Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-07-27 | Page 2 | Investigate Arid Farming in Utah

A TE ARID INVESTIGATE FARMING IN UTAH Agricultural Greatly Interested In In- Iii hr Results Already Attained As A. a 8 first step toward the reclamation reclamation reclamation tion of or thousands of or acres of or now arid land through Utah and Idaho by bythe bythe bythe the dry farming arn system C. C S S. Scofield field an and C. C M. M r. r Brand experts from the Agricultural department at 11 Wash Vash Washington ashington ash ash- ington arrived cd in Salt alt Lal Lake e last night and leave lea today with Dr Toiler di director dl- dl rector of or the Utah Experiment station at Logan for Cor a tour of or the tho portion of or the state elate where dry farmIng farmIng farming farm- farm Ing experiments are now h being con con- ducted Through Nebraska and many parts of ot tho southwest dry tIly farming Is now being T resorted to on all nil hands anti and great rent things have been bee accomplished Irrigation according to many experts Js Is going out of style and the dry r farming system has been shown to be beas beas bens as ns productive e as in the belt belts of oC good rainfall or In sections where Irrigation Irrigation irrigation tion has he been en resorted to In the pa past past- t. t Washington officials have hav haLeen been Leen at attracted at- at attracted tJ by the work done Clone In Utah In hl Inthis Inthis this new method of farming and nm the two experts will gather much data during their tour of th the state