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Bulletin No. 123 - Farm Drainage: A Manual Of Instruction, Chas F. Brown

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In addition to emphasizing the general need for drainage in the arid regions with reference to seepage and alkali problems, this bulletin is intended as a practical treatise covering all engineering phases of farm drainage, from the general observations concerning specific needs of drainage, to the realizations of successful reclamation. It is made up of two parts for convenience in handling and distribution, Part I, Manual of General Instruction, and Part II, Practical Discussion of Problems.

Bulletin No. 125 - The Chemical Milling And Bake Value Of Utah Wheats, Robert Stewart, C. T. Hirst

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The Chemical Department of the Utah Experiment Station, since 1903, has been conducting investigations regarding the value of different wheats grown in the State. The results obtained during the years 1903 to 1906 were published as Bulletin No. 103 of this station. A special investigation in 1910 regarding the influence of the combined harvester on the value of the wheat was conducted and the results obtained issued as Bulletin No. 113. The results reported in the following pages were obtained during the progress of these investigations during the years 1907, 1908, and 1909. The method of milling the samples of …

Bulletin No. 112 - A Report Of Seven Years' Investigation Of Dry Farming Methods, Lewis A. Merrill

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The permanent settlement of Utah was made possible because of the introduction of irrigation methods but the growing of crops without irrigation was successfully practiced soon after the settlement of the territory. From the existing records and from the words of many of the veterans still living it is evident that many attempts were made to grow wheat in the early 50's without irrigation. Most of these attempts failed, because they were made on irrigated lands. In 1865, however, an experiment on a much more extended scale was made.

Bulletin No. 101 - Feeding Experiments With Cattle, Sheep, Swine And Horses, R. W. Clark

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Since the establishment of sugar factories in this State, considerable inquiry has arisen regarding the food value of sugar beets and the by-products of the factories. The last publication from this station on the subject was Bulletin No. 90 which gave the results of feeding sugar beet pulp and molasses in various combinations to sheep and steers. Previous to the appearing of this publication some experimental work had been carried out in feeding sugar beets to swine and sugar beet pulp and beet molasses to sheep. The results secured seemed to warrant further work in the same direction and in …

Bulletin No. 100 - Arid Farming Investigations, W. M. Jardine

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The Utah Legislature of 1903 passed a bill providing for the investigation by the Experiment Station of dry-land farming problems in the State of Utah, and appropriating $12,500 to be expended in carrying on this work during the two years, 1903 and 1904. Six experimental dry farms were located one in each of the following counties: Iron, Juab, San Juan, Sevier, Tooele and Washington. A second appropriation of $15,500 was made by the Legislature of 1905, for the purpose of continuing, the investigations.

Bulletin No. 79 - Process Butter: A Dairy Fraud, R. W. Clark, John A. Crockett

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A fraud which threatens to work great injury to the dairy interests of Utah, has made its appearance. It is a churning process by which the yield of butter can be abnormally increased by incorporating a large quantity of water and casein. A report has reached the Experiment Station to the effect that the promoters of this churning process are successfully enlisting the interest of Utah farmers and are selling county rights at fabulous prices.

This bulletin is issued only as a word of warning to those who would be entrapped. It is not probable that butter made according to …

Bulletin No. 78 - Experiments In Fattening Lambs, F. B. Linfield

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Sheep raising is among the most important agricultural industries of the state. Unlike the conditions in eastern states, the sheep industry of Utah is only indirectly associated with the farm. While the sheep owner generally lives on his farm, his sheep are kept on the public range and moved from place to place as feed and weather may make necessary. To be handled successfully on the range, sheep must be herded in large flocks. Under favorable conditions the expense account is comparatively light and returns substantial.

Bulletin No. 77 - Horse Feeding, Lewis A. Merrill

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Previous experiments reported by this Station have shown the value of lucern, the principal forage crop of this section, when fed to cattle, sheep and hogs. The main part of this bulletin is devoted to the value of lucern when fed to horses, though a brief review of the work previously done at this Station in connection with the subject of horse-feeding is included. There has been, and is, some prejudice existing against lucern forming a part or all of the ration of horses, not only in the East, where the value of this crop is not yet fully appreciated, …

Bulletin No. 76 - Forcing Lettuce, C. P. Close

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The winter growing of lettuce is not yet practiced in Utah. There is a good demand for lettuce in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and in some of the smaller towns during the winter, but this demand is supplied by the California grown product. It is yet to be determined whether or not lettuce can be grown profitably under glass in this State. The recent high prices of the winter product indicate that the forcing of a moderate amount of lettuce can be done with profit.

