Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-07-25 | Page 8 | May Come to Utah to Grow Broom Corn

Mi COME 10 UTAH 10 GR0WBR00M CORN Sncker State 3ran Belieres Soil Here Is Well Adapted to Crop. J. C. Williama, who owns an erton-sivo erton-sivo broom corn farm near Areola, Hl.t and. whose experionco in that lino ot agriculture makes him an uuthoritv on tho subjecL, passed through Salt Lake ycstcrda3' on his way homo. For the past, fortnight Mr. Williams has been making a tour through the fertile valleys of Utah for tho pur-noso pur-noso of determining whether or not broom corn raising on a large scale would bo practicable and profitable in this countrv. In speakfng of tho matter to a Trib-uno Trib-uno representative, ho Baid that he was quite positive that the character of tho soil in certain sections of "Utah is well adapted for the cultivation of broom corn, and Mint us in Illinois nnd other Eastern Slates, handsome profits could be realized from the crops. "J havo looked over the Sanpelo and Salt Lako valleys," he said, ".and was surprised at tho fertility of tho ground. Tho soil is s rich and durable dura-ble that it strikes mo almost anything could bo raised hero, and if I can obtain ob-tain possession of certain tracts of land out here at a reasonable figuro T" shall start in to raise broom corn on a large scale. "This is the first time that I havo been so far west. I prodict for Salt Lako and Utah general' a most prosperous pros-perous future. I consider Salt Lake an ideal residence city, and expect to mako frequent trips here both for business busi-ness and pleasure."