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Show UTAH'S WORLD-WIDE SERVICE. When the Mormon pioneers introduced lucerne seed to the western west-ern part o the United States and proved its adaptability to conditions con-ditions of climate and soil found in this country, they did a service for the people of not only our part of the world, but for countless thousands in distant lands. . Of late Canada, under the persuasion of Utah men, has undertaken to grow alfalfa, and now the Canadian Northwest is beginning to feel thankful that Utah's influence has brought them a blessing so promising. Alfalfa seed was sent from Utah to Argentina and today that . South American land of cattle and wheat owes its growth in the cattle export trade to the good that Utah has performed in spreading spread-ing the seeds of the alfalfa plant. A consular report of recent date, just received by the Standard, Bays Argentina without alfalfa would occupy an unimportant place as a beef producer in the markets of the world. Alfalfa has redeemed to profitable use millions of acres of Argentina land that would be unproductive. Alfalfa sends a steer to market a year younger than when the native grasses were relied upon.. This marvelous forage plant gives a rich fattening pasture on land that is otherwise of small value, as alfalfa is the only plant that wall send its roots down deep enough to get the moisture necessary to growth. In Argentina it is the ambition of nearly every ranchman to get as much of his place into alfalfa as possible, and the area of alfalfa pasture is increasing enormously every year. In some sections it is still in an experimental stage, and in others it has proved a failure, at least for pasturage, because "tosca," a limestone formation, is too near the surface of the ground or because native summer grasses overcome it. But the failure of wheat in the northern part of the province of Santa Fe has driven small farmers to turning their wheat farms into alfalfa fields or to moving to another part of the country, coun-try, either to raise cereals under more favorable conditions or to go into alfalfa where experiments have shown that it will succeed. Farmers in the same region who, instead of putting all their land into wheat or flax, have planted alfalfa and corn and raised cattle, have done well. As soon as a brief experiment demonstrates the adaptability of a new region to alfalfa, there is a grand rush to get in. Land jumps up incredibly in value; thousands of acres often change hands sev-eral sev-eral times in a year, with valuations doubled at each exchange. This was the case in 1902 with lands in the central part of the province of San Luis, 425 miles by rail west of the city of Buenos Ayres. It was found that alfalfa would grow very well there, and the lands were wanted by men owning large cattle ranches in the province of Buenos Ayres, where they could not afford to fatted their steers. They wanted cheap alfalfa lands to which they could send their young steers to fatten and on which they could breed others. While we of Utah have been pioneers in making use of alfalfa and proclaiming its benefits to others, there is some danger that wo will overlook the good the forage plant has accomplished and, seek ing out new crops, as children do new baubles, make serious mistakei |