In the season of 1899-1900, the Experiment Station began a series of experiments with lettuce …

Bulletin No. 74 - Lead Ore In Sugar Beet Pulp, John A. Widtsoe, Lewis A. Merrill

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The recent great development of the beet sugar industry in the State of Utah, has made the matter of utilizing the sugar beet pulp an important question for Utah farmers. That beet pulp has a high feeding value, when fed in proper combinations, has been shown conclusively since the establishment of the first beet sugar factory in the State, ten years ago. The experience of other states, and of the beet sugar producing countries of Europe, has likewise demonstrated that beet pulp may be used profitably in the feeding of farm animals. It is doubtlessly true that much is yet …

Bulletin No. 75 - Arid Farming Or Dry Farming, John A. Widtsoe, Lewis A. Merrill

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There are in Utah many lands that will not, for many years to come, be brought under irrigation; and there are many others that probably will never be irrigated. These are usually high-lying lands, often far from large streams, to irrigate which, would require the construction of exceptionally costly reservoirs, dams, and canals. Many Utah valleys are so far removed from the water supply of the State that it is improbable that water will be carried past other thirsting lands to these outlying places. The building of irrigation works is a venture in which profits and losses are considered; and …

Bulletin No. 73 - Experiments In Butter-Making And Cheese-Making, F. B. Linfield

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No bulletins have heretofore been issued by the Dairy department of this Station on the special question of the manufacture of dairy products. The main work of the Dairy department has been with the farm end of the dairy problem; viz: the production of milk. This includes the breeding, feeding and management of cows, the raising and developing of the young stock, and the economic disposal of the by-products of the dairy. From information gathered during my first year at the College it was apparent that this foundation work should have first attention. At this time but six to eight …

Bulletin No. 72 - A Soil Survey In Salt Lake Valley, Utah, Frank D. Gardner, John Stewart

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Beginning in July, 1899, four months were spent in a thorough and detailed study of that portion of the Salt Lake Valley lying west of the Jordan River, the object being to map the soils with reference to their character and to the extent of, and damage from, "alkali" and seepage waters. The soils were classified according to their texture, and the waters examined with reference to their quality for irrigation purposes. The soils were further studied with reference to their "alkali" content and its effect in varying amounts upon the crops and vegetation. The methods of irrigation were looked …

Bulletin No. 71 - Carrying Capacities Of Irrigation Canals, Samuel Fortier

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During the summer of 1897 the writer was enabled to make, with the help of his assistants, T. H. Humpherys, A. P. Stover, and W. D. Beers, a number of experiments on the carrying capacities of irrigation ditches and canals. The funds necessary to carry on these investigations were provided by the U. S. Geological Survey and the Agricultural Experiment Station of Utah. Shortly after the field work was completed the writer resigned his position with the College to accept that of chief engineer and superintendent of the Ogden Water Works and the Bear River Canal System, and his time …

Bulletin No. 70 - Experiments In Pork Production, Luther Foster, Lewis A. Merrill

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Pig raising in Utah has not as a rule been considered a profitable branch of the live stock industry, especially as usually practiced on the farm, and up to within the past few years the growing of more pork than was used at home was the exception, but since creameries and cheese factories have come into existence, creating a large by-product of skim milk and whey, cheap and valuable. pig foods, when properly used, the business has made a healthy growth.

Bulletin No. 29 - Irrigation: Amount Of Water To Use. Relative Feeding Values Of Timothy, Lucerne And Wild Hay, J. W. Sanborn

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In Bulletin 24 are given results of the first three years of experimentation as to the relation between the amount of water used and crop yield, soil fertility, and the exit, through drains, of the matters held in solution in the water applied. In this report are included the results of the first three years, plus those of the past season. The experiment is regarded of the very highest importance in that it deals with the right amount of water essential to the growth of wheat and grass crops, but more especially as it approximately determines whether the materials of …

Bulletin No. 28 - The Value Of Grass In The Production Of Pork: Exercise Vs. Non-Exercise Pigs

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This Bulletin treats of the economical use of grain when fed alone or when fed with green grass, and also of the economy of raising hogs on grass alone. Furthermore, the relation of exercise to the economical use of food is treated of. This Bulletin only reports the continuation of the experiment, as enlarged, carried on during the summer of 1892, and reported in Bulletin No. 22 of this Station.

Bulletin No. 27 - Irrigation; Early, Late And Usual, J. W. Sanborn

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Bulletin No. 23 reported the results of the first three years' trials in early and late irrigation. The trial reported in this Bulletin is a continuation of the trials reported in the Bulletin. above mentioned. The purpose of the experiment is to ascertain whether water added to the soil very early is so far stored that it will be available later in the season, and whether late irrigation has an injurious effect on the crop through its influence on development of stem and leaf at the expense of the seed; or, again, whether it is necessary to irrigate crops later …

Bulletin No. 26 - Sub-Irrigation Vs. Surface Irrigation And Water For Irrigation, J. W. Sanborn, Samuel Fortier

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It has long been held that irrigation water applied beneath the surface is better than surface irrigation, in relation to the amount used, the temperature of the soil, the amount of evaporation, washing of soil and yield of crop, including quality of crop received. Though philosophically there would seem to be little doubt that the propositions are well taken, sub-irrigation as an economical process has been over-pres ed by some as a mean of very greatly curtailing the amount of water used . There are those who have asserted that only one-tenth of the water applied by sub-irrigation would be …

Bulletin No. 25 - Fuits And Forest, Shade Adn Ornamental Trees, E. S. Richman

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After three years' trial on the experimental grounds we are ready to acknowledge the conditions unfavorable to the growth of strawberries; the high and dry location of the land, coupled with its sterility, make it unsuitable to the growth of strawberries. The first plants were necessarily, on account of lack of time, planted before the soil was fertilized. Manure was applied freely the second and third seasons, as a top dressing, but the ground, being compacted by frequent irrigation, never has been in the proper condition for strawberries, either as regards fertility or mechanical condition. A new bed has been …