Show ARID ARI FARMERS END FIRST CONVENTION Get Ready for Fall Fal Meeting o othe or ol orthe the Trans Trans- Trans Missouri M Asso Asso- cation USE OF TRACTION ENGINES Speakers Exchange Views on 01 Subjects Pertaining to Dry Diy Farm Work Or Organisation of oC Utah arid farmers rs Is la lanot not nol only an established fact but the time theas association as as- S- S which h adjourned d I Its first annual annual an nn nual session at Barratt hall hail yesterday l is destined to become one of nC the lu roost most Important Important Im Im- organizations for the 1 development of ot Q agricultural Utah ever er organized Not only Is the Utah Association of or Arid Farmers established with regular firmly wih I officers an and an nn executive committee in which tanners farmers from every vt Important agricultural ag ago ag- ag l count county In the tho state are m but It starts with wih laid well 1111 plans plank or or activity t I that will vill wi show slow th their lr first great results when the lie Trans Trans Missouri s ouri our holds Its convention In Salt non eon Sal 1 ls Lake next t FI Fisher narris president of the tho Trans Trans- j 1 association told briefly of the thc work that would hr he ht necessary nce to properly care for the convention in the way of and nr accommodations This work wok he lie hI said the thC Commercial club of or Salt Sal 1 Lake kt had hae agne agreed to do n and n. n I its ex expense tx- tx ex- ex pen Dense pense would be tie approximately W. W Iem Items In this expense would bo be extra entertainment en en- n. n nt for or th the hundreds of delegates and providing pro badges s and literature for tor or them Bt Resides s this flits h he said It Il would be he necessary sar for a a committee to supply th the newspapers rR of sixteen states and Jcl 1 two O tor- tor will literature hoo boosting the ln wil convention con Til ThIs with wih other othel Incidental expenses Mr II Jari Harm Hams said aid wO would cost about 5 X The Time association however however how how- ever pr would hear hr nothing thor rum furher of this hut but th the Com Commercial 1 1 club ruh and amI others In Interested Interested In- In In the tie affair nIh would expect the arid farmers of Utah to alen attend to lo the exhibit anti and Rive give Ivr nS assurance that thaI It I would I h he worthy worth of the thc Industry and ane the state I of or Traction Howard Cox of Provo ga gave gaan an Interesting interesting Interest interest- ting t- t ing address on the tho th value yahl and us use of ot the traction engine In add arid farming The size Ize of Lit tC farm tarm arm In which mechanical motive power pow pow- would economical Mr Cox er sr Ir prove pro c and On placed at nt 1200 acres acre upwards upward farms smaller than that he ht saul said 3 1 in iii his experience hor horses eH or 01 nudes mule would do the work at a less lesl cost cost Some Som of at the first to be hp I er ered II by the the prospective r buyer of a ir trac traction clon c- c I tion lon engine were Jh the lime co cost t of ot coal and th the cost cent of or water vater delivered ered on th the farm arm for or the use tise Ul of ot the engine In relation to the cost cot of f feed l for horses On man many farms farm of regular Irregular contour remote from supplies of oC coal and water or other fuel ruel and where hay and grain rain wa was comparatively comparatively cheap the traction engine would bo hp of ot no practical advantage In Iii selecting the form of ot motive power the different forms form should ial also o be he bl con considered l rd with wih a avIew aview aview view to their thI relative cheapness s of main main- lena Regarding the cost ot of ot work ork With a traction trac trac- tion lon engine n ln Mr Ir ox Cox quoted figures to show how Ural under favorable conditions a fl Who horsepower CO-horsepower engine could Quid plow Ilow land at a acost acost cost of oC 30 cents em an al acre In JI reaching this conclusion Conclusion he hI said alc that lh the following following- Engineer n 4 fireman 20 lubricating oil 01 5 50 5 cents coal 1 12 wear war and tear on engine en en- fn gine 32 This hl he lie hf nil said tild not co cot cost t o of hauling water which In I maul many a I instances instances was vas an Important Ill Work orl of oline Engine Emigine I inC The cost of ot operation I by a gasoline a engine engino en en- nIn n gine gino In was at t least ast In theory much mich less INt tinder average a conditions in arid farmIn farm- farm Ing On a IV engine 1 figure lr In were given gi to show that a steam engine would cost 2 a la day In sonic sona fome localities where th the same horsepower could be hi 1 operated op op- by ly gasoline for 15 13 In addition additon 10 this difference them themo was wa that of the theCO CO cost of ot proc procuring water for tor the steam team engine engine en en- tn- tn gine to h be lie added One drawback to 10 the use of time the tw gasoline engine was WS that tha t I Its operator according to Mr Ir Cox would be h. absolutely dependent on the sweet will wi of the Standard Standrd Oil 01 company for or his supply of tuf fuel imel The u ui o of it electricity was wa favored In Inmany Inmany many Instances Instance b by the time fP speaker ker who said that under fa favorable conditions where power lines crossed ro ec the property or 01 where it I could be b obtained at reasonable rates plowing could be he hI done clone at a a. a cost COt not to 10 exceed 20 O cen cents t an acre Mr Ir Cox said saki air that he had ordered the first gasoline traction tracton engine to he hp used for or furm farm purposes in the state Mente of Utah Others on in nl Dry John l Beck cl a Q pioneer of or Utah Ulah who opened opEned tip up- the second mimic milo In the lie state tate spoke biel briefly telling of his experiences nce sad and hl ideas of traction engines for or farm Carl work operation Co-operation in lh the formation forma tion ilon of or large companies FO so fO that the farmer farmer far far- m ton mer r would be he ht t the e capitalist rather than the laboring man was the main point In his hl argument for or more moore progressive methods methods meth meth- in iii farming Israel tol told of o his experiences of o climbing the hills his of or Rush flush fush valley that bad Imd extended over O many years ar of or dr dry farming In that region He lie said he had hod gone sone on with wih the tho work vork of reclaiming with arid farming methods with Increasing success until a a company of ot outside capitalists capi- capi came in and took on otT or a n little piece bf or 10 acres from rom hi his front moat dooryard These hj capitalists came In with their en engines engines en en- gines eating coal anc and using thousand thousand- dollar dolar huh bills for napkins as some people peole in Salt Sal SaltI I Lake had hal been heln able to do Mr Ir BennIon then took look some stock stoc In the company that Introduced the modern methods method and had every rea reason on to hope hop for or great cat success for dr dry tiry farming In lit that beau locality ty Hanson Hanon Bayles Baies of San Juan Tuan county told of or the experiences of tho the arid farmers I lit ir lint region One of the most profitable ble blo crops crop to be raised In San n Juan county without Irrigation Melons and amid turnips had done well hl wll also alo according loh to lo h his it ex experience The he con constitution f the lie Utah association ion tion ton calls cals for COl annual conventions con the date dOte to be decided cl on and to he be announced b by l' l th the executive committee |