Show PAROWAN VALLEY FARMS the editor of the times ook a spin through a portion of the paro wan valley last week and visited ze era of the farms to be found there the first to be visited was that belonging to oscar M lyman and it was found to be be in excellent condition the crop looked splendid and a large g e arrage of alfalfa is growing luxuriantly bantly thi this farm is irrigated from f rent two large flowing wells each spouting about gallons of sparkling water every minute the water is run into a reservoir and allowed to accumulate seen emulate until there is 13 ent to keep two men busy handling it upon the land from t the it wells this reservoir is filled during the night eight and contains enough to oc cupy py the he tima ime of the two men during the daylight hours mr lyman is having erected a neat four loom cottage and has put his son eon mo morris in charge of the farm the next farm to be visited was that of the hon wilford day containing hundred acres fertile Is soil with acres seeded in small grama grains and acres planted to a alfalfa alfa while there will be quite a large arge acreage of corn and still the kersage wen gentleman aleman is having more of the land brought under cultivation he has a 20 horse horae power pump engine h foll foi ces from the surface strata of water as well as several artesian wells we ils some 1000 gallons per minute the crops are excellent and growing luxuriantly and mr day anticipates raising in the neighborhood of bushels of gram grain this year besides a g goodlee 00 adlei acreage of other crops this is 13 one of the largest farms in the valley and contains the largest pump well iet et in operation A visit was also made to the barties barnea farm which is being operated by rep day this is a large tract of land and as good as can be found out of doors mr barnes has a large well on the f farm in and is having installed a 25 horse power pump ing plant with which it is estimated that 1200 gallons of water per minute t can be raised to the surface for irrigating purposes mr parties has hag an ideal tract of land and will soon be able to boast of having one of the most up to date farms farma in iron county several other tracts of land were visit fd d a large portion of them the being brought under cultivation at a very rapid rate and many of them containing flowing wells later late on an when opportunity affords a trip ti ti these hese will be made and reports as to the development given so that our readers may mav know just exactly what is being don in the way of agriculture in toe parowan carowan valley which is rightly aurre named d tae granary of southern utah |