| Show I The TL e Great Dry F Farm arm Demonstration in in Juab ua COUl Cou c NE era tta hw has au downed dawned Ihl year tr ar ANEW A upon rub but it lias hu corns com h hII In Ini I II i gu quietly l etly w as ih the h sowing R of or n a III of or grata mid and us as yet there are lire only a few f In III the glow Slow of tU Uti early morning and nd willing with frith prophetic vole k 1 in err cry It He to th state slate at lit large Jorge Investigation mid I t will fo to focus loCUli cup cus upon H ft slow l and gradually ll Its I In 1 n ft tow row spelled out nut so ao clearly cl to 16 a ate few rill III be M known n to 10 the mU mud iI ff tulle The she i l th they r wilt will III look took back k upon I n nl l L thU this y year r SR III the tl beginning of th the teed end of ot the ruah t era Ift of oC Utah and anti g the steles wealth w hI In larger terms term than Hiatt were 1110 la I lea t year yar thought po pos possible poI I elute sible lioy tho will how true truo tire art afew u II Ii few tr articles o of faith In arid art f mini I pronounced l this summer li II 1 devotees desota 1 A MM win that slot II muy be ripened opened to In re rehe r rd he d the aunts of f winter and anti rental Denied against t the evaporation en of the num um m r nun xun that harrowing Is la what seals I Ith the th lend and ANI fall tan plowing Is la I what opens ol It for fir the winter IDD snows that the Ih deserts of nat nIah need only the of a dl disc diM c plow and nd a hir luU row iw to laugh a harvest of golden grain that strum I plow 1 1 doing It Ii or to le I acres a II day dllY make mak the th tuk task t i y Still and Inexpensive and nd lve treat great Nt prom to tt I the th work that Ihl weeds 1111 rots out nut vt of thus the lands landH land lInd H s a Ii I huk takes taken water wain fn from m a t tank k sod deep 11 p plowing let et moisture well below the thi reach ranch of tin I 1111 Ii IH TWI i r lo Th There if I Ii vc v t i a KI 1111 new nw cl il Ii u in III I tali within the i y i 0 1 i rr j 1 J N Jj t 1 x I t ft 1 e r i 5 i l j 14 s i it iL n d t l r J V L a t I r Y i z 1 Y 1 ir 1 t f t r l I ti v I k z zI M Y I L i j l f frA I q j y I X r rA rAf f f y X XI l i r ra I I e h t tt a f 1 X t f to loJ x v y ww MEN WHO BELIEVE BELIEF THE TIlE DESERT IS DOOMED In the group h assembled R II to see Iff the Ih big steam Iam plow plowing Ins exhibition on he the ridge were s some ome of those there r t who have long 10 hoped for the day da of bl b big lof fume farm In sagebrush From left Itt to 10 right he the men ore oro Wilhelm 0 G of Logan F V W V of Denver I President nt J W Taxman of who ho haa has 2000 ncr Acre acres s of lit wheat al y roost moat t ready to banal harel op Oeo Geo L IA 1 Farrell Karrell of who has haa experimented with arid arld farming for the putt port i 20 zo years Isaac Isaae representative of IJ the News at the th demonstration cud and Prof Pant D M 51 1 Todd who Is III s develop 4 ing with ulU other othen a Urge large arid arki wheat AMt farm In Dolt Dog Valley Palley alley Dr Ir who ho Is more mere than Ihan an anyone anone else he responsible teOn for tor the tb present Interest In arid fanning farm In p hAd not nol arrived md when the picture was waa taken laken lakenA u A u u n n H 4 who tho are living close clow to the olla of our sagebrush valleys r is Bit PA PARS KM Latt Saturday In hI alley where when there thre is no water ami ad where when land UM worth north the Ing Irp Un last III I y a tt ier was wu heW held a II demon dornon s lown up sagebrush on Oil t the farm Is la what It ws was t l hut but ut in a way r rIL It IL wag wai wa a Il prat gathering of i la I a new lie cause making a IL tint first tIr an n to the th that Harr been bean and need only to be b seen peen to be tie 00 I 1 WHAT tT T IT WILL DO no DOThe The t In the sage a I brut of valley was wa not of nf a n theory or It a of future r results tull H Lut Lilt an ut exhibition of fade facts that whan hon K they thC are ure comprehended cOIn