Show colonization OF MILLARD COUNTY TO BE CON DUCTED THROUGH STATE AND TY FARM BUR rate BUREAU GIVES SUPPORT TO NOVEL PLAN SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO THE COUNTY TO FIND lit jv WHAT ISI IS going on within our orders the deseret news ol of recent its tie votes considerable space to e discussion of a proposed novel an of placing colonists on the laida of the county the plan evently dently has its inception with the I 1 ard county farm bureau the tha larr is not now new in theory it has been advocated by foreward looking men t f the county tor for a a long time it the an la Is faithfully carried out it should e the greatest possible factor in ringing about the reclamation and envelopment of this great county the plan in detail as given by the ate press Is as fallows tal lows the novel plan of 0 farmers underline to colonize their own com coin lenity by introduction of methods insl derr ly at variance with the of land exploitation com coin anies has been brought to the at entson ot of the utah state farm burau through the recent organization i millard lillard county ot of th the e farmers balty I 1 company the new corpora ion on I 1 Is s not only composed of farm arm lureau membris membria mem beis beia but its proposed in colonization 0 of the coun ty will be direct directed erd by faira barei i officers and members details ot of the project which to p r er ertain tain event is the outgrowth 0 over exploitation ot of the millard couri coun abua acio daae pawl il tur ast time in this city yesterday by R pe ot of dela del a ail millard pard bouat farm bureau and one ot of the sea eis of 0 the farmers land company one hundred thousands 0 baar od ed land improved WI with ditches and in many instances unde actual cultivation tor for one armore or more masons awaits farmers who are wll wil ng to tare ta e advantage vantage ita of the CUP CU CUL L P colonization plan according to lr ir beck close to railroad we need 1000 more families in tillard sill lard county and there Is not only oom tor for that many but an inley is offered tor for them to make a profitable table living on lan land that is equal 0 any in the state for productivity we sie aie now listing this land tor for the benefit of prospective colonists and I 1 belleve that acres are avail ule u ie in the vicinity of delta with no farm lying moie thau than six miles from froin a railroad As an example of the productivity of this land the average of at al alfa seed tor for 1921 1 will le tea bust busl els per acie alter after 4 a crop of bay has pen tal en ei e i off this nearis that the per acre from his seed crop alone there is practically no expense to the production of alfalfa seed and while I 1 am on this subject ot of alfalfa seed it is interesting to note that one halt half of the entire crop of the I 1 states is grown in utah and millard billiard county furnishes one haf ha t of the state production there is no area in the united states where alfalfa seed can be gro wn to better advantage than in millard county in the figures I 1 hava quoted I 1 have attempted to show the average there are actual re on record ord from measured ac acreage where millard county land has hag netted per acre from alfalfa seed attar a glod tonnage of hay has been taken oft f in n connection n afon with the farm bureau plan tor for colonization ot of this land A M beck said the new company woul not only assist in locating a prospective settler but would assist him li IL a way aud and above all woula not amandon him to his bis own jes es once he be has decided to locate I 1 a cibin ahe company company will al ai empt to insist in every iii Li stance that thai tie lie colonist have sufficient opel tins after in making aking i a payment on his holdings to carry bam alm entirely en tirel through his first year instead of 0 en a prospective colonist tr tc take up the largest possible acreage the ibe farm arm bureau members propose to discourage him la in attempt attempting lug tin cultivation ot of more than 40 acres unless as mr air leek states ho he ha a yard ull full ot of boys noti ing the point chaty that we make plain in our plan Is that the farmers realty company Is a operative cooperative co nonprofit non profit sharing corporation prospective settlers will be located on land at actual cost not one dollar of 0 profit to be taken for the farm bureau or the corn com pany our only object is colonization putting permanent settlers on irrigated land that we will vill back as against any soil sail in it utah tor for but we re dont propose tp make the mistake of some of the professional land companies by telling settlers that the first years crop will pay for or the land and leave something over tor for an automobile there is work and good hara ham work ahead for the mart man who take s up lip this land but we do claim the ad aari vantage tage of putting him on ground that has been cleared that Is level irrigation ditches dug and in most casesa tract that has been un jer der cultivation in putting the millard county prop forward mr air beck has been granted the privilege of using the aarm I 1 arm bureau organization throughout le he state the bellet being that the situation offers an opportunity to remove I 1 the agricultural condi eions that prova prevail ilin aln some of the other coun counties fles ile he will also bring the novel farm bureau project to the attention ot of organized farmers in other tates states through the medium of the reau abere Is no other county in utah an a which the farm bureau has attempt oil ed a colonization movement ot of this kind according accordine to officers ot of the utah bureau and 0 E wolcott nation al organizer tor for the american farm dureau bureau federation Is g authority fo for the statement that it otters offers a new irlea idea for the farm bureau in other othe states |