Show statement corrected d E lit sitf r pro progress ress review utah dear your issue of july 24 1913 11 reference ia i made to a demon ration st furm for millard county if in this article there are a number of errors which I 1 should very flisch like tp see corrected the proposition is not to establish sta blish a denion demonstration strat 1 1 on dr dry farm but to establish a demonstration farm farin on oil which the feasibility and practicability of irrigation by pumping may be fully tested underlying a large section of your district as is well known there is practically till an inexhaustible supply of water in ill california considerable land is already ready ril being irrigated by water pumped from a distance of 80 30 40 and 50 feet we hel believe that more land will be brought under cultivation by this i method within tile next few years than is now flow cultivated by diversion it is the purpose therefore of the state conservation commission tile state agricultural college manufacturers of pumps the alie stilt salt lake route and others to cooperate with either beaver iron or millard county in ill the alie matter of establishing stab lishing a farm to fully test this question I 1 might add that a number of individuals owning land some distance away from froin the railroad have already prof feretto furnish 40 acres fenced with a rabbit tight fence and give ill an additional bonus of this however does not meet incel the requirements since the farm farin must be located along close cl to alic railroad in order that the thousands of people passing through the state may see ee the results of this denion demon cration sf the proposition of cooperation has been eeik propose proposed to the various county commissioners but will not nob be taken up with private individuals very sincerely yours lewis A merrill agricultural expert salt lake route |