Show PAROWAN VALLEY 1 BY W editor parowan carowan times the parowan carowan valley sometimes re berred to as the valley of the little salt lake because it contains contain sone ane of the remnants of old lake bonneville located ln in the east end of the county is about twenty six miles long with an average width of about six miles though it is ia much wider than that in the middle and narrower at each end I 1 it has a varlet variety of soils from bench land down to a lake shore formation which makes it admirably adapted for a variety valety of crops for many beirs years t tha three mountain streams atre aroa which flow into it at carowan parowan Pa rowan para gonah and summit were I 1 depended up on as the only means I 1 of irrigation and as a result only a small aren area was brought under cultivation but in comparatively recent years artesian water has been developed until now there is a larger area being irrigated from that source than from the canyon streams amps and every indication is that that area will continue to grow moreover it is being demonstrated that large areas can be made product tet lye with little or no irrigation A large area odthe of the valli valley Is proven alfalfa seed terrific which r requires I 1 I 1 r a awa len irrigation only to a tart start the alfalfa and then it ic produces year after year profitable yields of good quality seed without irrigation some fields have been producing for ten tea or twelve years without a dro drop of water being applied by irrigation op on our bench lands along the south and east of the valley corn rye sudan grass and even potatoes have been produced in sufficient quantities with no irrigation to demonstrate th the e possibilities through the heart of the valley there is a proven area of about four or i five by twenty miles in which pump wells ells can be developed at a 4 nominal cost and new farms tire are con I 1 tanay being made in this area vast areas of ft t are still kits in its virgin state however and though practically all of it la privately owned much of it can b be pui purchased chased at a cost which makes it profitable bleto to develop I 1 3 4 be because C i a 0 W e of inadequate fac facilities in the past for marketing the cro crops Ps of section other than through livestock only the common forage and grain crops alfalfa wheat oats and grain barley arle have been brodu produced ced to any ap I 1 preci ible tent sandwith and with the advent of betters t transportation aari rari r or tation facilities we I 1 I 1 I 1 4 1 6 14 11 M M I 1 I 1 1 10 1 I 1 r 1 P 1 1411 14 11 d I 1 4 i t aft f t 1 4 A e I 1 S Y p a 1 r R I p I 1 pa 1 V 19 q f A 0 1 11 I 1 A VINY 4 W 1 I I 1 il 41 0 4 4 1 k I 1 T 1 1 1 J 4 1 11 g Z F 4 pt 1 11 pe 7 t ix I 1 I 1 I 1 Z k A 6 11 5 I 1 A i I 1 1 A I 1 1 f I 1 v 1 e K 1 1 14 1 1 1 1 ir I 1 I 1 A gk I 1 K i I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 p fl iff k 0 A av ja I 1 a 1 P I 1 I 1 00 0 f W aae boyert Oo W of I 1 I 1 I 1 rv 1 I Vt I 1 ortho branch i 0 bial I 1 1 I his ered t to 46 8 SoM klah tak Us has been to prove that t albe 4 Wl 14 be bet hador 4 W vu un ul g p I 1 I 1 t cr the sibie above of waterland wat erand 0 I 1 i oli ri foot 1 8 W 1 hu tK arod mired acres of pr W 1 I ff 3 i I 1 A N 14 i I 1 i ja A J ti T 0 r O 1 1 4 4 jt ZA JI 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 j 11 P W 11 1 it t XU I 1 I 1 I 1 1 41 th at 1 ill I 1 V I 1 1 il 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 hiba overcome the habit 0 of o ado vo b ing practically all our energy to I 1 the production of these cros crops sll all of which ae are consumed locally and marketed through our 11 livestock yes to c k 1 I it has bits I 1 been demonstrated repeated ate d ly however that small email fruits berries apples apricots plums leea peaches ei itna and a variety lety of vegetables of a quality not surpassed anywhere caniba cariba be produced and i it ls nott bb muchal bopre j pro diet that with th the I rowing growing market anz on the 64 west coast fruit growing and truck jar gardening dening will some day bt b a important industries in this thia ballej that thai more lias nt already been hien done in this direction dar is indue due largely to the fact that the production of liy livestock estock has offered a more attractive arid and heretofore more inore profitable rii means entis of gaining a livelihood the inhabitants of three communities Paro carowan parowan Pa rowan wap paragonah Para gonah h and summit with a combined population of ii less than three thousand atil area are struggling to develop this valley but to td data dat they have hardly scratched the surface e of f is vast resources properly developed it should provide happiness ands and contentment for at least eight or ten thousand people |