| Show 1 Ra Raw w Land of West Westin WestI I in Big Demand Report fA M ll Iff I-Iff f rD rDA 10 A f fr r fn A. A C. C Cooley Director of Farm Demonstration Relates Re lates Observations on His Trip Through 9 States THE undeveloped lands of the JL West are in in the biggest demand experienced for many many- years Lands of all classes are selling readily and bringing constantly constantly con con- Increasing prices price Cultivated farms farm are being sold old at excellent profit and the owners are turning around to Purchase ise ra raw raw lands land as a. the th quickest V way to make lake largi returns return It 11 means man und un- un pr d dev develop for the Interlake intermountain Inter inter- mountain country for the next ten tn years yar Such In brief is i. the message brought back to Salt Lake by A. A C Cooley Cooly ne- ne new dIrector In charge of the office of farm demonstration on o. Western reclamation projects proJect following a swing around the tha circle which has taken In Orel Oregon Orgon Washington Idaho Idah Montana N. N North and South Dakota Colorado Wyon Wyoming and Nebraska On On a trip of f six Ix we weeks week since Inc first assuming the office wl which has Its te headquarters In Salt LaRe Lak h. h has visited all an big reclamation Is He Ha has twenty four twentY four different projects under his hi Jurisdiction and will i visit Strawberry project in this state tat I next week On January 1 he will make his hla first general report at Washington Washing Washing- ton tn D D. C Everywhere on mv my travels I T noticed that people popl are U talkIng land said ald Mr Cooley Coley There Ther Thereof Is i. a bIg demand for land Many of the lh prosperous farmers of th the S middle West Wet are coming into th tb Intermountain country to buy in mora ore land The Tha boom of the middle West has already reached rached us Land that were selling for 75 an acre two ya years ago are ra now nw sell selling ng for twice that price e RAW LAND PREFERRED Many of the Eastern farmers want cultivated lands But many of of the the tha Western farmers farmr who ha h bae e had ex ex- ex In bringIng the raw lands ot of the West under cultivation are selling lUng their farms farm at big prices and are r seeking seek seek- Ing other f-aw f aw lands land to develop That is I. the big encouraging sign Ign It means man inestimable progress In the there re reclamation of f the tho West WestI I I found that conditions on n all reclamation projects generally are ar In a ame me mot W prosperous condition Farmers have made mad money mony everywhere and are ara looking forward to still more mar prosperous prosper prosper- u ous years Thy They are ar cheerful and optimistic op- op and as a result there thre Is I. a very friendly feel Ing for the reclamation n service and bet better bette ter cooperation than ever vr before Mr Cooley Coly said that the bl big woi work of f h his hi Is department Is to 10 push divers diversified and In farming on reclamation projects The Th service wishes wish to In Induce farmer to raISe livestock fruits fruit vegetables vege- vege tables and grains grain rather than one n big crop It has ben been found to be b. feir a and nd more profitable It has been found un unwise wi to put all the eggs In one bas bas- keto ket LIVESTOCK INCREASES To this end he h. reports a Increase In the new nw that has been aroused In regard I to increasing the lh grade smile of livestock In beef dairy herds wine swine and sheep hep The Th pr practice I Continued on an Jag page 8 FARMERS LIKE I Continued from page 1 of raising small bands of sheep on the farms Is also increasing he said Mr Cooley is just getting his organIzation organization organ organ- in shape to be directed from Salt Lake There will be a n. demonstrator demonstrator demonstrator demon demon- on each one of the projects ts who will report to his office Under the new order of things Salt Lake Lace be becomes becomes becomes be- be comes the headquarters for farm de development development development de- de work on reclamation projects projects projects for fifteen Western states |
