Show WARMING G SECTION I I I REP REPORTED 0 R i Realty Growers Return I From Trip Through Idaho and Utah Probably never before In the history of or farming in the Intermountain West have prospects been so favorable for fora a record crop according to D D. C C. Kimball Kimball Kim Kim- ball ban Claude Richards and J J. J A A. Capener Capener Capener Ca- Ca pener pe-ner all aU of the firm of or Kimball Richards land merchants who have I f just returned from a two weeks' weeks automobile automobile auto- auto mobile trip through the great farming t I sections of northern Utah and southern I Idaho All farmers in these sections I I the they say are enjoying remarkable prosperity I The party went to to Pocatello and up through the Snake River valley vaney to Ashton the center of a great wheat district Returning by way of Rexburg Rexburg Rexburg Rex- Rex burg they saw the great wheat sections sec sec- sections there and then went west to Kamas and on to American Falls From there the party went to Twin Tails Fans Buhl and Burley and returned I to Lake th through the Cache valley yaney and Bear River valley I During this this' entire trip they witnessed witnessed wit wit- I greater prosperity than has ever before beUre been experienced among Western farmers they said Lands which formerly sold for 75 to an an acre are now being sold at to and Interest rates to the more success success- I ful farmers have very materially dropped being only ohly from 6 to 7 per percent percent percent cent in place of the fonner fanner 8 9 and and even 10 per cent One significant fact tact Is that in most of ot the better sections they reported as in Bear River and Cache valleys the successful farmers are buying out their neighbors where where- ev ever r theY are abl abl- to do so This shows their faith In their own districts and speaks ls more than any amount of praise for the true value of the these e prosperous prosperous prosperous pros pros- valleys Another interesting fact is that only the more successful city man Is moving to the farm and the weaker farmers are the only ones who are ate moving to the city thus leaving a remarkably high class type of people In the farming farmIng farmIng farm- farm Ing communities they stated With the keen competition for better better better bet bet- ter agricultural methods this tendency will become even more apparent and it It Is believed that before long the average man will be unable to obtain a farm in the better districts they be be- lieve The crop yields this year have been excellent and with hay hav at 15 aton aton a ton wheat t at 1 82 a bushel pork at 18 cents a pound and prize cattle the I same there Is every reason why the I II I farmer should be the most prosperous individual in the nation The demand for farms has become so great they state that the the- themen men In charge of farm I selling at Kimball Richards are constantly con con- constantly on the go showing farms to 1 new buyers ers |