Show I- I L F t 4 4 S. S Progress 1 U. U knows that the farming interests of Utah have had a ap t 2 p EVERYONE wonderful growth during the past few years and that prevailing will wilt continue indefinitely conditions are a guara guaranty ty that this growth s I Some may think that all aU of the success attained by the farming interests of the state are due 1 to th the natural advant advantages of soil and c conditions This is true to a great extent but not entirely Much of the success that has been experienced by all branches branch s of husbandry in Utah an and l throughout the farming r regions of the entire country in fact is due to the silent but effective work of the of agriculture of the general government nt The first impression resulting from the statement that the Agricultural department has in its employ pers persons ns probably P would be e that millions of dollars are are bei being g wasted on the he payroll f jf i such an army of workers According to toa a statement of the new new secretary of agriculture however these men Ire arc rc making many mil millions ions of doll dollars rs annually for the people of the country Seventeen thousand of the departments department's departments department's depart depart- I with farmers and ments ment's employ s come into continuous contact business men They have to tp do with county agent work pork eradication eradication tion lion of livestock diseases plant diseases insect pests pest's market reporting reporting re re- re- re service protection of forests and many other porting weather activities Statistics of the department show that since 1880 there has been a gradual increase of 25 23 per cent in the yield per per a are acre re of principal crops and that this increase has been experienced regardless regard regard- less of the fact that much new land has been placed under cultivation cultivation of de desert ert lands have tracts tio tion since that year and also that large of be been n transformed into farms Better methods improved machinery development and plantIng plantIng plant- plant Ing ng of f larger producing varieties and tIle the elimination of diseases and ind pests are given as some sonic of the factors Such S ch statements are most gratifying to the people of Utah out but u at the same time the facts given may increase ase the regret that the interior department is so far behind in its work in this state of s' s surveying rv ying public lands that are in in urgent demand for farming S purposes |