| Show panguitch septem september ble bler r to CROPS AT WIDTSOE EXCEPTION ALLY GOOD IV F holt empire builder and who gained national fame faine when ho he reclaimed the imperial valley building towns factories and converted the Our burning ning deserts into blooming fields it Is doing a like turn in southern utah by tull ding irrigation systems mills a canning factory and otherwise opening a large tract of land located at mr holt who spent the past two months at widtsoe soe was here sunday to salt lake where le ie will look alter after some important important tu siness matters mr holt suited that the 50 barrel touring flou ring mill and the canning factory chich he la Is erecting aro are receiving the finishing touches and that shortly they would be ready tor for operation A creamery Is also being erected by mr holt and it la Is also nearly at the point ot of completion during his two months stay he fie said the large dam erected last year hud had been r Hp rapped with stone and reinforcements to stich sach an all extent that it was now one of the best in the southern section the crops in the valley mr holt said are exceptionally tine fine this year the wheat oats oata barley and peas all yielded well and considering si the fact that real farming has only commenced we feel that tha t the section Is destined to become a great agrest I 1 producer the pea crop yielded exceptionally good this season and the farmers are highly gratified experiments are now being made tor for tle the raising of pea seed and no boult di it will work out as aa a big item tor for the farmers eminent experts on PW pea seed aeed cultivation front from the agricultural college and elsewhere have wen hen on the ground and the condit conditions tire declared ideal for this industry the altitude la Is about feet and when it la is considered that the state katsea gatses very little of 0 seed aeed tor for pea growing we feel we have a real asset further farther experiments will be made and it I 1 will be determined to lust just what extent the business can be carried out there are je some acres acrea of land in the valley talley but thus far there is only water enough to care tor for some acres however mr ed that experiments were being made tor for artesian wells and it was believed that they could be successfully developed mr air holt who is a golf player of no mean ability announced that he would cooperate with the bryce canyon operators and that next year a golf course would be built at the famous beauty spot the course cannot be large and only a nine hole course will be built this attraction mr holt believed would be an added attraction and would result in bringing a greater ogreater number ot of people to the canyon camps gunnison Gunn laon valley news |
