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Bulletin No. 104 - The Storage Of Winter Precipitation In Soils, John A. Widtsoe
Bulletin No. 104 - The Storage Of Winter Precipitation In Soils, John A. Widtsoe
UAES Bulletins
It has been found that the production of one pound of dry plant substance on soils of average fertility, requires in humid districts not more than five hundred pounds of water, and in arid districts like Utah about seven hundred and fifty pounds. This indicates that the average rainfall of Utah, which is about twelve inches, if properly conserved in the soil, is sufficient to produce annually, without irrigation, from thirty to forty-five bushels of wheat to the acre, or corresponding yields of other crops. The realization of this truth has changed greatly our views of irrigation practices. The beginning …
Bulletin No. 103 - Milling Qualities Of Meat, Robert Stewart, Joseph E. Greaves
Bulletin No. 103 - Milling Qualities Of Meat, Robert Stewart, Joseph E. Greaves
UAES Bulletins
Investigations regarding the chemical and milling characteristics of some of the various varieties of wheat grown in the State have been carried on since the season of 1904. This is, however, the first report of the investigations that has been published. The work was started with the hope of assisting in the determination of the varieties of wheat best adapted to the State. While, of course, the variety which does not yield well but which has excellent chemical and milling characteristics is not desirable, yet on the other hand, as has already been so often pointed out, neither is the …