Show 1 an CONVEN 60 N V Z K oil lon lou rib fib IF fabal n P 31 the tho re ano ii r 0 of f the irrigation convention recently held at denver city pub I 1 WT r t tw raci rocky Y ow fain 9 of 0 oc t J 17 we extract 9 t me the following wing at contention ell eli by A al niu diu Alu musser muster M esq utah delegate 11 r i aar airman chairman aind tind and delegate delegates of oj the T irrigation ito re rillon 1 1 irp irr ff i lads well oswilf doubtless to roaby in ail all N dr 0 r soul soll it that utah which te T ory ors I 1 havethe have kave the khe he lionor ot 0 depte f aig 4 elih A corieen tiou was first occupied in the year 1847 by w a 11 handful a of exiled mor ninna niona mt jn 1 under the immediate leader hip ship of pre ere brigham young when early settlers entered that territory terii teril tory then belonging algin to mexico la 10 I 1 they were of al mg t everything but bubb faith and indomitable bjers perseverance vem avem i lice ilce They mlle mile were agnora ignorant ili ill n as s atho to tho the character af pf f the tile soil at sea as t to 0 climatic and other influences which they had te to meet entirely unused to the processes of Iril ini gation nevertheless they planted in faith and in due dice course under divine bl blessing esting they harvested mr james bridger dr of fort for bridger memory was one of t the oldest and most observing gerving db of mountaineers officered ered the pioneers one thousand dollars doll aral arai for the first ripe ear car of corn they might raise raisa in Salt bait lake valley buch such wa was wat els elb his faith and encouragement to a band of earnest arnest fc men mem inquest in queaa of somo some spot on gods which they might occupy without fear of molestation the tho magnitude of the ther undertaking in colonez ing that then remote isolated and unknown country cannot easily be overestimated over estimated A years supply of provi provisions and seeds also impie ments of husbandry were ail all freight freighted by ox and cow teams a distance exceeding ono one thou thousand sand gand miles now a closely approximating one hundred and fifty thousand souls possibly seven per cent of this total are aro non cormons mormons Mor mons quito quite ninety nive five per cent of the tho mon mormons cormons Mor Alor mons lf livo iivo verin in their own houses and upon the fruits of their own industries aside from the nume numerous rous flourish L ing mining towns and camps built since the great trans trana continental railroad amade made the mines available one hundred and ninety odd prosperous cities and villages hreve been founded and the actual settlers trenching drenching Tren ching thus much on your time with indirect data I 1 will now give givey you ou some facts and figures bearing directly upon the thel system of irrigation and agricultural labors up to the year bear 1885 we constructed ted over two hundred and sev enty seven public canals and ditches for irrigating purposes the T acla aggregate re length of bf these canals was ten hundred and nd forty three and a half haf miles these canals canal were built at an aggregate ag regate regato cost of which would amount to tb an average cost par pan milo mile the esti osal 9 ft 1 S of canals anais that were in pro bro progress re 0 of completion e in 1 e it on at that jim tim jime time was vi S 8 77 whai which ah would make a grand aggregate cost of all canals built and reported to the dese deserea agricultural society amount to the following statistics are io for I 1 the year 1867 alone dacres nacres land irrigated expended on can 1 1 alsand sand dams year e r ending october 1867 aeres acres wheat raised averaging 17 23 2 3 bus helst heist i dio die sixth othe crop destroyed by byl locusts acres barley fral iral raiser ralser raised sed seq averaging 18 lus Lua bushels hels heis loss one ruith fourth 1903 1900 acres oat oats j raided nale 0 averaging 20 bushels loss hiie no third as 0 acres corn raised a averaging raging 15 bushels h els eis loss one fourth isoo 1800 sorghum 77 gallons loss one sixth acres potatoes raised averaging bushels oss osa phe ohe fourth acres carrots raised averaging bushels loss ano sixth acres beets raised I 1 avor aver aging hus Dus bushels hels heis loss inq onen oner eighth eight tu acres cotton averaging ibs lbs lbs oooo acres meadow averaging one three fourth to tons hs loss vu oue one e eighth acres apples from lov 10 to bushels to arl ari an acre 1000 agis agres ped peaches ches from loo to 1 1000 bushels bushela an acrid acre to 75 acres grapes from bushels to an acre acra aa a i general 9 tiling C wo have havo upa uma I 1 that the air currents bassill pas passing I 1 sill 9 through tho the canons callon sarea are aro a great arp lection to mos of fruits fluit and other tender vegetation raised at tiie the mouths of canons earons by dissipating th t early eail and late fronts meeting many wally of of the 1 leading men eil ell of the territory at dur our r lat late semiannual semi annual conference 1 I obtained some gme canal daca data dmm of which chernow oho tho new chinners cg inners inthe art arll of irrigation hon bon may tako take advantage these gentlemen L gave me the length width of bottom depth of water dallof fall fail of water per of acre sand the kind of soils water edof twenty five of their main canals