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Show BOOSTS SOUTHERN UTAH DRY FAM RESOURCES. Dr. J. A. Widtsoe Sees Big Future for Land Now Used Only for I, ,.! ?iTnr"'IJ"rr"i"" -r- (S. L. Herald-Republican.) Southern Utah is devoting to cattle ranges tho best dry farming land in tho west, in tho opinion of Dr. John A. Widtsoe, president of tho Utali Agricultural Agri-cultural College, who was in Salt Lake yesterday. He says that tho land in the southern part of tho stato will produce pro-duce more to the aero under dry farming farm-ing conditions than any other part of the United States, and predicts a time when that region will leud in production produc-tion of staple vegetables. In Washington, Wash-ington, Kane, Garfield and snn Juan counties are millions of acres not cultivated. cul-tivated. Dr. Widtsoo says that the best specimen of potatoes he has seen in Utah were raised on dry farms in Garfield county. "The range country in tho south is tho best dry farming section of the state," said Dr. Widtsoe. "For that statement I expect to hear the cattlemen cattle-men and the sheepmen coming after me. I found that in Garfield county the best potatoes are being raised nnd they are so good as to quality and size that it paid the farmers to buy an auto truck to carry them to tho railroad. rail-road. Rains aro frequent, and irrigation irriga-tion is not needed so much as in the north. Some day the millions of ncrc3 down thoro will bo tapped by a railroad rail-road and tho United States will see tho development of tho best farming lnnd in the country. If the pcoplo of the state only knew its resources they would know thnt Utah cannot be stopped in growth of population or of business." |