Show some things in general following is an editorial which appeared in the salt lake tribune sunday it must be regarded almost as an historical event this item from brigham city telling ot of the success of 0 a mr galbraith in producing an edible sweet potato on his farm in box bos elder county mr air galbraith is credited with having grown a considerable quantity ot of the potato and so the tribune correspondent writes displayed a box as fine looking as any shipped in from the warmer climes that utah should on top of 0 all her other accomplishments in farming succeed in producing a potato whose home is in tropical america cannot pass without comment it if there actually is a field in utah for sweet potato production and the industry can be made profitable from season to season let Us have more sweet potatoes planted while utah has been doing the unique with sweet potatoes her sister state idaho has been on a similar conquest A farmer living in minidoka Mini doka county has successfully i grown an experimental crop of hemp this year this farmer announces rope factories will place contracts in any part of the country where hemp can be produced whether it be in canada idaho or southern california he believes he has definitely proved hemp can be produced profitably in his community now he is trying to find more about the possibilities for a dependable market the gentleman from the northwest north west an expert in apples who said no state slate in the republic could beat utah in Jona jonathans thatis rome beauties or ganos paid the fruit men of this state a high compliment it is another laurel tor for utah but should not be taken in a too matter of fact way when outsiders say things like this their worda should be thoroughly digested and assimilated simi and future actions planned accordingly three varieties are one should hould feel about enough for any state so BO why not think most of these three kinds and let other species alone alfalfa industry went up in the air the other night it went high and far for E P taylor director of organization for the american farm bureau federation devoted much time in a radio address broadcast from chicago to impressions gained on a recent trip through the uintah basin and millard county producers of fully one third of the alfalfa seed used in the united states mr taylor saw the utah fields on a recent tour with a party of leading seeds men who came west to see first hand the regions growing the seed handled by them he was so impressed he help talking about them utah is appreciative one have to look tar far for indicators of progress in this territory we find we can grow sweet Dota potatoes toes soon we will be that thai crop to the scores conti constituting our diversified agricultural Fy system stern such is the course of progress |