ecI will send u i hundreds h and thousands of Utah peo people eO t Ip pie Into Inlo the aryl arid farming wetness j r s find and will transform the states Ita Ie sage sagebrush fI p brush brUth au Into Inlo wheat Held While th the men n of the th valley talked of a fi n naad new w wand c and aad bright future an Immense steam It m 11 traction engine dragged dogged IS 1 S dues on oni i i y I throe three t gang fang Iowa lowi ow tho through the tho papa nag w r rooting it up ul and dragging it I ft out tat flat on the land while the th startle artl 1 lizard scurried from hi his home of nC cen een juries and the th jack rabbit found tOland he the helair lair was waa w no ne fI longer a refuge rug r fuge that had sheltered him and hi his bill kind ever fr atnee the receding r waters water of r liared the Ih breast of nf central Utah l h to 10 the sagebrush h seeking kl nurture In Inthe Inthe the Ut path of the engine was plowed plod f VII lOlL ML Inn loo e and nd level Ivel I ant ut Inviting the rj tr best that will go in n this tall hull to err cre create cleAle ate Ale ww taw WHAT AMI AT HAS BEKX DONE DONia DONEr p r I To odd add a lint link of n proof to the view flew 1 of the puffing engine and andUa the Ua twisting sagebrush Irum and nel the en n r belief wll of the Ibe I rt who were the th d wits W the 01 l lo d f wheat whal Ui i a Ir heading hadl sd out nut It to hi th lh di taiR lanc There fields were wertll the planting s of f last fa fall and against the Ulf y lOa fray of f the 1 nag aag hrush 4 hills the golden brown I the heading heet wa waged rt A Or nr rr r th ho h of nt arid and terming firming s M It II wan there 11 by b the Ih plows plans and pro p by J Jr Dr r letl His 1111 P es of or whet It all 11 rn ant w ti 1 that fiat t wheat heat will III 11 11 I ru h I H or err r and nd each has haa IU lit con converts vests verts slowly Kl lo Fluor hor bor Barris has luts been well talking to tu ug us u of the hue he value of ot scenery U as a commercial lam mereIA I asset t the mines while hn 0 p II 11 Hewlett has ha sound sounded ed Pd the clarion for tor a day of 1 elt cla In ht trade between bet Utah cities To these must mast now nil be added the appeal A I Ifor for a general adoption of arid farm farmIng lag Ing and converts must of course coU be bee expected e td d only lowly a as a the th realisation bu bulion lion tion of III what t IF Ip accomplished spreads a k to the th farther boundaries of ot the brush a WHO SAW SA SAAt At the HIt demonstration Saturday thre there were a group of f maybe I 10 11 men mo who ho were believers before the day i y of demonstration then maybe 50 GO more who ho were being converted and ami who ho cane came to Jet get their lint first Impressions of aril arid farming and nd to 10 shake hak the heal head of wisdom trained long to 10 belle believe e In the h The These e were ere from the th more mor remote dl and were ere not In n close clone touch with lIh the lit development of the th farm wIthin the stammer rammer or on the and Merrill farm over oft the I I ridge into Dog Dor valley ll 11 y yA A I lien Ien the word Arat t came to the tilt Jews Meus o that J W IV Jaman n of or had h Invite the pee peo people pie pi of and nd valleys to witness a It steam team plow o work ork on n his hi farm It a did not Impress the writer M U a news lie went event of tt 1 special value but n a 1 chit to In the tI farm Mid and a glance flame at what Is fa I being done left an n Impression lon Ion that all alt the great dreams for tor th tb the slate mute were tyre not oot Indulged In by b the plo pi neen and that from today on en bigger things than those tho they thc planned for lor In one direction at le I least st will be lit readied realised l y a younger set pet 1 of men under the lb lead bed of oC such lueb pioneer blood as that of Pasman and nd other converts to hr new st style of nf farming Th The LIAn ridge I Is south uth of f t to towards wards ward ard the Ih Sexier Sevier H river T It war a hero