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Show ; OUR AGRiGULTURE "jHoiT Pays Us a Glowing ! Tribute. i : Ha Acknowledges the Fact That a Person Can Leam But Little of Utah Unless He 1 J Sojourns Here. ! On Thursday The Dispatch printed j the views ol ex-Congressman K. G. ' Hon, of Michigan, who lecentiy spoke iit- the Provo I ipei a House. 1 lis ideas ol I tab's soii and aricullura! pn ducts wen-give n in the same New York Ti '-iiui.r '-iiui.r article and sire as follows: it is remarkable how little one. can learn of a b.rge state or teiritoiy of the Lulled States, unless he gains his information in-formation by traveling through it, examining ex-amining its resources, questioning its people, and carefuily calculi! ing its j po.-nibiJ.it ics. 1 have just compieied il ! week's Work in I iah, traveling up and i down nio.-t of its valleys and through ! iiiai.v of its mountaii itsscs. My even- 1 ;n.s luivi-1 em wholly oevoted to ad-I ad-I oie-siiip luge g;ti heliums of the people! j i-i a;i eiiuciivor to exj.lain the doctrines I oi Bepuhlic.u.ifm and the benefits of I pioticiioii. Iuiihg the day time l j ' nave b'Cii busy going from one city to i htnoti.er; nud i Iia'.e tried to keep my I j eye.- open to aii that v. as truing on about j j me. The w eek has been one of great ; , n.ti re-i and ot continual surprises to ' me. An account d what 1 have seen j j and k-sJiitd n. .iv be of interest i I io tiie readels ol the Tii'mine ! 'tali is a tt rniory with an area of al.out Sj, !.oo square miles, being si lit-j ! i Ie larger in area than the six New) j England s.atef, New Jersey ni-d Mary- j ;;i;ai combined. It is empiiatical.y a : j. mil' r coveixd w :th nuiuinains. Tuere! I is said to be only one place in tii.: icrri-1 I ior where a man can i iok in any Oi- ie tioii v. it bout sceuig a mountaii: eiih- j : cr near by or inthed.siac.ee. That; I point is or. 'the bank ol Salt Lake s.t bs j southern extremity, looking toward the j north into Idano acre.ss the eigiity li.iles i of water which lie stielched out in that direetion. j I Tiiere are, however, several lare vsil- j i leys, j lie Penyon Vadey is s id to i.e' j tiie I a r-. est; it is poorly watered and j j com.::..- eiiiy about 4,l'il p opie. 'i he j : uil LaUe ralley is t he ne. t ial ges.t .. ; 1 tfavt leo iis entire lenu'!; f i. rally ' da- iiiiit-iu-il mile - ;m.i saw mo.u- of its vii!.i.J-. s i--:al it.t This .-.il-y s-buie : is ;i- !, i c as tiie state oj bhooe iniarei, 1 and has a popui.itioli f ;. to.t ICU ; '1 he s di is el-', p ami v. ry lit h, but i.ii.u- j o;.t irn.t;i';. is worti.l- ss ior iarnnng i p. 1 1 ..-.- s. T.ie rains aie ;-e;,;,t ;,lld in-i in-i Sr. ipli-l.t. and lillle vegel..i.ion is set-n. ! exc-pt tiie brush, wloca sc-ms to 'have a na; i;;sii tate lor dry. ui aveiiy i iaiios. : I low lo i; Tig.tt tii.'se at M 1 uios sm 1 : renoer them l.-rtd.- tu, i pio-i.ictsve is a 'ureal pi '.i.lv''. : v. i.i.-li conl'ioiits the i nt i pie to ftith. i:: t!:e s;:-i::;:w valley, ! of Mse;i,uii. w i.en- I I ave liveii i.r I iweiiiy years, there ate thousands of ! acres of 1 i:e lieheM land in that slate, w-i.i'-h 'ir-i. ti'-s '-! j count of i-eim: under w aier mist of Ihe I J year. Siu;dl I'.ortior.s of liies.