| Show PLYMOUTH plymouth that good old name which is sacred to all on account of its associations with the home town of our ancestors in dear old england and with their first new home in wild and desolate america is used also to designate in box elder county a place of defuge and tile the seat of a daring experiment on the part of our early pioneers the town lies on a gentle southern slope in the northern part of box elder county and is frequently designated aillie home of dry farming in the county the first dry farm wheat raised in box elder county was probably not raised at plymouth but here it was that farmers first depended absolutely on dry farming for a living and where it was most co conclusively DelusivelY shown that dry farming is not only a possibility but a rather desirable remunerative occupation in box elder county the very limited supply of water on oil the rat flat just barely enough for culinary purposes made tile the venture of homesteading home 0 lands here a very daring one by many it was regarded as a foolhardy thin thing 0 to do but the experiment lias has proven other otherwise avise and quite a number of our citizens are making their fortunes at dry farming 0 there are arc about twenty sections of land about plymouth now being farmed and there was exported about bushels of grain from here last year in 1908 there was probably bushels of grain shipped wheat and barley are the principal crops oats can ordinarily be raised to good advantage but the crop is not so sure as wheat potatoes peas beans and other vegetables are also raised here without water though in recent years the better economizing 0 of springs lias has enabled many of the farmers of this loch locality lity to apply irrigation water to gardens it is strongly believed by plymouth settlers that the water supply of the town may be very greatly increased and add that plymouth is an ideal location for a good sized town two miles above town there are exceptionally fine springs whose flow can cali easily be increased and by the establishing tab lishing of a reservoir it is evident that there would be ample water for a town of six or seven thousand people the settlers there now are arc happy and contented and none are looking for richer pastures they are satisfied with what lies before them and we believe that they will vill be sure to reap ample and rich rewards for their services and their sacrifices in plymouth proper w 4 A SC L OF ajr N AM t J A A 6 WIL exhibit dry farm products utah state fair 1909 now ilow there are arc only about to people and there i is s lots of room left fur for those who desire rich and fertile farm lands on which to build a home |
