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Show Over Jordan, The Land of Milk and Honey Visit to tho Xi-n Farming District Is it ('rent Ejo-Opcner 'IlioiiMimls ol Aires Heretofore a Hoert Waste Nun Fruitful Fields' of WnTliiffUrnli. It would probably bo a great revelation revela-tion to most of our readers and tbe citizens of Lehi to tnko a rldo over Jordi-n nnd seo nu great traiiBforma-Hon traiiBforma-Hon Hconu that Is Hiking place. Where but a little more than a year ago was u perfect desert wusto of lUe thousand thou-sand acres there Is now rapidly developing de-veloping ono of the most delightsome farming sections In the state. WithU tho next ilvo yenra, from present Indications, In-dications, tho west side ot Jordai River will havo tho best farms In tin two townships of l.ehl prqclnct. Everything grown in tho county li being grown thore. All kinds of gralt, wheat, barley and oats aro going mnko bumper crops. Tho sugar com puny has n 100-acro tract west of ta! Resort on novvly broken ground that ooks tho euuul of any in tho oil holds. Joseph Uroudbent hrs nu il aero tract southwest and .Nato Uocb hill has 1G0 acrcB Just coiiiln.; up n. C. Coiner, J. R. Giles, Hyrum Evnui and tho Anderson Hros. havo 2U0 aero moro northwest of Saratoga that ap parentiy will give n tremeiiauus yield 10 tho north end nro farms of Dislioj Oardnor, C. H Roberts, D. n. Allrea und sons, James Allred, H. E. Ofter-loh, Ofter-loh, Dr. Holbrook, li. G. Webb, hymn Smith, Junius llushman, Harry Slew art, George Southwlck Pendleton Isaac Hnrdman and sovcral others ovcry ouo of which Is looking mot cxcollcut. Hyrum Smith hnB ono of the bes nllaifa fields in tho state, somo con tending thnt It lias no equal in th county. II. E. Ostorloh's Hold near b la a close second.' Theso nro tho mil) tv.o iiuids that aro old unougli to reallj tell what tho district Is capablo of Within tho next four ytara It Is prob able that most of tho alfalfa grown i Lehi will como from west of Jordnu Hundreds of acres havo bocn plnntei! i his spring, most of it with tho spring train, and all ot it lias como up and is doing line. Tho lecutic raliiH halt boon ltleni lor start n? :.iff. fn. . Tho district will also bo given n test this your In tho production ol vegetables. Hober Comer, Hyruir Evans. Hllev OIIcr and tlm Andcrso)! MSWirfftaYaeBYJrfotHcrftfftf Hyrum Smith has about tea acres of tho finest sugar beets In this part of tho county. What they will do ro-mains ro-mains yet to bo seen. C. II. Roberts has somo flno potatoes coming up nnd his neighbors also have small fields ot vegetables. Mr. Roberts and Bishop Gardner havo bohio excellent fields of corn nnd tho fnrmors on tho south end hnvo several acres of sugar cane, so taken all In all tho district will bo given n god try-out this year. Exports say that tho district will yet becomo most famous for its apples and pears, that tho soil Is Ideal for this purpose. Tho twenty-ncro apple orchard or-chard of Hlshop Oardnor cortalnly Justifies Jus-tifies thu prediction. Others aro setting set-ting out orchards. II. J. Mercler has a promising ono at his homo west of tho pumping plant. E. W. Schneider has sovoral acres set out this spring wild Thor Ccdnrstrom has threo acres of a wldo vnrlety, all of which aro glv. Ing most satisfactory promise. The farmers on the lake front south of the pumping plant have only Just completed their ditch, but they are making a wondorful Bhowlng. Men-donhall Men-donhall Ilros. this sldo of Pollcan Point nnd E. W. Schneldor ndjolnlng tho pumpB, hnvo excellent stnnds of grain, and Mr. Hall, n Salt Lake City Joweler, hns n flno stand of spring alfalfa. Mr. Hall also Iiiib some pota- lltf "ilcBlrnbllUy ot farming under hn tminninc plant system is thnt you nro Kb Insured .... iilittiiitniico ol water whenever you need It, nnd you pay for just what you get. Tho nrm-'rs nrm-'rs have now just completed being irrleated onco mound, which will ho about ono halt of tho vvntor needed for tho season, tho first Irrigation requiring re-quiring an Immense amount of water ?o soak the ground up Tho pumps have been supplying from sixty to Kevcnty-fUo second feet ot water, bu It is probable that tho latter amount will be all that will bo required for tho balance of tho season, 'lwo-thlrds of the ninount pumped goes into fault Lake Valley, and preparations nro be-Iiik be-Iiik niudo to send eight second feet across tho river into tho Now Survey section of tho Lehi Holds. Tho furm-ers furm-ers In Draper and Sandy so far have been fairly well supplied w th high water from tho mountains, but will soon draw pretty heavy on tho pumps. This section of tho system has been n creat surprise to tho cnnnl munngc-ment. munngc-ment. At ilrst It was talked of cementing ce-menting tho canal through much of the sandy district. But It now transpires trans-pires that tho3o sand hills soon form n coating and are almost lmpurvlous to water. Tho company hnd llgured on pumping ono and a halt second feet of water for every foot required, but tho loss from seepage Is hardly noticeable: notice-able: In fuct, thero Is less loss than on tho west sldo of tlio river. The rated capacity of tho present system is seventy-flvo second feet, but eighty second feet Is pumped without difficulty, so theiu Is no four of u shortage this season. During tho Bummer Bum-mer several more pumps will be Installed, In-stalled, so that by next season Its capacity ca-pacity will havo been incrensed over DO per cent to take cure of the Increased In-creased demand. I'ltlmntcly It Is Intended In-tended to have a pumping cnpaclty capablo of supplying water for 20,000 acres, or over three times tho present capacity. , Tho big farms near the foothills tire looking lino. Novor in history did thoy look bettor. Apparently tho yields will bo nil tho way from twenty to forty bushels per acre. Tho success this year will bo a great Impetus to dry fanning and within n fow years all the lands between tho euuul and tho mountains will be devoted to this purpose. |
