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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. 69 - The Golden Vine Field Pea: Its Chemical Composition And Forage Value, John Stewart

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For some time past the Division of Agrostology has been conducting investigations in various parts of the United States with a view to the preservation of our native grasses, the introduction of new varieties, and the improvement of the ranges. The investigation in Texas, where the once fine ranges have been seriously injured or totally destroyed on account of the greed and carelessness of stockmen, is an important one.

In his last report, the Secretary of Agriculture recommends that provisions be made for renting the public lands, suitable for grazing purposes, to stockmen and sheepmen for a number of years. …

Bulletin No. 66 - Corn Experiments, Luther Foster, Lewis A. Merrill

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A number of varieties of flint and dent corns have been successfully grown at the Experiment Station for the past ten years. A sufficiently large number of kinds have been under test to prove beyond question that all of the best flint varieties, the smaller dents and the semi-dents will fully mature in the locality of the Experiment Station, the extreme northern portion of the State; but the climatic conditions cannot be considered as especially favorable to corn growing, the seasons being rather too short and the general temperature too low for the medium and larger dents to be successfully …

Bulletin No. 67 - Poultry Experiments, James Dryden

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The results of the third year's work in egg production at this Station, together with the summing up of the results of the three years, are given herewith. The third year's work began Nov. 7,1898, and ended Nov. 1,1899. Some of the experiments originally planned have run the full period of three years. In addition to a continuation of the original work a set of feeding experiments was conducted during the third year. This latter work was made possible by the erection of an addition to the poultry house which doubled the experimental capacity of the building and made possible …