Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1912-06-07

iarDC.s a:s- ..,t s.tL me LraIs
advice given out by the experiment
station experts. They have either
plowed the soil too deeply or not deep
ly enough, have grown varieties OF
grain not suited TO their soil condi.
lions and climate and have refused TO
abandon old and Improbable methods.
AS a consequence they have barely
more than paid expenses, while their
neighbors have made handsome profits.
Arid farming cannot succeed on any
other than thoroughly scientific plan.
n does not have the great advantage
that humid farming enjoys. II IRE.
sents obstacles which have been only
slightly overcome In all the cepruries
OF the past. II is either an Intrepid
or foolish farmer indeed. whJ will
undertake to wiring profits from an
arid soil without due regard TO az.
proved and testified methods
The state of Utah is doing a won
derful work along the line of encour.
aging the extension Of dry-farmins
methods. At each of the dry farm ex.
pertinent stations tests are being made
in the open in the growth OF wheat
oats, corn, barley, rye alfalfa. pota-
tees, frult and vegetables and the re-
suits of these experiments are pub.
lished and distributed without charge
to all who are interested. We wish that
every reader OF this article could have
Tor ready reference and for a study OF
dry-farming methods, Bulletin No 112,
prepared by Professor Lewis A. Mer
rlll and published by the Utah Agr-
cultural college experiment station. T.
contains report Of seven years in
yestigation OF dry farming methoda
The farmer who studies this and TIE
other bulletins issucd from the OK
pertinent stations and profits by the ex-
periences of the experimenters will be
able 10 make his arid acres yield an
abundance scarcely bellcvable, thus
assisting in the redemption of our
desert empires and in enriching the
commonw 9Th.
And dry farming pays. That fact
is mdisputably settled. President
W.dstoe says ! 900 bushels of dry
ia IN wheat contain as much nuiritivc
matter Cs I ,025 bushels OF wheat
grown and kept under humid coldi
tons. Utah dry-farming wheat vii
gain 2h per cent in weight on being
shipped into eastern markets. That
significant fact is worth remembering
Il is conceded by all that last year
was a severe test to dry farming the
0riCs because of the low pre-,p'ta-
ton yet the Utah yield was good and
the profits fair This year. una
somewhat more favrc=c ere condition.
2 his crop was harvested.
Il Is estimated that ten to fifteen
iushels to the acre viii pay the ex
ense of farming by dry farming
methods, where everything is hired
twenty bushels yield a fair profit and
'ogtS bsshels amount TO a bonanza.
a great boon to the commonwealth
lis eren in the Enlarged Homestead ol
Sno0t act. Hundreds OF citizens Of
he state have taken up half sections
and some hundreds of settlers have
taken up residence in Utah. but MI
hons of acres stu bristle with sage
aud greasewood, awaiting colonial
ton Homes for hundreds of thou.
sands of denizens of the crowded east
can I've made In these now desert
wastes. Il is up to the state OF Utah
2ad her people TO lend announcement
20 immigration and to dlspel the pre-
Yelling notion that newcomers are
not welcome among us, and that here
Ender skies that are ever blue, and al
most perpetual sunshine. sheltered
from the rigors of the wintry blasts
by mountain ranges, which afford an
2bVnCance of fish and game for vaca-
Gan times and JOY supreme for lovers
nf scenic grandeur can be found op-
rortunlties galore for comfort and
wealth. Here they may build up com
mun,ties that will revel in the good
things of life. Here labor may re-
ceive its full reward. Here may will
ing hearts and sturdy hands come into
their own.