Show TY WATER USERS ARE PR ISEO i recognition O of the thC irrigation le de- dc loping of Dav county and its con con- con to the agricultural advance advance- lent of this territory terrU-ory is found in the issue of f The liThe Highway The article contents that ProbablY nowhere is there a better of the significance of irrigation tion ion than in s DaV county Throughout hout t tIe the e world arc are numer- numer numer numerous ous tiUS areas where this method of pro pro- pro pro- providing viding siding water to permit permit ermit of the cultivation ration 0 o fland uland has proved profitable and nd turned vast barren arren stretches into productive e fields but few aces I-aces places can show a greater difference m value of land before and after afler ir- ir irrigating ir irrigating irrigating than can can this county count on the eastern astern shore of off Great Salt Lake The wl writer ter th n turns to tell what has lope done for Davis county He says Although Davis county produces produce ather ther excellent crops crops it is most noted for its onions onion Yields of 1500 bushels per acre are arc common n while some sonic of I the best yields average average we well vell be beyond ond bushels per er acre These onions are all 11 grown by ir irrigation ir- ir The water is obtained from that flow from the mountains mountain bordering this district on the east the Bonneville Irrigation district on orthe the he south and the Davis canal system on the north Some Seme addition addition- d t water comes from artesian wells The liThe famous Woods Cross tomatoes hat hat won the first and grand prize at the Panama Pacific exposition was wa me sac of the products of this district Davis count county has hils won the grand gran prize of the agricultural exhibit at atthe athe t the interstate te fair for the last three years s Much of the truck garden lands two crops per year ear That Thatis Thais is i when radishes peas beans and i potatoes are re h grown own and bar har- the t e fall turnips turn illS lettuce sweet corn and various varn fall crops are pro pro- pro luce Davin county also has a large e sug- sug vet et t two large flour illa mills er is canni g factories where n n vegetables and all kin kinds s of f ct c oe traits fruits are arc cann canned d rr I 1 C be best bes t ii 1 this district sells for from 2000 per Lands that lave no water with which to irrigate can at 10 per lr acre aCe In many places the value of the wa wa- wa water water 7 ter represents tenths nine niri tenths of th the s sell sell- selling lI- lI tag price price- of the land nd and antI wat water r Most lost of the g garden and alfalfa i farms in the that are selling at per vcr acre would not be worth v ove o 5 5 to 10 per acre without wa- wa water vater ter which indicates i p the importance oi of o conserving lon water I |