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Bulletin No. 116 - The Production Of Dry Matter With Different Quantities Of Irrigation Water, John A. Widtsoe

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The second period of the irrigation investigations of the Utah Experiment Station began in 1901, when plans were formulated for accurate and extensive studies of the relations to each other of soils, crops and water. Preliminary work was done on the College Farm during the summer of 1901. During the winter of 1901-02, the Greenville Farm was secured, and on it was constructed a system of weirs, flumes and laterals, whereby accurately measured quantities of water could be placed at will upon any plat. With this apparatus a great number of vital questions concerning the practice of irrigation was submitted …

Bulletin No. 117 - The Yields Of Crops With Different Quantities Of Irrigation Water, John A. Widtsoe, L. A. Merrill

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The value of an irrigated farm rests In the land and in the water available for irrigation. Usually the water right for an acre is worth considerably more than the land itself. Under irrigation it is just as important to secure the largest yield per unit of water as it is to obtain the largest yield per acre. Owing to the high cost of water, the production per unit of water is frequently more important than the yield per acre. In Utah and the other irrigated states, the water available for irrigation, or that which may be made available, is …

Bulletin No. 119 - The Effect Of Irrigation On The Growth And Composition Of Plants At Different Periods Of Development, John A. Widtsoe, Robert Stewart

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Early in the pursuit of the irrigation investigations conducted by this Station, it became important to know the best amounts of water to apply at various stages of the plant's growth. The effect of the total quantity of water applied to a crop, depends in large measure upon the number of irrigations and their times of application during the season. It was thought that some light would be shed upon this problem by examining crops, under variable irrigation methods, at different times before maturity. Such work, also, it was hoped might yield more definite information concerning the manner in which …

Bulletin No. 118 - Methods For Increasing The Crop Producing Power Of Irrigation Water, John A. Widtsoe, L. A. Merrill

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The studies of the Utah Station on the effect of water on the yields of crops have shown, first, that as the water applied increases, the total weight of dry matter also increases; and second, that the increase is not in proportion to the amount of water applied, since the less water applied, the larger the yield of dry matter for each inch of water used. These experiments, as reported in bulletins No. 116 and No. 117 indicate with much certainty the best quantities of water to use for various crops. When, however, each farmer has been allotted this best …

Circular No. 7 - Labor Saving Devices For The Farm Home, Leah D. Widtsoe

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This paper was written for and read before the first International Congress of Farm Women held at Colorado Springs, October 17th to 21st, 1911. A few changes have been made in the manuscript and some illustrations added.

The name indicates that it is written for the progressive farmers of some means--since all labor saving devices cost more or less money. The farm home which finds it difficult to keep flour in the barrel, naturally will not be interested in $125.00 water systems--except as an ideal they may attain to some day, and ideals are always helpful. To find ways and …

Circular No. 6 - Measurement And Distribution Of Irrigation Water, L. M. Winsor

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This circular has been prepared to meet the more urgent and immediate needs of the water user. The complications which usually arise in water measurement have been eliminated to such an extent that anyone who will follow the few simple instructions outlined in the following pages can learn to measure the flow of irrigation streams under ordinary conditions.

Bulletin No. 115 - The Movement Of Water In Irrigated Soils, J. A. Widtsoe, W. W. Mclaughlin

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This bulletin embodies a part of the data secured in the irrigation investigations of this Station. It aims to contribute something to our knowledge of the movement of water in irrigated soils . The science of irrigation can not well be built until the laws involved in the mutual relationships of waters, soils and crops are understood with fair accuracy. Much has been done by numerous investigators, during the last fifty years, to give a clearer comprehension of the movement of soil moisture; but the field experiments have dealt largely with saturated soils, and the laboratory experiments have seldom taken …

Student Life, April 26, 1912, Vol. 10, No. 27, Utah State University

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Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Student Life, March 1, 1912, Vol. 10, No. 20, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Circular No. 5 - Boys' Potato Clubs: How To Grow The Crop And Organization, J. C. Hogenson

UAES Circulars

The object of the organization is to encourage, interest and instruct its members in agriculture, and particularly in the best methods of growing potatoes. "Efficiency" is the motto of the clubs. Efficiency in any good work is true and profitable education. To do good things intelligently and with cheerful spirit entitles the member to the highest degree of approval.