here that Mr fro Taxman laxman hn had l his hI eurine and plows nn fin unit l t to 10 roH trash fi th the piece U buggies and aon s hid I h t heen ii d for the Iba I non Salt take lake and ThU Th I art rl Included rot of tf th thO the Aarl ull ural farmers farmer different 41 t parts part Art of the rude flute hIt W O n n of 0 the hUlI disc IIII plow plon pi 0 which wan wU U being 00 M put through h II its Ihl pacer and I Ir Ur Whit 1111 s Soc lOt x whose ho work ork With willi ith the soils rolls of f his hi state slate li Is responsible rf for the present Interest In t 1 the des dea deserts desBrie Brie erts Tilt TIT WAS WI M DI President Kerr of the lb Agricultural college and end Professor Yoder head of the experiment work ork hid bud been beeD Invited and were lere expected ex ld but tN Ihl they y con connection conn n am And could not I be present Driving out through the valley some snots something thing of 11 the spirit of ot the ronn roan who Mil had the event was wu apparent Ho Ito wu we no promoter but one who 00 knew II he h had hall a good thing and people Jl to 10 use ure u e It to their fullest TC I t The road led INi PMt part hundreds of aortA acres of Kin his grain planted last lut a t fall tall nn now heading out Signs II I at frequent Intervals bore bort such uh legends ns nl Crop from First Plowing and Second SecoRd crop crap In rotation so 0 that his hll farm really reali became a great exhibit for his hll neighbors In every eer department rf ff f arid fIlid farming Away In the distance a black Cloud bud of or roll coal smoke with a gray gra loud Cloud of dust duet below It II pointed the direction to the steam IMm plow When It was WRt as reached It was at working In hilly hili lund lend and moving 0 hag ing along faster than tan an en ordinary walk walkIng walkIng Ing tag gate pulling lulling Its Ia great load of gang plows that thaI stopped flopped neither for tor sage sagebrush brush or for hills hili II but dug down for twelve Inches through Her kind of oC ground Later In the day da In heavy hea sagebrush gebru h lint lend every eer alternate alt dire dine dl c was wee taken off and ami a 9 series erles thus Ihus crated to replace the 1 15 dire dUc sets lets This gave more Inore room for the large sagebrush to elide between the blades blAde and was wall tent to demonstrate demon how to 10 remedy any tendency I end eM towards toward clogging In the brush bruh TUnO OS On the road towards toward the engine ve e ebid bid began to congregate towards noon and before lefor 1 12 the ridge resembled a tL country countr town lown on circus day da Mr lr Taxman had dug n a well on the ridge and Installed A 1 gasoline pump PUl About this the great throng for tor lunch lu h and in the after afternoon afternoon noon the steam plow nt work nork ark arkon on stubble land w where here of course there thereof of rac ru easier running than through the brush Of all 1111 tb the spectators tatora perhaps the most mot Interested wee was a the veteran dry dr farmer armr Oeo Geo Gf I L Farrell Parrell of cache county Mr Ir Farrell Farroll has hu been dry farming fawning for fr thirty years jears ears and waiting for t r something like Ike the team steam plow to come Orne along and anal l make It practicable on Oft a large luge lie gath gathered Trod red crowds of people about him while the steart plow worked and anti explained Its It advantage to 10 them Its In n making large tare farms farmr and the pos of ol these large farms farm In turning out good money mone for the people ople He lip bore bon bo his hi testimony that he trade tie his dry It farm for fOl Irrigated farm farmr farmand and sell 11 his hll land for tor IH SM an acre also alM that the secret of a good r 4 rop Fop was wan thin seeding reeding as RI thick well reed reedIng Jf etI lug Ing made mall dw too many sprouts I for far all to 10 be For Far a crop too thick he head I ad harrowing blu to thin It tl and fur fura a crop too thin he advised w J harrowing I w r A 1 t 1 r f