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Show Peyoted. to t fee Progress Oevelopaeitt of AWltmEOOSEVELT, UTAH, Eating water melon oh the vine the 11th day of November in the Uintah Basin seems rather writer had this queer, eh? But pleasure at tie F. C. Cummings farm located midway between Ioka and Upalco over near those sandstone cliffs on Sand Wash. Mr. Cummings had a first crop of melons and a second crop and these delicious products we saw, examm. ed and sampled last Sunday were of the second crop. Twelve years ago we heard of the excellent peaches produced by John J. Horton on this ranch adjoining the Cummings place, but we always took the reports with on the usual grain of salt, believed that peaches were raised but doubting very much the reality of the delicious part of it. In September 1928 we visited the Horton farm, now owned by Claud Iorg. And, alfrankly, we were astonished, most paralyzed, by the reality. There were freestone peaches that measurd four Inches and the avinches. At the erage was three cummicgs ranch we got a melon that was excellent, but the driver went down, hence writer did not see his plac that day, or before. East of Upalco, and northwest of Ioka, over against those sandstone buttes, there is a narrow strip of about 300 feet sandy soil, only wide; that is lifted up above the level of the flat just right, and has the sandstone wall as a protection. The Sand Wash acts as a sewer system to carry away the excess out which, under the high bench, by the way, is slowly growing less In alkali and the cliffs content, perform the important part of protection. On that strip of and the original settlers planted a few trees iust a few, and they have growa. John A. AnguB, D. J. Reese, Cummings, Iorg and several other places, testify today to the truths heremineral matter that from comes to noted. Grapes, melons, peaches, plums, similar fruit seem to flourish along that marrow strip of favored soil.' The peach trees examined on the Iorg farm, perhaps planted twenty yeans ago by J. J. Horton-show mo no evidence of loss of energy, hut on the contrary, appear to be the Weal trees Not veTy large for 20 Kara growth, but la this fact they testify to the abundant production fruit year after year. Usual dis-ea- e appear absent. cherries, pears and , Ia it mot (too set-bac- k, bad that these slm-j- w facta Trere not more fully fifteens years ago? There bould be ample of the fruit noted ' - NOfEMBEE 15 1928 FIFTY CENTS PEE YEAE Melons And Peaches above grown on that strip of land and. has unique protection, too, fori to supply the entire Uintah Basin. winter cold spells. In the Basin we do well on selected Our farms need more trees. We Lands in growing apples, and at should select those favored spots for instance, we have good for our fruit and study the busiapricots and some peaches as well, ness. However, fruit is not all we and plums too. But this Sand Wash should have. Wood lots are very strip is the premium fruit belt of essential, both as wind breaks, as the basin. ornamental additions, and for wood. The quality of the fruit is simply Our forests product soft pine, very A No. 1. Melons, ripe, very delicious little red pine, and no hard woods. out in the field, a second crop, jurt The state of Idaho with much more right November 11th, tells much timber than Utah, gave the: farmers more than a long story. Perhaps about 450,900 yearling black locust this there are other special places in for cost of transportation this mountain locked empire that year. Utah is not helping the; farmwill do the same as the Sand Wash er in such manner, although it may do some day. These trees may be strip, but wirier has never seen laid down here for about 325.00 a any that had the final evidence on thousand and in twenty years the the job. We know that fruit, in a worthfrom 32,00 to be will mountainous region, must be grown 1,000 doubt. In the meau-tim- e without in protected places, lifted above 33500, as very welserve will they the cold drafts, just above the come products and the land taken early and. late frosts, and in such up is small In area. Sand Wadh tells a big story. plaoes we grow out best fruit. On places near Roosevelt we find land, There Is much to be said. Because that by the products grown; show we have been foolish does not ina two weeks longer growing season dicate that we must remain in the spring, and about the same additional time in the fall, than Occasional storms during the lands perhaps only a quarter mile month a away, this gives perhaps past few weeks in this place has etc may which of alfalfa fruit, in delayed the threshing longer time frost keep- considerable extent, just rightjgeej to a grow, beating jack Sand Wash does this, or better, Jng lt too Wit to thresh. - Chief Executive Elect, and Fi ; Lady Rains Prove Beneficial To Ranges Of Utah Slight improvement in the winter ranges of Utah is resulting from the rains and srows which have been falling from time to time since the first week of October, says a bulletin issued Tuesday by Frank Andrews, agricultural tistician for the United States stade- partment of agriculture. The bulletin shows that the improvement is due rather to the added water supply than to any additions to the low supply of feed, for the rains came too late to induce much growth. More hay and feed grains have been purchased by the stockmen to supplement the range Hr. Andrews shews. Corn and cottonseed cake have been shipped Into the state for this purpose, and the home production of barley this season is said to be the largest on. record. Bhows that as yet The- report there has been no deterioration of livestock because of the range condition, summer feed having been sufficient to keep the animals fa vigorous condition. The Utah report notes no marked changes tn,the market outlook for cattle and sheep in the past month, but some slight lessening ef the demand for hogB. Half Million Pounds of Texas Wool Bought SAN ANGELO, Texas, November (AP). Purchase of more than a half million pounds of twelve months wool of the 1928 spring accumuation by a Boston) firm, was announced today. The prices ranged from 95 cents to $1. The Sale included 490,000 pounds from the West Texas Wool and 13 Mohair association at Mertzon; pounds from Schwartz and company of Uvalde and 50,0j00 pounds of the Sutton county clip. 65,000 SHEEP BEING GOOD PEICE Mrs. T. A. Gardner who lives 2 miles east of Myton, recently disposed of a flock of 1200 sheep to the Smart and Buckwalter Livestock company. The price paid wan 314.00 per head or a total of 318,-80- 0. They have taken them td the Ouray valley where they expect to run them on the range la that section of the country. Mrs. Gardner had previously disposed of 800 head and! now has only a few head left. |
