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Show DRY'FARMII flLL BE A i SUCCESS II III (MM ;: ' Wofr Gdtihty one of tne Best Distfiot' I fot" Dry Farming in the State of Utah. 5 IVofcewohi .Tohn A, Witltsoo aiiil L . Merrill of tho dtatc Agrlcultdral College, Col-lege, nud Senator Vlilttnoro of Juab County visited our county last Wednesday Wednes-day and Thursday for ttie purpose of ascertaining the need of an agricultural agricult-ural Experiment station in Iron County, and tlic inducements which Danio Nature Na-ture had offered, for such an culcrpiliw. Commissioner Day of l'arowau mot the paily between l'arowun and Milioul and beforcrcilching I'lironnn, tho pio-fesrors pio-fesrors had mado such tests of tho soil as convinced them that conditions wero favorable for dty faming In tho l'aro-wan l'aro-wan valley. At l'arowun they were met bj Commissioner Lunt of dedar city who had been Invited by I1I9 fellow commlesloucr to meet them there. IVom l'arowun they cunio to Cedar aud on the way mado satisfactory soil test aboitt six miles fvout Cfdar. north of tho Union Vlcld. After spending n a short time In our city tho party went into tho fluids north west ot town, at a distance df about threo miles apd made an examination of the soil, which wan eminently satisfactory, both as regards its fertility and also us regards the amount of mostuio It held. ,, Professors Widtsoo and Mtrrill wore both of the opinion that in tins locality under propel- cultivation thirty bushel per acio of Wheat can be produced with out Irrigation. And both gentlemen expressed themselves us willing to risk their reputation on tbe bUcccss Of dry I farming In this vallcv, Of course the Iflno precipitation which wo Uavo had V$ffcWrwtftW spects appear much better thdtt they would havo appeared a year ago, but the gentlemen did not bane their opinion opin-ion ot the success of dry farming in tills couuty on tho present aupply of moisture, aiono but in expressing them-solves them-solves as they did thoy took iiitd consideration con-sideration the a yet ago precipitation in this district for the last ten years, Of course it is probabla that in a reason like we had luat year dry, farming would not be a success; but ordinarily tliey are conildent that it will be a paying pioposltion. It these gentlemen are light, this discovory will mead more for Iron county than either the iron mines or the railroad) for it will fin nlsh homes and employment for all our )oungmen witholil tWr iiavinj? e' lcavu the countv and thb old folksi ana H they will uot have to work for hire Um either but will be able to own thp land 'H upon whluh thc labor, aud '111 w able' H to labor more profitable than lliBlr H fathorshac llbiie Senator WhllmOrc H who is fnuiHlitir with the situation in H tlic northeril end of tho state where H thousands of bushoht of dry laud grain B arc raised, and whu has been with the H members of thb College faculty In many H other patU lookflig for locations for , tho five o.perlincnt station that were, H piovldcd for by tho last legislature, U H ot tho opinion that Iron County s the -fH best region they have found, H Tlie committee guye our pommission H ers to under6tanil that one of tho e.v H psrlmcnt stations will be Incited nomc- H where iu Iron county, and the probabl H lltlcb are that it will be at. or near "H l'arowun, It seems to us but just that H this should be the ca&e, and W talking Um 1th a number of our moat, prominent Um oltlcna, that seems to bo the feel- ''Al ff' " SB We ttro Informqd that thccoibmlttct! i 'H af tot leaving hei e went to tbe desert at t tho mouth of Pinto canvon, aud be; tween thciu and the town of KmcrpHbc, In Wuahlngton county "hoy fouud what . 9U tts icpoi-tcd they said wus better prq- H ijiectri than th'e found heu, so that it 11 ispotbiblo that the stUiion may bo ti cutcd there,, aftox' allr Itul no matter H hCretho station is located ', tvhttt ,H ihcso gentlemen say la porric', ie-t h H apt cat future for Iron couut) Tho UW these oxperlmentotallona'aro bahrdiiayf l r RvH thai tho county rccieilng tho station 1 v4 shall furnish for thb Use of the Etatot V H forty acres of land rlcared of brush and ll enclosed with a good rabbit tight fence H upon which to erect bJltable building (Hm and raalto tho necessary bxtjerlments; this enclosure 1$ to belong to tuo state H till tho purposes of tho move have beeri jH accomplished, and then to ho returned iH to the county. Tho decision bf the 'l parties who havo tho matter in churgo UU may be looked for within a few days as UU the act reixulrcn that tho plowing of thd B land shall bo completed bdfore the end 1 of May, and it will tcqulro all the timo HBl that remains to get the land denied, HHJ fenced and plowed beforo thnt date. - BB |