FROM UTAH'S DIXIE.' 1 . , The Dcscrct Farmer is- in receipt of a personal letter from Hon. Thomas Judd, President of the Utah State Baxrd of Horticulture. President Judd, among other things, writes that the present season down there has been a wonderfully wonder-fully good one. Water has been abundant and the flruit land .othicr crops have been extremely profitable where given proper attention. Late frosts in Beaver and1 Iron counties killed nearly all the fruit there, and in consequence Dixie was called upon l to make up the loss. This condition has made a splendid market for the r - Dixie fruit. In many cases the people peo-ple from the surrounding counties went South, taking the necessary can-: can-: . ning vessels, and putting up their winter supply, thus saving the waste that would take place if the fresh fruit were carried North. In many instancies, such products as flour, grain, cheese, lumber, etc., were exchanged ex-changed for the fruit, and this has proved to be a convenience to all the parties concerned. Prcs. JucFd is enthusiastic over the change that is coming over the pco- pic of that section of country in the matter of fruit growing. For years the people of Dixie have hol talked to them a Ibcttcr class of fruit; fewer varieties; more intelligent preparation prepara-tion and handling of the soil; and more systematic planting of orchards and vineyards, but in the post these talks have apparently been to no purpose. pur-pose. Today, however, conditions have changed, and away down in Utah's Dixie many of the people arc Usginning to look upon this subject j " as of vital importance. The Elbcrta peach 1ms made its appearance there in all its glory and perfection', and the people arc awakening to their oppor- I Utilities in this line. At Hurricane, a new town in Washington Wash-ington County, a, meeting offarmcrs and fruit growers was held a few nights ago. The Deserct Farmer has made mention heretofore of the fact that ia.n irrigation canal has been A built there with the least capital, with the most hardship, requiring the most courage and faith, of any carnal ever constructed in the West. The canal is in splendid working order, and this little colony of people have now some two thousand acres of choice 1 huh land. The main topic discussed at the meeting referred to was the planting of the Elbcrta poach in sufficient suf-ficient quantities to enable them to ship out in car load lots. The meeting meet-ing was a very enthusiastic one, and from expressions made at the meeting there will be at least 150 acres of Elbcrta peaches planted out during this coming winter. Hurricane, however, is npt the only settlement in Dixie that has got hold of this new idea. Santio. Clara, one of the most enterprising towns down there has also caught the fever, and are buying Elbcrta peach trees in oar load lots. Fifteen or twenty years ago, the ilittlc town of Santa Clana shipped from fifty to one hundred tons of dried peaches every year, but they failed to keep up with the "sulfur" "sul-fur" process introduced in California, and -in consequence the denuand for their peaches fell off and1 the dried peach business has been a failure for some years past. The Dixie Elbcrta peach is the most perfect peach in color and in flavor, to 'be found anywhere in this country, and with the least encouragement encour-agement of the railroad going there, it is Pres. Judd's belief that at least one thousand acres of Elbcrta peach trees wilf be set out at once. Not only in the line of raising Elbcrta El-bcrta peaches arc the people beconv-ing beconv-ing interested, but the Thompson seedless raisin industry is coming in for its share of attention. Through the work of the Southern Utah Experiment Ex-periment Station and President Judd, it has been demonstrated1 that this industry is safe and profitable. Some three or four years ago, Prcs. David R. Gannon, onpjf the most enterprising enterpris-ing citizcnsbf St. George, and the owner offa good field near that place, beingencounaged by the work being done on the Southern Experiment Station farm, put out a small orchard and vineyard, and since that time has watched it with extreme interest and care. A few years ago, Pres. Gannon met our friend Jud'd on the street, and after a few pleasantries incidental tto their long years of friendship, finally got down to business. "How is the orchard and vineyard getting along?" asked Prcs. Judd. A smile of satisfaction and pleasure passed over ftl. Gannon's fjace. "It is al-r'ightjjhe al-r'ightjjhe answered. "And what is more T want to tell-you that I have made more than a ton of Thompson j Seedless raisins this fall. When the II grapes were ready to dry, I had my II trays all ready for the job, and vq all went down on the farm together. It was very pleasant work and my boys who arc working the farm say that they have gotten better value and had I easier work on this crop, than any they have ever produced on the farm." "Why," said Mr. Cannon, "one ton of raisins is worth five tons of grain in the bin or twenty tons of hay in the stack." Mr. Gannon feels that there is no reason why the people of Dixie could not be shipping out thousands of dollars worth of seedless raisins. rais-ins. It is certainly an industry capable of unlimited development, and it is the faith of those. who have studied the subject, that this industry in-dustry alone will be the making of our Dixie laud sometime in the future fu-ture Most of the cattle men of Washington Wash-ington County have joined together in an association known as the Rio Virgin Cattle Association, and they Iwivc just finished delivering their second lot of steers for the year. From all accounts they seem well satisfied with the results of handling their stock in the association. The association delivered some two thousand thou-sand head, receiving some $15.50 for yearlings and $23 for thrcc-ycar-olds. The bounteous rains have placed the ranges in good condition for the " coming winter, and prospects for the future look .extremely bright for the cattle men in the southern part of the state. The mountain tops arc covered! cov-ered! with snow insuring a plentiful supply of water when summer comes 'again. At the time President Judd wrote the letter, during the latter part of October, there had been a very slight frost, but not sufficient to kill tomato vines; green beans were still hanging crisp on the vines; Dahlias, roses, and many other flowers were still bowing fresh and beautiful in the garden, and it is probable that they will continue fresh and green right up until Christmas. Christ-mas. Notwithstanding the hot dry seasons sea-sons of Dixie, it is a land of bounty land! plenty and the only thing needed to "make it the choicest spot in the West, is a- little more thrift and enterprise, en-terprise, and a few more men like . President Judd,