. The Utah Farmer : Devoted to Agriculture in the Rocky Mountain Region. on the Experi-ment Farm. Ten acres >i Turkey Redwheat, five acres of spring barley, oneacre of Sudan grass, two acres ofbeans, and a few potacoes have beentried. All but the potatoes haveyielded good returns. The wheat wasraided by chinch bugs early in theseason, but in spite of that has turnedout a profitable crop. Beans promiseto be a very desirable dry-farm pro-duct. Our soil here, under the VermiliousCliffs, is a blend of red sand andgypsum which mixed with vegetablemould makes a loam of about the righttexture. In
. The Utah Farmer : Devoted to Agriculture in the Rocky Mountain Region. on the Experi-ment Farm. Ten acres >i Turkey Redwheat, five acres of spring barley, oneacre of Sudan grass, two acres ofbeans, and a few potacoes have beentried. All but the potatoes haveyielded good returns. The wheat wasraided by chinch bugs early in theseason, but in spite of that has turnedout a profitable crop. Beans promiseto be a very desirable dry-farm pro-duct. Our soil here, under the VermiliousCliffs, is a blend of red sand andgypsum which mixed with vegetablemould makes a loam of about the righttexture. In depth, it ranges from fiveto fifty feet. A very easy soil to cul-tivate either in dry or storm seasons. The plowing has been done early inthe spring or late in the fall. It hasbeen demonstrated that the soil mustlie at least a few months betweenplowing and planting. It has beenfound an advantage to remove brushbefore the land is broken instead ofplowing it under. Cultivation is the remedy for thechief difficulty—weeds and crustedsurface. The corn was planted with a. Special Offer $60 Cash—Cne Man Power—Capacity 3 cubic feet.$80 Cash—Two Man power—Capacity 5 cubic Bearing Throughout. Direct Chain Drive. Invented and Made in Utah
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