HARVESTING UTAH ALFALFA. 



A State Experiment Station is maintained five miles south of Nephi; 

 investigations conducted there have established the facts that wheat will yield 

 38 bushels per acre, and oats 50 bushels per acre, upon dry-farm land. Good 

 results from corn have been reported, and farmers on arid lands have come to 

 believe that where anything will grow, rye can be made to succeed. In the 

 production of alfalfa seed, a remunerative dry-farm crop, best results have 

 been secured by planting the alfalfa in rows or even in hills, and intertilling. 

 Successful dry-farm operators at Nephi estimate the average cost of growing 

 wheat on summer fallowed land to be $6.85 per acre; this includes all 

 charges except interest charges for the land. With wheat selling at 75 cents 

 per bushel, this means that 9 bushels per acre will defray expenses. The 

 vicinity of Nephi is rapidly becoming celebrated for its fruit and berries, 

 which attain large size and excellent flavor. 



The soil of the Juab Valley is derived from the weathering of the Mount 

 Nebo Range and the San Pitch Mountains, which guard it on the east; lime- 

 stone and gypsum enters largely into the composition of these mountain masses, 

 and consequently into that of the soil; the latter is a clay loam, free from 

 gravel, and of excellent character for the retention of moisture. The phos- 

 phorus content is high, the percentage of nitrogen larger than that of other soils 

 in the State, and there is sufficient potassium, provided the farmer cultivates 

 the land so as to render the plant food available. 



Statistics show about 15,000 acres of irrigated lands in Juab County. 

 Most of this is included in projects conducted as co-operative enterprises, and 

 the water comes largely from streams by gravity. There is a growing acreage 

 supplied by springs and flowing wells. 



