Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-01-26 | Page 4 | Dry Farming in the Arid Regions.

11 IV FARMING P. IN IX THE rill Alt ARID REGIONS The Republican congratulates the whole o oC of the ilic arid rc region lon on the elevation of or Mr MI Fisher Harris of Salt Lal Lake e to the position of president of the Dr Dry Farming congress ress now in session Ion at Denver True he lie was put in office h by bythe bythe the accident of oC the elected presidents president's enforced absence But it Il was a case of tho the right man being chosen for the rl right ht place Mr Harris knows all nil about the needs of the all arid region and as much as any other man about Ivy dry farming arming Through that sign tile tho ari arid region must conquer ratel r. r Water atel is the one thing which nature has not supplied supplied supplied sup sup- plied in III sufficient quantities for 01 or the tho use of or this count country There arc are millions of oC acres of or fertile soil sull which would woul be more productive e than tho the famed ame amer r Wea a plains of the valley if there were sufficient rainfall or 01 any means of oC conserving water In proper quantities and distrIbuting distributing dis dis- Ils- Ils It upon the tho soil soli But nut nature has neglected n a large area in that re regard ard and the Ingenuity of or man manwill manwill will have to piece out tho ho deficiency of or nature It Il has hns been demonstrated that the tho dry lIV land can cnn be bes s successfully farmed The whole lesson has not been learned nor half haIr of or IL It nut But But there Is enough established to make malic sure the tho of the dr fertility dry regions even without more mOlo water than limn Is Js now received in tho re regular rainfall In Utah there Is a great greal area that is now unproductive When our people shall have solved ol e tho the problem er e every acre o of it will blossom as the tho roses blossom now at Bountiful a t I U I. I There has never assembled a company moro more important im 1111 him him- to tho the people of this mountain inter region than that of the Denver meeting May It find tho the best wa way May la it tell to the men who have ha the courage e and the patience how to 0 make the dry land produce crops And Anti the al a always s 's magnificent work of the American farmer will willbe be completed