Show one place where water Is plentiful tile tho soils of 0 utah nio nil all fertile who the water tor for plant growth in ht utah is limi limited tad the vital element in utah will bo bd water tho water needed for in our state and in the great area west wert la Is obtained from the rain arid snow that tall fall directly upon the lanta land from tho the and rivers rivera that flow trudi front the lie high lands and from tile he witter th ili it in great matses under the tace of tile the land this thia lost last source the underground waters have not yet boen seriously considered in utah yet th they nia are one of our groat great resources under atia ati lands of utah lies a sheet sheat of water practically continuous from fifty to feet thick in practically every ju ID stance borings bolings bo rings it if deep enough havo reached water that has hap risen within comparatively short distance from the kha A hood good ei example tample la Is the we wall 11 woal west of fedar oily city which sh should auld bo be used tor for irrigation Irrl gAtion purposes pur as soon ns na possible when wo we connect with this great quantity of underground water and be gin to bring it upon the latil another way will have been found to make the hafl utah deserts blossom as the rose there them are vast tracts in tho the state under tinder K n rainfall so low jow that dry farming with our present methods is imp deable dc able under these lands lie tho the iri vf t unused bodies at 0 letus bring them to tile the and spread the water over the land to which dry farm methods may bo 60 applied to prevent the evaporation of tho the water we have always looked for the gusher it artesian water does not exist aba no now w and ed pumps will bring the witter water f from rain considerable depths nt af A low oust cost more will be said about the sido side of this matter later ct it now to say that wi with thour our present knowledge of the water actually needed by crops and the cost of ing it seems seema certain that the raising of underground water to bo be spread upon the lano lanct may bo be made a most profitable practice the cost in most cases will be ba less eha than the water tax and ther other canal t oats coals ot at tho the farmer who uses water from the streams above ground the time has come in our agricultural development whon wo we must begin gin I 1 seriously beriou sly to examine into NL aties of our underground waters utah farmer |