Student Life, January 19, 1912, Vol. 10, No. 15, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

General Catalogue 1912, Utah State University

University Catalogs

General Catalogue of 1912

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

Buzzer 1912, Utah State University

USU Buzzer Yearbook

1912 yearbook for Utah State University. Published from 1909-1971 with single issues in 1978 and 1981.

Bulletin No. 114 - The Movement Of Nitric Nitrogen In Soil And Its Relation To "Nitrogen Fixation", Robert Stewart, J. E. Greaves

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In the spring of 1903, we commenced at the Utah Experiment Station a series of experiments, the purpose of which was to study the development and movement of nitrates in irrigated soil. The work was so outlined that it should give some very definite results, both as to the influence of water and the plant, upon the nitric nitrogen content of the soil.

Student Life, September 22, 1911, Vol. 10, No. 1, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Student Life, February 24, 1911, Vol. 9, No. 18, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Student Life, February 1911, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Utah State University student newspaper February issue.

Buzzer 1911, Utah State University

USU Buzzer Yearbook

1911 yearbook for Utah State University. Published from 1909-1971 with single issues in 1978 and 1981.

General Catalogue 1911, Utah State University

University Catalogs

General Catalogue of 1911

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

Bulletin No. 111 - The Reclamation Of Seeped And Alkali Lands, C. F. Brown, R. A. Hart

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In the year 1905, Drainage Investigations were begun in the State of Utah by the Office of Experiment Stations of the United States Department of Agriculture, in co-operation with the Utah Experiment Station. Appropriations have been made by the Utah State Legislature for irrigation and drainage investigations on condition that the United 8tates Department of Agriculture contribute an equal amount, and that the work be conducted jointly by the Federal department and the experiment station of the Agricultural College of Utah.

Bulletin No. 113 - The Influence Of The Combined Harvester On The Value Of The Wheat, Robert Stewart, C. T. Hirst

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The extension of the dry-farming area in Utah and the bringing of many thousands of acres of virgin land under wheat cultivation, in large farms, has, in recent years, caused much improvement in the use of farm machinery. One great improvement has been the adoption of the Combined Harvester, which cuts, threshes and sacks the grain in one operation in the field at a minimum of cost. This has been an important factor in the success of the dry-farming movement.

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.

Student Life, October 7, 1910, Vol. 9, No. 3, Utah State University

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Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Bulletin No. 110 - The Alfalfa Leaf-Weevil, E. G. Titus

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The alfalfa leaf-weevil (Phytonomus murinus Fab.) which has during the last three years been doing considerable damage in the central part of this State, is a European insect which by some means unknown has been introduced in to Utah. The species appears to be not uncommon throughout Europe and parts of Asia and Africa. It belongs to the large order of hard-shelled insects called beetles (Coleoptera) and in a group generally called snout-beetles (Family Curculionidae). To this same group belong many of our most serious pests, such as the plum curculio, cotton boll-weevil and strawberry weevil.

It occurs over all …

Bulletin No. 109 - The Nitrogen And Humus Problem In Dry-Land Farming, Robert Stewart

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The effect of cultivation and the growth of crops upon the nitrogen and humus content of soils has been studied by various investigators, both in America and Europe. In general, the results of the various investigations indicate that cropping and cultivation are very destructive of the organic. matter and the nitrogen of the surface soil.

Student Life, May 1910, Commencement, Utah State University

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Utah State University student newspaper Commencement issue.

Student Life, January 7, 1910, Vol. 8 No. 14, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Buzzer 1910, Utah State University

USU Buzzer Yearbook

1910 yearbook for Utah State University. Published from 1909-1971 with single issues in 1978 and 1981.

General Catalogue 1910, Utah State University

University Catalogs

General Catalogue of 1910

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration.

Bulletin No. 106 - A Study Of The Production And Movement Of Nitric Nitrogen In An Irrigated Soil, Robert Stewart, J. E. Greaves

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The problem of maintaining the nitrogen content in our agricultural soils is one of vital importance to the development of a permanent system of agriculture. Any investigation, therefore, which tends to throw any light on the conditions which are necessary for maintaining the maximum supply of nitrogen in our soils needs no apology for its institution.