Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-07-18 | Page 42 | Farmers Paced 'Winning' of West

FARMERS PACED WINNING OF WEST I Irrigation Proved Prayed Boon i. i To Agricultural Growth Prominent place among sagas of the winning of the west must b be J. J given the story of Utah's agricultural industry r The pioneers realized from the start that if the mountain and desert fastnesses were to provide the haven in the wilderness for which they s sought the sun sun-ba sun baked ed soil must yield up food and pasture in abundance How grim that early struggle proved y to be is not readily apparent to one 1 who visits the more prosperous modern modern modern mod mod- ern farming centers of the state Penned in the diaries of f early set set- tIers an and the acco accounts of of contemporary contempo- contempo r ry historians however are graphic ac accounts un of of of cricket invasions invasions drouth Indian hostilities and famine that tried the the te very very s souls of ot all concerned From the depth of their hardships though the Utah pioneers gave to the world the science of irrigation as Itis Itis it itis is used today a. a Development of water resources for farm use and for improvement of livestock livestock livestock live live- stock watering facilities made possible possible ble expansion of the states state's agricultural agricultural agricultural tural industry to meet the growing needs of an exp expanding population Importance of wise use of Utah's y limited water resources resources is indicated by the fact that despite development of dry farming technique nearly 90 per cent of the states state's cultivated area of acres is under irrigation Bitterness of the fight to make the desert blossom like a rose is evidenced evidenced evidenced evi evi- by figures showing that e even en today 91 years after arrival of the pioneers less than 3 per per- percent cent of the states state's total area is under cultivation although approximately 85 per cent can be used for grazing purposes Utah's climate lends itself to a di diversity diversity diversity di- di of crops and the states state's agricultural agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural industry has shown a well well- rounded development with particular attention b being ing paid in recent years to truck gardening dairying and poultry poultry poultry poul poul- try flocks in addition to the raising of staple and fruits sheep crops d. d 4 aK 15 i yr y A LcY Lc t yE Y 4 ox ba Y O. i av k c THE SAGEBRUSH LAND UTAH LAND UTAH IN 1847 Transforming wastelands info farmlands was task of pioneers Ji a l Q va K yF t ar a aWILLIAM ar r x i WILLIAM CARTER PLOWED FIRST FURROW This This' picture of Mr Carter and some of his family was taken at St. St George January 14 1 1 1898 more 1898 more than fifty years after he did the first plowing in Utah July 23 1847 at what is now the northeast corner of Broadway and State street r v WI a yr Z 4 y ava V IC OJ J ax G aa nc IRRIGATION WATER MADE DESERT BLOSSOM This canal and others like if became backbone of Utah farming I M 5 Q gt s r aa Y VIAM y i a J a aa a dA Z Goa r n i ode a a ww u. u N J ne N 7 x i a t k tt x tu z Ow r fy K i ilk k w. w K M r UTAH OF TODAY BOASTS A WELL ROUNDED AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY cattle and herds excellent poultry flocks highlight farm picture Prosperous farms good crops high grade dairy sheep