- imn.ense j swales have In en reclaimed, and made : id uable by ue:ng dyke tiie water, jeach .vpriiii: beinr taken out wiih j pumps run bv strain engines. In the; j Saginaw vallev the problem i- to get ; : the water off thelnmi. In I'lah thei prob'em i to gf t w;.ter upon the land. ! ; To effect the desired resub, large ! ditches and races are started way up in ; i the mountains, hir.li ab-ve the valley ; land the water rims along the sioes of ' ; the mountains in these biive d.tches. j ; or riiees, for miles, the side gorges lie- . in"- missed i'l nhmk flumes. When i the tillable lands are reached, the water is often many feet above on the side of the mountains. It is then taken in lateral ditches down into the villages vil-lages and cities below, and to the farms. Tne nio nent one enters a city the lirst noticeable feature that he sees is the sir. am ol clean, clear water running run-ning along i lie side of ail tiie streets from v.J.ii li ti e inhabitants dip tlie water wat-er for sdi ilu-.r household and di inking purposes; ami they direct it by small ditches into their gardens, on-haius ami hiu' s. It. pass's on through the Viiliig-s out to tin- farms, winch are cut up n.io piais by (b'.el.e.-, large and small, made for irrigating purposes. Ono thing which strikes a stranger as most novel is the fact that most, farmers live in villages and very few of them are on thcr sarins. Tiicy will tt 11 you l hat this plan was ir.-t adopted adopt-ed u project themselves again.-1 the Indians and also so a to utilize the siipph of wa. r. It was soon found to he so convenient Willi re'erence In ! sehoois ai.il ehiii'cli! - and so much more : sociable tJ'it.i ordinary farm live, tliat : It iris he,-..:iie the s.-. '. led i'l in of the teiritoiy. lii tile C;.cl 0 va'leV, which . is over to,! v id i It s 1 ,u' Mi.d ne irly t-n ; miles nid . ;fi.i wlo.-h has an iiiuinil-! 1 ;tlice of w:fu I here aie twenty of i ihe-e viil ie- c nt;li':iiij il.iiu .".o'. t,, : o.".i;i p. -op;., e i.-ii. doubt if theie :-re j tweu peoj.le wii- i:e on sire Linus : Si. V ei.itivate .;Uce.- tlie -t-l,r. -0 ptjue I in that va'ie. i-xe;.-t t: Ose who h e! : iar.i s i-n:r.ig::oii ;.i t... viii.tes. j'i..-' j f.;n:is i:re .-:uii!:, 'Ufhi'i i'runi i.ve i to ot e i'l.iair-d :tci-s ( ac;i. I do !: '! ; in iin . i .iv- ue ..,"er i .r y i.v. s I the S'.U ill ilj the W il i- V. ! : ;:!.! I:,. 1 same 1 1 ne oi t i.e t o e t-irii i'V. j Wi ( l: t e- W :tcr iipj ly -s lliol: !.! Ithiii-i't.-ivei-.'Us'. 'lj ...;s i all .v'a-.s ; s:re p.-o.lue. l iii :i!-'iiid.iiit-e. 'i'.i-v w'ni 1 lell you Uiat busbi-is of potatoes per ;ii r is old v a t:: '; t- clop, and sli;i: iii i or ."..i-.i are i r i emmon. One : man looked ' in.'!", cut siu-1 hrn: -lis.'" I when deela-ii g' sbat ;.s hi A: ft- '.i-i .1. ;.-l:..s v.er- :-o ;i..,,!M.- . : :;,:! ; (b'U on o:e :.'-:e I s.i w (! 1 ;.- ! wi:eat st:ii'ili.i.r w I. ieti tb.- a'-s'irci foe Would ; yield six- bu-hei ;..ti.,; a-:,-. They use timoti: !':.'., red top and ! iil'illoi or b-i-eru, . iiieii i-a spevtsol' clov r. 1 okm'si: a di-:;imv s. mew hat : like our ml clover. Its -rcelh is verv : raj. id ; nd the ie!.i lar-e. The usual rule ii t ciii three t .p- in .K. season from me same ptece of 1 ml. A crop will jyi'dd Si r, e lon to the .-ere at the !:r-i ;futtiug and a li' t le b ss ai t he sec ed and t bird cuttings each, so that eight j tons to the ;, ere ill t ie tin ee eu't ngs ' IP not unusual in one season. This j makes as good '-ay a.s t he clover in the : Utiles and does not see:;, to exhaust the 'bind very mic'i. Tnis va. iety of grns ; has res'ibititihized (he keeping of ; horses and cat lie i;i Ul;;!i. ' I'heiv ai-eei tiit large valleys in foi l i tf! lit -ll t'C-id-S ill r.l Siliuli ."l'S. The j Paiewan, tli" S-lit .::!