v t A t 1 1 t A AJi Ji 8 0 1 Iy F t i ir s r j p t t i 1 t y x Y 1 t 1 L 1 1 P Pt j l y 1 2 e X Y v vt vC 1 I t C J t 4 r J l I t T 1 t tI f t tI I y J I i i r y f fr ft Y y l r 1 1 1 y t t tr t 1 I L ar L lr 1 s L 1 I 5 r l N IW x oo o I THE TIlE SIX DISC DISO GANG PLOW The 1111 Ili 1 of or n 11 t l ll tali li Man Ian li h hill ill ilo do n a mil hi In An IriKi I llio Plou Hat no 1111 lu to or II III tin nu il d l i h h by r to thicken It it I 1 produced 1 g good r l tans fond for his hili m il I i rr In III cc M Ill ell tafe a t 11 advised ed seeding lIt t over oer JO 30 34 or 15 1 to the acre amt ami bragged rIl ed lustily of or till the joys of freedom from Irrigating ditches how horse corral and aid the thu big blK ganK gong of laborers needed on In the old style stylo large Jarg farm also of ti the freedom from the ClOp of o we weeds Hd ls that usually float down downIn In reed leOO the th Irrigating w water ft tor torON ON OX IH DIt S Follow Ing the Die n In lib he the afternoon the vast nU concourse of wag wagon 11 ons ml on anti and buggies departed depart ouch In its own direction to the Ih fuming farming houses housell In to Sanpete and valleys aile A few of the more drove over to toDo Dog Dag Do valley on the west WM where whre Dr farm of acres is II located and saw the Iho SOO SOD acres that thaI was is seeded last fall waving quietly in the this air Mr Ir Todd a member r of the company which owns the out the prin principle principle ciple un which the farm fann succeeds lly 11 a foot fool In the unlined soil 1011 It IL was Aan 11 found fouM to 10 be bl dry crumbly but when I 1 rank Ank my m hand into the plowed pinned end and harrowed soil roll that had been drink drinkIn In Iru In the tha winter Inters mol moisture I found It Il was damp at u t the depth of a foot toot and anda andI a I handful of sol colt III could I be pre pr pressed Md d Into a ball Hiding back leek to the theory was demonstrated all over again for In inthe the muddy mudd weather teams had lend left the main mun road raid And stirred the surface soil poll along the th sides Ide Wherever this had I teen done the sunflowers still were sere green while elsewhere they Ih were burn burned ed cd and dry dr drA A GREAT NEW PLOW PIo The P n farm demonstrated how powerful Is l the new now plow and traction engine In doing away 1110 with labor Th engine used was WAil a Reeves Beeves rom om pound double cylinder built by h nH nHI t I 10 o of Denver Manager F W Weeg f the company who was seas as present u ox x planned the various parts of the Ihl engine end how hou It worked and what whit It ha had l cone Lone In other trials Its III great weight and he said ald gives hes It pull hI hag tiR power enough to 10 plow plo harrow and ond seed at one Olle time lime where that Is II de do desirable strahle and It showed there what hat It could do when given a II sharp upgrade pulling IS 10 discs direr An Au horse disc dle plow does with witha a team learn and one man mall about two acres acre a ay aday day y The new III plow runs oft off from 31 S to toSS I SS 3 acres and needs an on engineer n a 1 wa tubo and a fireman On the farm larm a small shanty wall all the head r to operate the acres Here was located n a force forre of sly sir I men two to water cUer haulers a II owl coal hauler a cook rook an engineer en llIter and a Ire fire fireman Ireman man When the days da day s work was done don doneIt donIt It was only necessary to turn oft off the steam and walk talk alk to the house houpe with all NN r j W G DANIELSEN Of lagan Iolan I flab nil Inventor of the Ilon un 1111 Din III III Plow flow IIII I y u NI u ne N 1 of the th characteristic drudgery r of ot farm tarm life cut off oft TALKED TALIam IT At following the demonstration demon roost most rno 1 of those who were Interested got gOI together r to talk It over Mr Ir Taxman wrote t out an expression of or his hIli opinion of steam tower power In fanning which It 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