| Show N rh r gm by dr albert bjornson editor reaper the old reliable the richfield reaper reaches my desk promptly aery er ry saturday Sa morning it is always alry airy N a hailed with jo joy as it seems seem to h have e the power pomer to transfer one mentally tall and bodily bodil to old happy hunting grounds and to our many kind friends we me left behind in the dear old valley alley of sevier it was intentional on rn part to postpone my mn promised communication to our paper on the uintah basin barin A superficial view on conditions as they abe now non exist eist would mould not be satisfactory to those who mho may be contemplating tem plating a visit or a possible resi deney dency in this section during 1926 I 1 that the present outlook for this section has but little resemblance to the tatus status quo which existed luring during in early residency here is to put it mildly during these earl das the reservation had not as vet net emerged from its experimental stage while today it has like so go man sections of the state been tried and NOT found wanting agricultural prospects are very ner bright and promise in the near future to outstrip man inan of the older favored sections in the state the discovery of its adaptability to seed production on a large scale has brou brought glit it into the limelight more effectually than ann am other agricultural endea endeavors Nors could have hane lone done its adaptation to seed geed production was as like many other important discoveries by accident A ten acre alfalfa field in the eastern portion of the county count was nas left standing unhan ested somewhat later than usual anti and proved to be loaded vuth mith seed the incident aroused the neighbors neigh bois to its importance and thee ventured to experiment further with the results that it became unive universally rally known that the eastern portion of the reservation res was mas special adapted to this crop this portion is now nom gen generally eraIN known knon as the heart of the seed belt seed is virtually the only crop raised but it is a gamble all the same and it would mould be far more sensible nible qc to diversify many seed raisers wished niebel they aben had while the majority are satisfied the way it is ig frequently a fortune is s made in one season As s an instance may be mentioned a salt lake iad lady who nho was nas induced b by a friend to purchase an 80 acre in alfalfa the plot was purchased seil produced produce enough seed geed to pay for the land in the one season including the necessary implements clements ts while all the seed geed is not vet harvested there are families who are already alread contemplating a trip into california to remain there till spring expecting to repeat the experiment peri ment in 1926 still for all this seed raising is still in an exper experiment imen tal stage and while so 0 o should be reinforced in bv b a diversified farming it is admitted however homeer that since the adaptability of this section to seed raising was wag discovered disco cred some seven e en vears ago teed seed has continued to be a success during all these years and that individual failures have hae been principally due to inexperienced seed raisers who mho have hane refused to follow accepted methods but have hae stubbornly 1 maintained their own this applies mainly to the alie frequency of irrigation which many man experienced aced baiers have not only found unnecessary but highly detrimental to the proper maturity of the seed the water nater hogs are still numerous here as elgea el cohere here but will be less so when A hen they eventually admit thit that their stubborn methods have hae been the means mean of dest destroying roNing their hopes of a bountiful han harvest et the state has found this field of sufficient importance to establish an agricultural station which will mill assist in establishing estable bing a rule in seed raising which may ma prevent pre ent many man failures failure in this specialty specia lt and besides be of gleat service genice in all other agricultural endeavors in the basin during my short residency here it becomes more and more evident to me that man many eyes ekes are now directed to this section and that in the near future the population will nall be greatly increased crea ed the prospects prospect of a railroad into the ba basin in in the near future may assist idt in attracting new settlers which N aich will vill be doubled in case the bamberger interests decide to build and tho the U S commissioners give gine their consent to right of ma w ay decision dec in this respect should however be taken with ith a grain of al allowance loance and the actual beginning of construction should bould be the only assurance there ivery is little railroad talk here in fact the sentiments are really divided as to the necessity of a railroad in a section where so go many trucks are doing satisfactorily all transportation work necessary A sentiment of this kind is of course narrow and shortsighted short sighted and is equally detrimental to this section as the other extreme optimistic view that without a railroad ond and the proper transportation facilities thi this s basin would mould never neer amount to much taking it all in all without favor or prejudice it I 1 is the writers candid opinion that this lesser leaser utah cannot be ignored very ery much longer as it posses possesses all the necessary requisites to make it a mighty agricultural em pire there are many other features in connection with the basin aich co could u id not be covered here features which may mav be of interest to prospective prospect ne settlers at some future time they also may be briefly ditcu discussed ed |
