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Show FARMING IN UTAH The editor of tne lntermountnln Farmer and ntnehman lias during tho pat ten )ear contributed a great man) articles on agriculture to the press and much nf the muter has Iwen deemed worthy of publlcitlon oter and over again tery many times without credit to the writer This wis of course gratlf)lng and no exception has eter been taken Id such use nf agricultural agricul-tural matter taken b) the local press Howeter when such ai tides are published pub-lished as original and rt nut purpose-Is purpose-Is b) small-fr) editors who do not hate the capacity nor practical knovt ledge of agriculture to get up antthlng worth) of reptlntlng and when the press throughout he countrs is deceit ed Into Siting credit for the matter tn afore-ald afore-ald purlolner It rather gills on the one who nrlglnnlls wiote the slut I'ollottlng is n plcttue of the dltersl-fted dltersl-fted fnrm In Ulah which was written hs the present editor of the lnlermoun-taln lnlermoun-taln Parmer and mnrhmnn and published pub-lished ns part of an article In the Silt Ijikc Herald three sears ngo oter signature sig-nature The nrtlcle has leen reccnlls going thc rounds of the eistern press credited tn nn obscure countrs pnper with a h)hennted name In southern Utah Ihe article Is headed Tarmlng In Utah an I Is ns follows This plan Is to so ellterslfs the crops tha neirly eter) fond prod let require 1 for the fiemll) Is grown in tuantltt suf Hclent for home use with some nf ench to sell Let the farmer who has been nc-customed nc-customed to put nil his egort 10 the 1 ro diictlon of one nop sa) win it eir cum or potatoes Jjst pause an I cinsller for a moment the results of illcerslned fnrm Ing As nn Illustration take the experl ence of n t tah fanner who cultivates forts acres of land fen acres to wheat Slelds at least vi bushels "1 bushels to sell after brendlng the famllt Ten acres to alfalfa yields forts lite ions of has. which feeds halt n dozen work horses n half dozen dalrs cows nnl leases a sur plus of flte tons to sell Ten ncrrs In corn pens mangelwurzels pumpkins squash turnips nnd carrots protlle food for a dozen beet es lii hens and twents hogs which In turn prodjc moro thin the lltlng expenses if sn ordl nars famll) Two ncres of potatoes make n product of more than I " bushels for markit nnd lite icres of oiehnrd of prnp-erls prnp-erls sele trel frulpe slelds at least fit) Tho remaining three n res mnt Ie ele tntcd tn b ill lings linn gar len an I barns nrd Thus a spot of groun 1 conBld end by the farmer of the grain section onls a girden patch brings ti the I tah owner a comfortable lltlng and each sear 1 small sum to add Lo a bank accomt These figures nre consertatltc nnl mis ho moro than terlned bt actual expert ence Indeed many farmers In Utah with but twents acres nf land annuahs produce more thnn Is Included In Ihe estimate on forts acres They often rnlne slxts bush-ell bush-ell of wheat Instead of thins bushels to the nere ten tons of alfilft Instta 1 of lite 410 bushels of potltoes 10) bushels of corn and twents tons 01 en,unsh These Slelds are so common a to cauee onls slight comment, while the rtte acre orchard or-chard mas le made to si' 11 11 "i Initend of 1500 Afl Hull proof of the proposition that the smull fnrm does pis there are In Utih tolas scores of firmcrs with mone) to loan and the mones Is the sat Ing of the nnnuil surplus from the farm of forts acres |