located ill in different dlf Olf ferent parts of thib territory miles is the aggregate length of the twenty nive five canal 6 35 3 5 miles is the mean length of each canal Anal feet aggregate width of bottom 6 61 feet fedt mean width of bottom inches aggregate depth of water ial lal 15 inches mean depth of wat water erWi ermi erml feet agg aggregate regate callio the Mile mlle feefe feet mean fall to thecile th the mile emile aggregate number of acres watered 1638 mean number of lor acres watered w ater ed thus wo we see sea thabit a i canal 6 0 35 3 1 5 miles long 61 5 feet beet wide at bottom with lai 15 inches depth of water and with a fall of 1 spleet 31 feet to the lewill mi mile mlle will carrywater carry water sunti sunni cl clent ent to successfully irrigate taking one mono season with another acres of cereals vegetables aults and meadow the character of tho soils thus watered is acres of black loam acres sandy loam acres loam and gravel acres loam and alkali acres res clay and gravel gravela acres acre clay and plaster pans paris 2500 1500 2 acres of irona iron alkali and ernd sand bind 1000 acres sand alkali and volcanic 1 our reclaimed alkali lafill lai lal ili ill of which we ve have many thou thousand acres are among our richest strongest and consequently most lomu lemu nera tive soils the process of reclamation cla mation is simply leaching til the e land by successive elaborate irrigation and by repeated plowing plowing thus exposing it to the tiie direct in influence bence of segregating agencies which carry off the vol wol volatile atlle Atilo and objectionable I 1 e ingredients the foregoing statistics ai alo are aio o c confined solely boutah to utah daliot do hiot riot include great tracts of land cultivated by our people in idaho nevada and brid arizona nor do they oni eni embody body bhe the thousands of acres of dei del deleal cereal cei eal eai grape grapy producing lands which now need no artificial irrigation when salt lao laho city oty was first founded the water ca capacity paci for r 0 irrigating 1 purposes did not mot exceed or 00 goo acres now low between and acre acres a aro are su suc sue 0 at first the tile land la nd was arid and thirsty subsequent irrigation saturated and settled the soil and thus slaked much liuch of if its s early thirst the increased rainfall no doubt super induced by oc occupation c pupation and cultivation tind and the numerous fruit and shade trees like so many gagen cbs cies neutralizing the drying deflects of the suns rays and prevailing winds have very vory largely con contributed tribu t to cool and moisten the soil and to lessen the necessity of or frequent and ela eia elaborate elanora bora to watering notwithstanding tho the process of irrigation is attended with much 6 labor and expense yet the people of utah find it a great convenience to bo be enabled to put the water uter ater on m n rl 41 the I 1 and lie lle are re actual a jya A agrest gra t fertilizer as it is the means of covering the soil with irth rich vegetable table tabie matter from the mountains after successive years of watering thet the d upper i ap pp i er we discovered that the th lower elower lands including much about abodd all tho grass lands received all ali the tho water thi they pyne needed eded at 11 adi ng waste waters zig alq alone ige ife wo ave hanebut have haye but very few troubles over the many intimate int imato in interests teresta in water vater and d water ditches the county i aag asa as a general thing re regulate i and control the waters in ill the he main maj canals some bome some of which ibey ibes bey bes con construct and aul 1 keep beep in repair by y the ahe appointment of ite lie head ad wrater crater masters vilo allo whose c duty it is to td sea ea that chat thel tho water r is equally distributed tri buted in jho lateral ditches dit cheSy wilch kiich 1 agg generally built kept 1 irl in rodair repair and nan nau aged by tho the aple jil jep p pea who appoint sub viter 8 for the season 1 when difficulties do arise between wae wat wai hug riu rip interests t heyard sally saily raour pur oun tr trebles obies by referring ab them MI t to 0 dismute disinterested rested peers who labor without partiality parti alit allt y j I 1 for both parties pattie 14 and without becu 1 irizary cot to 1 Oni account of tile heavy grades of oun our dwa canyons from nifty fifty feet to nive five hundred feet to the mile each auw lyp year wo we are forced to spend thousands of dollars repair ing dams and canal canals they are very vety often carried parried away jn in the enids tho irrigating seasons by what 1 are termed ti r med cloudbursts cloud bursts or waterspouts mater water spouts we vo have sustained untold loss iloa in irv canals canal dams an andie d xe girs aa arop from these and k adred causes A winz wing ito tto the constantly andreas in dreas in ing d epla for amble arable lands wo we are now liow forced orce to construct many larger er arid and longer canals than those heretofore built to lead the plus materson water mater thee them large largo streams over the lands howarrd now how wrid arid for this purpose the waters of bear alear cub smiths po weber jardan provo bevier bevien and rio bio virgen rivers rivens are soon tobe to be diverted and utilized it is intended to make one ono or more