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Bulletin No. 100 - Arid Farming Investigations, W. M. Jardine
Bulletin No. 100 - Arid Farming Investigations, W. M. Jardine
UAES Bulletins
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. 99 - Report On Irrigation And Drainage Investigations During 1905-1906, E. R. Morgan, W. W. Mclaughlin
Bulletin No. 99 - Report On Irrigation And Drainage Investigations During 1905-1906, E. R. Morgan, W. W. Mclaughlin
UAES Bulletins
A general plan for the scientific investigation of the laws governing plant production as influenced by the application of irrigation water, was outlined in 1900 by Dr. John A. Widtsoe as Director of the Utah Experiment Station. The detailed plans were prepared by the heads of the Chemical, Agronomy and Irrigation Department, under whose cooperation the work was to be carried on. In 1903 the Office of Experiment Stations of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, by contributing funds to this work, became a party to the experiments. Since then the investigations have been under the joint supervision of the …