " six YeArs. which ! checked