of these canals navigable 4 i i tel Tei temble block salt jeako city hasan basan ha an altitude of feefe above sea level our oar lowest settlement st ge ikc has an elevation of P loo feet whilo our highest town does lods not exceed reet most of the settlements enas are aro under feet nuovo tho sea the salt sait lake Lahe ci gity ty fobil for a 1 cumber af pf past years was asp spring r 19 aio alo summer 70 winter aa J orthe the year the mean rainal for the tho same ame period has been medi about 2 23 inches A As a gene geno general roul thin thing lhing wheat and other cereals co reals are avate watered r od from two to four times es the season while bile hile the gardens and orchards on the bench or or uplands which are generally gravelly sandy sanoy and light require it once onee a week during the tifa season tha curling of the tha leaves is always 0 sure suro agn that water is needed BY 83 subsoil plowing and thorough stirring the corn even after the blades curl curi carlf will straighten out and phe ghe the necessity sity of immediate watering is thereby superseded I 1 our oun ex experience is that by iraj irrigating gat bruit and other trees quito quit late in the fall they will stand tho the winter better in times of scarcity of water and when crops props are ara arain in great want of it the work of irrigating with us uia is Is carried on day and night i and ev even n sundays our waters noyer nev ney errun run to waste so long iong as there is arable arabie land below for then trent tp spread ovder the altitude of this beautiful city is one mile maliq above sea spa lerel level I 1 ee that ybur peach eacle and apple trees are looking healthy and vigorous this great altitude need not hot discourage cou you about putting kout gout out fruit tree trees 9 as we are aye raising fruit successfully above this height our treesa however pr receive the protection of towering surrounding remarked the tilea dissipating afflicts of the canyon winds it U you should not succeed hj wintering all your trees for the first twi two erthree years I 1 would respectfully res suggest sug e s t that you A heep keep cep trying just as vp had to do in the of nearly all our settlement settlements when a penn syl moves into A ne country his first 1 to build wild a barn harn to protect jus horses honses and products the arst first work the mormon does uni un i der di similar conditions ia ssi to plant fiant but fruit trees jil jn utah jb it takes ten ton en years y aa rs to grow a ten year old tree free while with means a magnify magni fl 1 cent house ho use can bo built bull t in a few months I 1 thank friank yon for your attention j T Z y onca oncy T f so some in e ra interesting rite lite resting data C concern 1 r ing utah uth by bishop musser DENVER oct oci 11 1879 editor news alews As a kind of s supplement to yesterday suu sub su X bitted tu to the irrigation convention I 1 beg to hand you a few further statistics on oil utah otah which I 1 trust will pay fol for r perusal by in such matters utah is pushing forward her railroads oads and t telegraph eje ele graph lines iines north south gouth east and west of salt lake city the utah morth korth erp ern will soon be completed from flom ogden ogder to franklin anakin making a distance with the extension to cor rin several months finished of about ninety miles the ava wasatch and jord jordan an valley road I 1 is finished from sand gand sandy Y station on tha utah Sou southern therna a distance of nine pine miles and within about six nilles mues of the tho rich mines mires of little cottonwood canyon tho the bingham road mad will soon be completed to bingham city from sandy station distant eighteen miles the tiie american fork canyon road has elighte eighteen exl ell miles of completed track the tha sal ba lt t lale lake seyler sevier valley ahad pioche road company has fifteen or twenty mile nilles gritt graded led and has 0 op p aana hand the ties tle iron and rolling roll ipg stock aock to complete the distance graded the E echo c lio llo and coalville Co Cd alville road nine miles milos in length lengthy has been running over a year the abaye ares arcs all narrow gu glae it C e three feet toads roads and wo find them A I 1 in in every respect act the he utah central connecting ing ogden den and salt lake lahe city is is hirty seven aven miles iong long jong and like ilke the utah bill huil southern which wili will soonbo boon boor be to td provo some for ty seven miles south of satt salt lake city is the same guage aa as the union pacific road it is designed to push this road south southward as fast as possible The Deseret telegraph companas Comp anys lines connect all the ahu principal cities towns and camps of utah and rito nto southeastern south eastern aas tern nevada and northern arizona and sout southern hern bern idaho there aro are seven woolen and one woolen and cotton factories factor ies iea doing a successful business in utah one af the seven has 2500 spindles spindle sand gand and has been built and machinery set going at ata a cost approximating 1003 00 tills this one and two others are buil built and tand run on the cooperative operative co ive lve principle rin ciple every person who so desired took stock in them our grist gilst and saw mills 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