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Show Kmmmmmmwmmmimwnwfwmmmfgmmmmwwm y - SSZviaBwawwi0c T . '' I ,': " GREAT POSSIBILITJES. j i ' In Pincvalley, Beaver Countv. '-' Farming and Herding Work Begun. :; Pinevalley lies just east of the (Nevada range of mountains Jin '"the west end of Beaver County. JU It Js about thirty-five miles in I length and eight or ten in width, 1 having a general direction north J and south. The southern end is I ' .about fifteen miles from Lund, i 1 As yet fair agricultural tests 0 have not been made, but judging , 1 from appearances the valley is to be one of the best dry farming j sections of Utah. Most of the soil is decomposed granite in Hthe form of bench land produc-, ing a heavy growth of blue sage brush, apple brush, and blue I . grass. The climate is at least equal if not superior' to that of the average Utah valley. People : familiar with conditions there tell us the spring grass is two or , three weeks earlier than in the i Iron County valleys. Observaton i ' shows the rainfall to be greater) " I than the average fall in the state, j ' .0" Dth sides of the valley are j , streams of water and unde- veloped springs that can be used I in the development of farms. j Quantities of high spring water i heretofore unused will yet help ' in the development of alfalfa ranches. Kl As a supplement to the farm- Hl ing industry is a vast territory HI of summer and winter grazing Hi country for sheep and cattle, HI .stocked only to a slight extent. HI A few watering places have been III 'developed but there are many 1 others without a sign of dam or III troughs. itf As the country has been un- Mm -f requented except by a few flock- Hf - masters its great possibilities H have lain there all these years D within easy reach. But the H movement has begun and we ex-j H pect to see notable results in the E next few years. Men from -V Parowan, Cedar City, Minersville I and other places are acquiring H titles to land and water for both . farming and herding purposes. Ilk Among the first to do much - de-1 Wam veloping work are G. A. and IB Wa"ter Mitchell of Parowan. IfiE , - These men are located on Indian IV and Cottonwood Creeks, and' IB they estimate their water to be W sufficient to irrigate two-thirds U of the 960 acres they have. This Hf fall they have prepared over GO Wf acres for the seed; have built W about two miles of canal with fr dams and laterals, and have done Wt considerable fencing. ,W A number of Iron County m people are interested in thecoun- Jp try, and it is to be hoped that m many of our young men will m obtain farms. |