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Show FARMERS' DAY TAKES BIG CROWD ON ENJOYABLE TRIP TO RANCHES Home twent)-flve business men nnd ropiesentatlves of business houres lift Prlie last Huturdn) forenoon In automobiles auto-mobiles and during tho day vlslttd farm up and down tho Prlte river from Hprimr aien on tho west to Wellington Wel-lington on tho tast, Including several plates to the south of tho river under the big canal of the Price Itlvcr Irrigation Irri-gation sjstim It was runners' Day for Price mid the excursionists who went In nutomubllos, wero ncitnupun-ltd ncitnupun-ltd b) Hubert II Htewnrt. farm dei,. oust rn lor for Cnrbon and Him r) coun-Hot coun-Hot All were phased with tlio trip and nunc home In tho evening feeling well repaid for their time pht uwa) from tho clt) and their several businesses busi-nesses At John T Itowlo farm near Hprlng (Hen nn excellent showing Is had of dr) laud w lit at of the Turke) Ited vurlet) that wnn alrond) tut nnd In the shock Ills htels promise well wHh one watering A stop whs made at Ueoige llobbs plucv above Price, where Professor Blew art gave a short but Interesting talk tin crop rotation Hero tho nlfulfit has done well nnd tho iop shows good cure nnd Intelligent Intelli-gent methods emplojed Hurrciundlng farms and crops are looking good nnd tliero will be a splendid harvest this full Oliver T Harmons farm was next Vlsltid Hplendld crops of wilt at oals and lurh) were thU jenr raised Crops here have had but one watering water-ing Hero tho visitors cumo In contact con-tact wllh the mil) crop of black bar te) planted In the mile) this season It Is doing well and Is being watched with more than ordlnar) Interest It Is one of the er best feeds for hogs that ma) bo produced. The )teld will bo hea) nnd the quality excellent I. O Hoffmann has some si ent -five ucrcs across the river west of town In u high state of cultivation The land Is under the Price Itlvvr Irrigation Ir-rigation company's canal He has In wheat, oats, beets and garden stuff, which tnken as a whole averages up bs fine ns an) thing nlong the river. The plnce Is being farmed b) some Spaniard and Judging solely b what was seen Saturday, they isrtalnl) know what they are doing In the farming line. Along a short ways farther Is tho c rauih of Unl II Pmo litre were found excellent trops or lut) outs, wheat and Imcis, The visitors wero shown it hunch or hogs that ore certain!) cer-tain!) beauties without au discount Thnt there Is mono) In the hog business busi-ness In this allo) one lias onl) lo talk to and have I'umur Puce explain hit manner of raising nnd handling swine Just south of Price and this side of the rlvtrit short stop tvus miidt ut the Hhlntr nnd Blerllng ninth whluh was this )ear put to wheat oats, bar Is) pututoes, I veti nnd garden stuff All Is looking fluo unit pronilsm ahund- I ant ..Ids or . thing that was plsnit.il and heir- intended to Others might well prcilt b the methods that .no tmplo)ed ut this pluit ' l Muit-eun eight) iu res nbmit four tulles east of Pi Ice I. rented h) several Japanese this oar tho have In wheat, nuts eugur beets, potatoes nnd nn uhunduuee of garden stuff The principal vrops, however, ure potatoes po-tatoes unci betts nnd the) will come out mone)inukcni at the end of the season from tho two trow nlone The Jupnnefce are groat farmene nnd many Atnerlwins might well profit from their mtthods of handling the land and the harvests therefrom A 7, Mitrshall has a new place Just north or Wellington that Is showing well Hero there are thlrt)-flvo ucres of the finest grain nlfulfa and sugar beets seen on all the trip Ills two sons have land adjoining that Is In good shape, producing well nnd that hns had ver) little watering The Harnen home across the river Is one of the Ideal farms of ths valle) The place Is new, hut at the same 'time one of the I ert under the his; canal to the south of this tit) Here some flue stock waa seen mid wheat, oats, heels nnd garden stuff galore ThU Is the first of a series of trips to he made b) the business men of the city At future times other sections of country and Individual places are to bo visited Much credit Is due It. II. Btewart fur the Intere being shown throughout through-out tho valley In the production of better and greater crops. |