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Show Agriculture In Sanpete. A movement is on foot to establish an experiment station somewhere In Sanpete county for the purposo of demonstrating dem-onstrating that dry farming can bo made a success In this vullej, and to cncouiagc and develop the agricultural Industry to Its fullest extent. This news has been give I out by the professors profes-sors who recently held a farmers' Institute Insti-tute here Had not the Pyramid mentioned tho fact, the people of Mt Pleasant would hardly have known that an Institute was held here, as thero wcro only a dozen peoplo out. while at a similar meeting nt Mantl tho Tabernacle was filled to overflowing. Can it bo possible thnt the farmers of Mt Pleasant do not take moro Interest In scientific farming? There Is ono circumstance, cir-cumstance, however, In their favor, that the meeting was not widely advertised. ad-vertised. They should rouse themselves and put forth a united effort to obtnln this sub-station for this city. It would bo the means of stimulating agriculture agricul-ture to an extent never before known The farmer, to be successful, must have the aid of science In every respect. re-spect. What a boon It would be If dry farming could be successfully carried on? There is only 1 per cent of the cultivable land In Utah that Is at present pres-ent utilized. Not alono can the dry lands be farmed but tho alkali lands can be drained and thus brought Into a state of fertility. There Is but ono kind of grain grown hero. The station experiments with scores of different kinds and learn by close Investigation which kinds are best adapted to the different soils, which aro good for dry farms nnd which for Irrigated lands. Tho farmers In this city can scarcely do less than hold weekly meetings under un-der direction of the college nt Logan and study agriculture, horticulture, stock raising, dalnlng nnd poultry raising. The benefits that accrue to them from Buch a course would greatly aid them In the prosecution of their work. Hitherto, they have made a livelihood from the exeiclso of their brawn without the necessary store of knowledge that will bo required In the future to carry on their pursuits successfully. suc-cessfully. The Agricultural college Is enrrying on Its work at the expense of tho Government Gov-ernment They havo asked and asked repeatedly of tho farmers that they study and put Into practice the results of experiments made at tho Institution, but their pleas havo mostly fallen on deaf ears, except In valleys that He near tho college. This should not be. A greater Interest must be awakened some way and this paper shall do Its utmost to that end. What Inducements can Mt. Pleasant give toward getting this experiment farm here? They must rise to tho occasion oc-casion and do something or some sister town will obtain It. Pyramid. |