Show TO 10 RECLAIM THE ARID LANDS Chief Purpose of Law Establishing t Experimental Farms A STATESMANLIKE ICE STATUTE UTE One Olio of or limo Ilio Lavis I II ly Ie to Jt lo to Material InterIal or Slate One of ot the new net ne laws Jaws by the thel late lat te which looks very ory po joOl l Purpose towards time the ment of ot the slate is II mt for tire Ihl f of rl mental farms farina In wine some of ot the tho arid ceo lions of ot the state at rime Tha bill wan sYnc Intro Introduced by Senator Gardner was ac no accented 1 by X the senate unanimously na its U Its very laudable purpose was perceived 11 d at once Vile The full text of ot the time law W IM III an us follows An 11 net tift establishing experimental farms farm to and amid the time bent beet of at the dry or arid url or lands of ot time the state of ot Utah and making Junking appropriation 1111 lion tion lie Ho it II enacted by II time the Legislature of time the State Stott of or Utah Section 1 That In order to Investigate gate gale und lint the under which useful plants may mil be grown on all the dry itry or r arid or gated lands of at the time State Stale of at Utah and to III determine the kind of ot plants piRate best adapt adapted ed ld for tor growth groth on there lands landA there thore shall be established e live five experimental 1 or as JIll mummy many inoru ax as may nimi bo be maintained by b the appropriation designated d III In sec era section tion 7 Sec See 2 That 1 It hall bo be the duty of ot those having aid experimental farms farina In III charge to 10 8 seeds eds trout tram this other countries of ot the world or of plants plant limit ore are thought suitable for or growth on ondry ondry ondry dry lands lund and to III observe and 1 record limit thu gran growth groth th yield anti and composition ot at atlie the lie plants gronn gron from tho time seeds so fO se secured secured cured to 10 investigate and determine the tue III methods of ot toll soil treatment tm nt by I y which the lie soil water Is la best Jest conserved to Investigate gate the time possibilities of ot grazing on On dry lands which have been seeded to 10 differ different ent enl crops and to 10 undertake such other experiments and demonstrations n as may luny be b deemed advisable having in InIe view Ie len time the reclamation of or the lie dry try or arid lands of or the state Sc See 3 That not more than ono one ot or orMill Soul said experimental farms tarnis shah be lit lo lu located In any one county that lint the thu th said experimental farms farina shall bo located in n districts where there here are large at areas ens of dry dr land that may not In tho lie near fu tu future lure ture be ha brought tinder under Irrigation rind and that the locations of said experimental farms tarm shall be selected under the tho direction lion tion of o the time board of ot trustees of ot agriculture lure ture tire of o Utah See gee 4 4 the actual work of ot ex cx experimentation nail demonstration on an said mild experimental faring shall be ho under the direction of the agricultural rl ment station of oC time the state agricultural college that tIme the officers of ot the tho to said State experiment station after aCter having made selection of at locutions locations of or the stilt experimental farms are hereby author izel and inquired to 10 proceed to carr cany out time the provisions ot or this act Sec fee 6 5 That the state experiment station shall prepare and tU I tt or QI cause CRUa lo to ba be prepared and published full complete ann reportS work vork accomplished on said experIment eXI nt nl III farms tarm that an edition of or nit mit lens legs than timan copied cOllies shall be published an annually arid and on distributed free treo of ot charge to all state and county newspapers pers er and rind Interested citizens Sec See 0 G That these thee experimental farms farm shall be 00 maintained for tor a 1 period IJ of or not less lesia than live five years from the date of ot the tIme passage of at this net act See Sec 7 i That for tor the purpose of ot entry carry Ing In out the provisions of ot this act lIeI the sum num of at Is II hereby appropriated for tor the time first year ear from the I h date dute of It it the passage of o this thu net act and anti MOO annually thereafter for tor a 0 period v of oC four years yearn from any moneys mone s In the time state stute treasury not riot otherwise appropriated and end the state auditor shall draw his hIM warrant on the state treasurer upon request In writing by the secretary of ot th the board of ot trustees of ot the tIme Agricultural college of ut Utah Hr S Whenever the trustees of the Agricultural college desire to establish eats ilia bush bushan an experimental farm tarm In any An county they th shall It s C a I condition precedent 1 ap apply ply lily to the commissioners of ot swim Olin coun county t ty to provide them with tile the gratuitous use UN tie of ot th the required lands for tor the thc th time lame needed anti and upon the tha commissioners furnishing a requisite lease on suitable lint land the th said trustees may establish e such farms |