Show u DEVELOPMENT t fL PM T Tf OF f ARID LA LANDS DS Their Productiveness is Plainly Pointed Out by uy Prof Louis LouisA A Merrill Merri POSSIBILITIES ARE IMMENSE and Figures What hIat Can Cami Camilie He lie Hoped for In This Direction In Imi an on Interview with a 1 ot s re reporter reporter porter Prof Louis Louts A Merrill of ot tho the college spoke In an ni Inter Interesting esting manner Illner on om the Immense possibilities bullion In 11 arid anti aul development anti and the tho value of o farming In Increasing the productiveness Tho The pro professor fessor saul said Hall Few 1 lW people what hat the suc sue successful pursuit of ot agriculture on the arid arll lands will 11 menu mean to tho tile state of Utah The fhe state of or Utah movers covers an nn arua rol of ot square mills of which only 1613 1013 mill miles or less lean than thal 2 per ier percent I I cent ore are lr under antler cultivation The rho rea rca reason son QI for tor this small A 11 1 proportion of ot Im land lies leR not mid In II the tho quality of ofU J tolI U for Cor U Jt J hs mong tho the roast most 10 t fer fec tel P the conditions of sunshine and for they ap up approach ni the time Ideal It I Is Js tile the lack lock of oC a I proper understanding of or how to utilizes utilIze these qualities and l conditions thIeve Is 19 little Ille rainfall slid and Irrigation Is II Impossible without wilier though rich In plant Ilant foods go KO begging hogging nt at lt the present elt time nt at 1150 50 to SUO per acre Willie while the average norr value lIlle of nil nih nI Irrigated farms In Iii Inthe the hiLt state HInt with good or ur poor la is not nol far from froni 51 0 per pcr acre Supposing of tIle the arid laud land could bo ho b brought under cultivation or about acres ocrel The Increased valuation of oC o the tho land alone to say SIY nothing of Improvements would amount to over oer In order to pay ta Ila expenses a n former Cornier must have a n yield of six bushels of to the lie acre If I now those the o acres produce 15 IS bushels to tho tile acre which Is a n very ver low and confer conser VOtive estimate for I 30 to 35 5 bushels can In bo ie raised and It If sold salt for Cor or M t cents n a I bushel which Is 18 lower titan than the tho price of wheat theat lieS has hA 1 been bean for or over two years the value of or the tue product would bo ho nearly neMI Tho rho value of the th entire product of the tho ho state last year was lS but Jut Now In lii making these thes estimates I have havA used but acres orreH for the thi reason that hat every Iery other year lar or at least one year out of three the land lanti must bust lie II fallow That Is lA It If n it I man muon hun has hal a I faun un of ot ICO 16 acres ho hn can uan cultivate hut but 80 SO acres each Mch your oa Tim Tho reason renson for Cor or this Is that the farmer Cornier must give ge the Ih lIe land a ii chance chamieC to 10 store moisture Thin arid arll land Inn old the tue moisture far hatter better than other othor When the thu rain tulle falls It sinks dawn Iown deep tied Into the tho earth anti and when the tho hot sun oun conies comes It bakes a sort of crust oer over tho tim top tOIl which prevents evaporation So Ho little rain tails falls how hn ever It will 11 he be necessary to give this thuI soil poll foi one year oar to n regain Its I supply su lIlly In Imi tho the east cast elst thin allow land to lie I e tallow fallow to moisture gain fertility In the west vest to lo gain glin The gr great nt Is 1 going lo to be he In Inducing the tho turbans farmers to attempt this kind html of oC farming Their prejudices are areso areso so 0 strong anti and nOi their belief ballot so 10 firm that Hut th t crops cannot be raIsed railed without water vater that I fear elI It I will wi be he some time before they will wi the lie possibilities and opportunities before thorn lioni thel for Cor Instance a 0 farmer with wih norm 11 of Of land lant Ho lie Io Is II not ant It obliged to pay P taxes on an lent land worth from Crol W 80 5 to per r and lie hp li baum lias hI no water for Cor Ye with privileges to pay or Yet sauna same operating expenses lit Ito 1 eon can If It he will wIli wi use ue i 1 Iller toper loper seed ced RI Ild follow our In Instructions II har harvest harst harvest ns am to tl planting reap n a vest st at lt least as 1 large an nn his hil neighbor on Irrigated land There Is II a n great future for tor Utah In iii this thIn problem loll lem ICI anti It will wl only take a C lIttle comic cour caul age ngn ll anti ler to nako It one ona 01 of ot the richest anti mot moil fertile agricultural tural states In the Union Prof Pro Merrill Merri spent the tiny day In Too file ale ell that Investigating IIo section eton arid land lanti matters mailers In II |