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Show AK Ol'KN I.LTTKit. (Questions ou Agriculture by a Corrcn-poudcnl Corrcn-poudcnl Win Mails lu Itiiim. l'non-MOii J. W, Hamwiin-, Utah Agricultural Colltgu uud Kxper, Imontal Btatlou, liogau City: My dearHIr At aicqueucu of long ix'orlento and muuy )cara' oUcrva lion, I take the lllerty to addremiyou ihuiolloffluguihoilsmaouugrlculturt In our II ck) Muuntaliif, 1. There thould bononeniss, a system sys-tem through which u stale or common, wealth advances harmoniously lu Its different channels of Jrogress. And with farming aa our leading tutject, wo i ul ll down as u maxim: 2. Tho ten itcrofarm It Ibo Ideal and the fulutu farm. I bold it la the farm of a now era belotu us, when labor la-bor and ) toducers shall havu sett.ed with consumers, according to "the wrltligau tho wall." 3. luo tits of tho future farm 1 think will bo Jlmltud to what n farmer and hit family (without Hie help of servants aa a general thing) cau muuagu with tho Lett porilble cultlta. lion aud care, 4. A rightly developed white mau, and may lo In articular tbu Anglo-Haxou, Anglo-Haxou, will reside uuder his own root and be his uwn matter, lie will not rotuatu a servant, lotrytj make him adeieiidantlonunt, a icrf, n modern tlavv, on toy kind ol feudal reproduction reproduc-tion of serfdom, will cauia ruinous eruitlout. Wo are on thu verge of an era when no degrro of serfdom will thrive, Feudal aristocracy cau not lie revived In auy (old or Low) form. Tho rovidentlal economy of time will notalnilloflt. l.ullgnieu tnaut and unfair dominion, by any meant, do uol agree. A publla opln lou ugalnil tyranny In any form,baird ou historical aud rational coucluiloua aracr)ttallUed Into a tot aud Irrovu-cable Irrovu-cable verdict, that It thall not be tolerated. tol-erated. Wo wont amoral, Intelligent and tno population uf farmers Wu waut thu enjoyment to a lull ex. loot of the fruits of our own labjrr, without auy cunning and artificial concentration of 11 In tbo liaj.u of sctnlled cilt.l, which alltokether with Itt b Hlous out not make ono brick. With this program, and for thu bin tilt nf Itgltunatu producers of well-I well-I elng, I now lay down the following aa noteited data lu advaocod farming of the future: Iho lint aud main roblem to bu solved wo consider to be; Where Is the limit for how much crup firniliu land cau produce lu paying quautlt)? Or: How much Improvement or enrich- luout cau bo remuuera'lvo to apply on Ho soli? When that problem Is solved wu are sanguine that theapproxlmatt ten acru farm will bu about thu ska of thu Ideal and futuru farm, eseclally lu (our mountain regions, where farming land la limited, Irrigation memory, tho mountain streams also limited mil cottly, aud only to bo economlud within roportlon lo dtep aud good cultivation, and therewith connected arru.tof evaporation uuluudergrouud ovtnuissof temperature. Wu therefore muet retj ectfully suggest sug-gest to our agricultural colleges uud excrlmcutal itatluur, to weigh and conaliidt, If It would not bu J lofltabtti (within flvoytarslf iwulble) to solte Ihebu maiii qucillona (for the apeclal benefit ol our wettern slope), a. To wha( ixtent will It bo reinuii erallvo to lucrumu lhe roductlvuutts of Ihu loll? And aik for lutluuci: b How deep plowing or under ground loorenlngf o. How much (and of what kinds) of .h) ileal and chemical cnrlchmeuU.' (I How to execute both underground and surface cultivation, In connection with drill culture, for Ihu highlit result!.' re-sult!.' 0,1 What kind of cereals, roots aud foddtr I lanta aro best adapted accord lug lo locality Audlnlotof What la thu highest proluctlvencsa attainable at rofltablu oxndllurta Iheruou, lly going farther Into details Ihero sro mauy moru qutslloua closely con netted with the main question, and with which your renowned Icoilego Is well acqualnluj; thtreforu Iheta may lumen lor tho ineient. Very c ectfully, C. A, M, Qi'.nnison, Jauuar), 1893, |
