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Acreage Yields. 



John Buttars, living at Clarkston, states that farmers in that dis- 

 trict have been cropping non-irrigated lands for 25 to 30 years. They 

 have been getting shields of 16 to 40 bushels per acre of wheat, oats and 



Soil Treatment. 



barley, and one and a half tons of alfalfa per season. They, too, have 

 found alternate cropping best, since the more the land is worked in 

 the summer (at the surface), the better the moisture stays. They plow 

 six to 10 inches deep, according to the nature of the soil. 



Precipitation — Dry Land Acreage. 



J. W. Paxman, of Nephi, reports 13 inches of rainfall, coming largely 

 from November to May. He says his district is farming 20,000 acres 

 without irrigat on and it is possible to thus cultivate 50,000 acres. 

 They have been farming in this way above the ditch for ten years. The 



Soil Culture. 



ground is given summer culture every other year, being plowed in the 

 fall, harrowed in the spring, cultivated during summer and wheat drilled 

 in early September. Growing wheat is harrowed the following spring, 

 harvested in August and the land fall plowed eight to ten inches deep. 

 In a limited way some orcharding Is being carried on. S'ome fine 

 peaches have been produced from trees five to six years old. 



Summer Fallow — Auxiliary Irrigation. 



Peter Clegg, who has fesided at Tooele for 18 years, reports sum- 

 mer fallowing a success, annual cropping a failure for his district. This 

 past year (1908) the district had a good crop, winter wheat come up 

 well and shows a fine prospect for 1909. The water supply for the dis- 

 trict is limited and dry farming is carried on in connection with small 

 irrigated farms over a rortion of the district. 



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Acreage Yield — Precipitation. 



Guy Waring, of Pateros, says dry farming has been carried on in 

 his district for many years with good results. Annual precipitation, 18 

 inches; altitude, 800 feet. Moisture falls moistly during the winter months. 

 Wheat, corn, potatoes and alfalfa are the staple crops. Small graiu 

 \ields from 10 to 35 bushels; alfalfa, one to thres tons per acre. Deep 

 plowing and thorough cultivation is the general practice. 



Precipitation — Summer Fallow. 



A. I. Odegard, living at Quincy, gives report for his section: "The 

 full south half of my county, (Douglass), is dry farmed. Our rainfall 

 is 10 inches, most of it coming from November to March. Altitude, 

 1,350 feet. We practice summer fallowing; annual cropping is impossible. 