(. the S;.i. P. Ie, the Cji-ne, Utaii. t'o i-le and Od-n I valleys are among the bstgest. I ;im j i-K iined to tiilllk tiia! when they b ai n i how to utilbe all the water at flair !com:ii;iiid for irrigatiiisr purposes there; will be nore liroduclive airieiiiiural ! bind in rtdi than ia the entire six j t 1t- r.iiL'land states fir-t settled by the; , iu.'itive Fathers. There are now; ,v,. i.jO.oiH) people in this territory. I PI M.M i,. lioni who may live to see; 0 10 t b'"!''" living in these tnoun- i lins -i '"' V:l''l'vs- What may seem to 'nanv 'iiii 'JV-'"5'"' 11,13 itJl"1 fcu nliiitain i tiitiii i:ii wiil be grown Oil L'tiiii soil, ioidnoi i.-il i ,-iiiLle iniue in tiie territory, though there are several val-. val-. uabio ones. L p to oate then.- h.r.c been lew industries starieO outside I ordinary farming and ii ii.in'. 1 n- teriiioiy is producing l.i'.'iie (jitiinti'.ie , ! ol common, m.puie sah, v. lii, h i j shipped auay in l.uik by car I n. .is i.uo I the mines, and i used in sun li ii.g woiks in the reduction ol some ores on ' account of the chloride which salt Con-j Con-j tii ius. There are few woolen .mills, j Good brii ks nie made in larue (plant it-s ! in most oi the valley s. j At Lehi, in the Utah valley, about , thirty miles soum of :?ab Lake City. ; l her. is being st.u JCd a tic., mous. ry ; of gl tiil pi olll I -e lo Hie people of Utis.il. T le v sire eieeiing w i.i ks al.ii cost m : 4oUi,'i!.iiJ lo iiiaiuiiaeiiiie sugiir li'.'i:. Ueis and to reliiic it right there on the j spot. There are jihnileil ;uid now looh-l looh-l ing very hue 2..'Jiio acres of sugar bet-is in and about Lehl. Musi of tne iiii ii,:;. j lor tins large industrial t n',ei j.ii-e i". j furnished in the territory, it can oi.l . ! oe a success. The soil is exactly tne j kind winch is satd to be adapted t-j i raising the sweetest samples of ev.y:.': j j beets. Wet land is a t to make them j I grow too large; the lars. si bids are I not 1 1 io sweetest. Sucli large ones run j ioo much to water. Where mo si me i. j fuiiii.-hed by irrigation it c tu be regu- j bit', d to suit lb j crop. Tiie distribution of irrigating water ; from the citcjies is done i Mutual j.r- ; raii-euieiit l.-etween ail concemed. Laei: person has just such a time abouecj iiiiii to tap ihe wa t r iiini use it. li j pcr.-cn does not taKo it at ids i gal r i lime he is not al.owed to use it iiioi.j his lurn comes asiin. Some u.-e it in the night time and some in ihe i'uj ; j and tlien, for aw bib, those using it :n tiie day take it in the nighi. Ihe attempt at-tempt is made to '-ave all that is needed need-ed used ;ts it cotn-s along. Of course laige (ptiii.oiiies run to wasie under the present imperfect meiii i,.s. In smiie iii-taiices tne felling of th s Water iVooj tiie slivatns ii way up in iiie liioi.nt.iii.s is very expens vu. No doubt as men become more experb need nev mi tia i.-by i.-by re.-ei oils and pel naps by ait;.-i.iii v.xlls w ill be adopted. it does not seem to me that ir.oiv j t i i ii ii one acre in ten of li.e rtsilly good land is an vet irrigated aud made pro-! (iliCtiVC. it is lllill Veloii.-i how lni.cn ! gi'rden tiuek'or.e man c ill raise on live! aiTcS ul Ine.-e leeia. ined lands, i n.'.-hiive n.'.-hiive ill Logj.lt, ia tne I'aci.e V.dl'.V, i-i: 1 l.i I'm Ui-ce i' g.-vtriiti'.eii' coaigo !i i- ; i'i.ii:age.i I ) a v. iv c.ti.ipt. .i -i ge. l.i. j mat:, oi I .lue eXp. r enc.-. ,, n-, v .. i.o i in Ai' : 1 : in si, :i an. I .-o i- isii; i:: . Willi iliO.llilaloS. li.;, .oi'.. n -as. . i.e.. ' Oi . 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