The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-01-19

ROTATION FOR
.RMER
IoaIr,eaon Train Lsenu,,.

OF protest or ovordraits
Professor Bunum. some ycars
at the Wyoming Experiment 81
made q test showing the gain y n
ialin ground for small grain and
tatocs over the same type VI
whore alfalfa was not grown II ~
suits obtained are here given
WI rat. gain In bushcl per ~
10; gain In value OF harvested p
llocal pricosl, $1,000.
oats. gain In bushci per acre M
gain In acre value OF harvested op
local priccs), $1,000.
Potatoes. gain in hushcl per te.
90: gain In acre value OF hnryded
crop local pr.cesl, $1,000.
Therefore. get the land into 0 le.
gumc Of some kind alfalfa. vctcf OF
field pea, as soon "a sou can thp u
may be bUitCr prepared for sucriss'
tul and profitable after crops.
In case the farmer 10 In doubt Fst
what crop 10 put In. he will mako ~
mistake TO seed down TO alfalfa WE
he liz planning out the crop rota'oa
that his environment would seen TO
Indicate best for him TO adopt
Rotation Destroys Weeds.
The elimination OF weeds Ia sf'
foctually accomplished by the Intro
duction OF cultivated crops like po'
tatoes. stock roots, sugar boets, fild
beans and truck gardening crops, 1ho
irrigation ditch IL even q greater ar
ricr OF weeds than the winds. Whuo
an entire irrigation district adopts %
- ss.sfnNN1V aaNNNr
ditch and canal bank weeds, they on
be. and are, cNtcrminatod. Most 81
our worst weed pests arc annual nid
when all uscra OF given ditch prs,
tlco good crop rotation the we'd
Qeustion Ia solved
Get Station Bulletins.
Because weed and insect pests i'
well az fungus diseases are fully Dr.
cussed I'm station bulletins which or
bo had by addressing the director o.
your state experiment station. | shl
pass up any discussion OF them.
Rotation Fundamentals.
Let us now consider the fundamtn
tails which We should concern mr
selves with. In adopting n rotation 'oi
our irrigated lands. whore we camot
afford TO grow many cheap forage OF
grass GSpps. unless upon said fan
we can convert these cheaper crp'
into more remuncrativo meat. ddry
or poultry products. r-
l. All plants tend to exhaust w
soil. They abstract some one or M
food clements 10 the full amounlot
availability.
2. All plants do not exhaust 10
soil In the same way and mannr
equally.
g. Plants grown constantly or En-.
ilnuoualy on the same field favor n
spread Of Insect pests and ccrtn
plant diseases.
.. Some plants, by methods OF q.
oro, nrr favorable TO weed grown.
while others are not.
o. Plant6 differ in habits Of ot
growth.
G. An lornmcs nro soil bun!,
and soil renovators.
Z. Some form ~ stock InlsIrI
combined with crop growing. viii N
uish manure for making humus nj
building up the soil. The old Englli
.odage mo grass no cattle: no calii
no manure; no manure, no grass"
true everywhere.
Rotation on Irrigated Lands.
Every rotation ON the lrrlgui
lands In this region should contain;
LIST, At least one money or cali
crop;
2nd. Al least one cultivated Gro;
3rd, At least one logume crop;
fth, AZ least one live stock or fed
ing crop;
9Th, These should be 30 grouped IS
to most economically distribute faIi
labor throughout the year.
9th, SO arrange the rotation mt
the farm can turn cheap and bulH
feeds into milk, poultry or meat pD'
ducts.
7th, Thus make factory methods N
the farm. turn ordinary waste pc.
duets into profits.
The meat packer so u.lll7es ue
calf, lamb and pig that now there Is
nothing lost but the blat AMI he
7queal,
Tho adoption OF definite crop 70.
tation and the practice OF factwv
methods on the farm will stop he
leaks which now reduce the Profits
and tremendously improve the qualify
while II Increases the quantity NJ me
output Of every farm In this district
! know m irrigated farm In The
l'ocldeB whore the SUGGESTED method
named above Is followed and the re-.
turns for the period Of their c-op n.
'ot!on OF six years. which I checked
mp last year, averaged sioO GROSS per
tcre crop per season, Do not be ga
alied until you feel you have work 4
'ut cron rotpt'on adapted TO vol
soil. climate and market o1vronm ~
md that rotation Is averaging you \
nrss return Of $50 per acre crop Be-
season,
Mother Goose Up to Date.