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Show "AGRICULTURAL LANDS." Under this caption an article will be found in another column, signed "Agriculturist." "Ag-riculturist." The principal objection that wo have to the writer's statement is, that ho evidently has no idea what has been dono in this Territory for irrigation, irri-gation, and consequently assuming a : condition that does not exist, reasons ! on a false premises. Were we to publish, without correction, our corres pondent s language that the agriculturist agricultur-ist of Utah has heretofore been solely "dependent upon the elements for water to moisten tho roots of his parched and dried up crop,' "wo would expect to be laughed at by'huudreds of our readers. Tu no part of the United States lia so much labor aud means been expended to perfect a system sys-tem of irrigation a in I'tah, and to say that the canals and ditches cut for this purpose have eo.-t million of dollars dol-lars would be simply stating a fact. Gentlemen figuring on ii rig it ion schemes would do well to travel a Utile through the Territory, aud seo what has been already douo. Wo recollect the agent for a journal lastsummer urging upon us the imprtaueo of the people of Utah largely subscribing for his paper, because be-cause it wa about to make irrigation a speciality; and he considered a knowledge know-ledge of tho subject would be very valuable val-uable L our farmer; a- t'uey w.mld proluKy bo compelled to report tu trri-g-ition to obtain crop.-. Tue gentleman was much surprised when we inarmed him thai l';ah has rclidd m:ico n et-tlcmeut et-tlcmeut up'in irug.it;. m Lilvne ur i: crops, and aec:ptcd the aeeid:n; of a miu tali as an acvvs-orv but not a tnws-x:y. tnws-x:y. WoJIlar. u-'l h:-i:, l:ucvr. tl;e m..!" of ihe uun wii'-j l to t r.- tlie w.uor c nil.' i:i u; v.v t of a heavy .-h.nver. aid w!;o t-'iOdLed out b;i;i lue i!.: u-.u'-.-.-.U to keep uk' diy wh;l.' 1 ir.-tg.u.Mi:e iv:." When "A.:rku'.!-,irit" uiider.-tan L titer d-.iHcuhics that h.tvelesct f.iroKis in ibis region, he knT tUi: i.bor .stving agriu'iturai machinery is iitd--c-1 at pivont much mo:e than c::u;s au.i water ditche.-. |