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Show BILL TO ESTABLISH ' EXPERIMENTAL FARM IN MILLARD COUNTY A bill Is being provided by Senator Bdglielll of Nephi for the eataJiUahmeiit or aa eipertmentel farm In MlUarfl oounly. Senator Xdctielira dlatrtot in-olndea in-olndea IJIllard and Juab oountlea. and. Im feeie that there la great need tor the eaubttahmeni or a farm for the atudr of the Irrigation prnblema of that section sec-tion There la a farm at Ixan for tlie study of the Irrigation problema and another fann at St. Oeorge. wtilrh la an Irrigated farm The latter, however. Is eoted largely to fruit culture and Is for th benant of tha fruit growera the Dixie country. In aftllarrf oaunti there are unusual soil conditions and . these need spailal study, says the ssn'L ator. 4 a preiiminary soil survey of that aer tlon reveala tha fart that a condition exists thers that dees not prevail In asv other part of the state, unless It be In Uintah county. There la a heavy Ins m for three feel to fdur feet, underlaid with a sand soil for two or three feet, sad thla in turn Is underlaid with a heavy a-umbo soil. Tbta condition brlnge about easy saturation and unleaa great care la exercised In the proper application applica-tion c.r water, and In ualng the right ' aiDuunt, there Is a danger of excr.sh o a wait. "Millard county haa luany thousand a or acrsr of avallabls land," aavs Sena fur Kdghelll. - There la no other county In the state In which there has been, during recent years, such a large Influx of sealers and homeaeekere. Moat of theae sottlere come front the seat or from aouthern California aud are net familiar In the main with the principles of Irrigation. It la believed thai by the eetabllahment of an experimental farm ' there a great saving In the future mav be effected 'Home of the neweat srtllrre on ttis tract last year used more than six acrs reel of water It la reported that ool-lege ool-lege experts are aaiurufne that from two to two and a half acre feet of water ehould be the maximum amount allowed al-lowed used In the production of practically practi-cally any crop In tliat section of country. coun-try. Millard county Is locsted In the geo Kxaphlral center of the stale, and has more available lard and water than am other county with Hie possible exception of I Intah county. s The fact that a great transcontinental railroad truversss Millard county will add to the value of an experimental farm as- g tahllshed In that section. " Senator Ed ah oil calls attention to the ract that through the establishment of experimental ex-perimental dry farms a few yaara ago. the practice of growing wheat In this slste has i.e. -ti completely -changed Whereas a few vesr Men fullv so n . of the wheat produced In the ststs wn grown under Irrigation, during tel. moie than 80 per cent of the wheat produced In the state was grown on dry lands. That this condition can be attributed dlrectlv lo the establishment of experimental farms la an Incentive for the establishment establish-ment of sn irrigation ststlon In Millard county. It is not ths Idea of tltoas who havs In vie the eatiihllshment of thla farm that It shall almply be an experimental farm, hut that It ahall be a demonstration farm aa well. The experimental farm, together with the vdemonatiilou method of reaching and influencing the men on the farms, la deatlned'ultlmately to 'be adopted by all of the people of the nation as part or the great ayatem of rural education. gga Senator ISdghslll. |