Show 1 I 1 1 I 1 i i i i I 1 i i UND BLEN settlement of our good farm land Is desirable for several reasons viz 1 more people bring bolter better living con conditions dillons it if they know their busly business n ess 2 they will enlarge the scope of many activities and raise the standard of living 3 more and better farming will increase cattle and sheep on farms 1 11 and nil at the same time provide orovil le teed cpr finishing pork mutton an and d beet beef so that no I 1 liv livestock stock may be trucked out 4 the value of every ranch now 0 operating pe rating will ha be materially matei lally increased not only the land but the livestock water rights etc 6 5 these fabers facers bring market roads and permit amore varied agriculture such are just a few salient facts relative to san juans dry land farm ing as the immediate concern of all many would have you believe teat that these lands must be owned put pill in condition homes built farm equipment supplied finances provi provided dod for the utterly impoverished from hero and thore such Is not the case why must wo we suppose that only those thes 0 corn com plemely flown doun ond out with no equip ip rient no means with scarce ec arcey y adv hope tire aie the only we may bit perhaps to get much of that federal money for rel relieving leving the c ri areas we would vituld havo have to seek people or of that class but there are many rt lieis mon men vho aho have bonio hghes hoi fees coni covay farni farm jand I 1 in III n a little afi vho aho alf airi wiri vilca tic 5 it suck sek that LC klinl of off filou wailer why how may we ve do it T these I 1 ibe questions are ale hurled at us every lay and with the additional injunction induction that we tiny have too much land farmed now too much i to eat and cannot use more fa farmers aers let us ua inspect facts applying to other sect sections lons of the country on irrigation project are aie many farmers who couf here if they knew the truth because the their lr fabia eions water cots colts high taxes till nil make farm farmley itly almost prohibitive 1 l many have supposedly good water rights yet they have to contend with lack of water 2 in one of counties water sold for 90 00 per acre and the supply Is quite inadequate then when farming got under way drainage lit at 1000 0 00 to 3 00 ner nere wrecked most of them while this Is fin an extreme case in utah there fire are many of similar nature even it if not so bad in salt lake county right now are i pumping the water from ilia lake at considerable cost until the lake la is I 1 nearly dry 3 tho the argument used much the last three years that too much land Is now farmed Is worth examination because suph such reveals vital elements viz too much corn maybe may ie produced in one section too much wheat in li another nother but lit our country count rv to 0 o feed all fairly well la Is not burdened with any important surplus sili plus of wheat corn potatoes beef pork and such neves even it if wo we have an important surplus of cotton millions are now without sufficient food and clothes perhaps 25 per cent of our people in this condition doulder boulder d dam an i 1 is s b being e f ng bai built 1 1 t a giant la n t st srini 1 I v 1 ii 0 vl d e fi ly by t the i i e g govern aele rn merit ment that dam will furnish more new food on lands now dry by the water supplied as needed than utah and arizona now produce our free press tells us about this his over supply i and at it the samo same time boosts the means of giving a mammoth increase I 1 I 1 of farm products each state and every county in each state Is entitled to consideration so that its life may bo be a fair average in millo ying the aitio jenot r ces thereof it Is u unjust tor for several mighty good reasons to hold utah back arid and promote california and it Is equally unfair to favor tt afi 11 ft colons in 11 1 th sill and alas largo large bounty national and stats state progress requires an equalization ian an juan county is preeminently a livest nek area having cli unit and feed quite good and ample but the idea that we may use as range land that la Is better than western kansas farm land as productive as so borne m e 0 of tho the bests well known irrigated tracts t ra ct s Is wrong such land farmed armed righta will tinee three to len en times ninn moro feed making the natural range more valuable giving us ui more social and cultural cui tUral life banishing isolation and with only more people tills this land Is cheap it Is almost cov ered |