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Circular No. 96 - Crickets And Grasshoppers In Utah, W. W. Henderson
Circular No. 96 - Crickets And Grasshoppers In Utah, W. W. Henderson
UAES Circulars
In the written history of Utah, especially that which is reflected in diaries and journals of the pioneer settlers and that found in the oldest publications, there is ample evidence that one of the most serious handicaps to progress in this "far-western" territory was the cricket and its near kinsman, the grasshopper. Three basic resources on which the first permanent settlers counted were: (1) Good soil suitable for raising crops to sustain life; (2) suitable climate to make possible the maturing of wheat, corn, and vegetables; and (3) sufficient water of good quality not only for home uses but for …
Circular No. 93 - Better Sugar-Beet Culture For Utah, George Stewart, D. W. Pittman
Circular No. 93 - Better Sugar-Beet Culture For Utah, George Stewart, D. W. Pittman
UAES Circulars
Utah was one of the first states to begin sugar-beet growing. The industry grew rapidly, favored by the climate, by the naturally productive soils, by the freedom from pests, and by the system of intensive irrigation agriculture. California and Utah were among the leading beet-producing states at the time of the World War, and under the stimulus of high prices they remained so until the great depression of 1920. After that, the frequent occurrence of curly-top and the rapid spread of nematode, together with the low price resulting from increased cane sugar production in the tropics and from other causes …