Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-02

resources Of the United States that there
L. no day Ia al the year on which we are
not harvesting In some section products
from our soil. A glance at the different
portions Of the country shows the diver
sity Of these products and tells Us why
we may claim 10 DO the best fed nation
In the world
Upon tho Pacific slope we have the
soil aud climate thni Va best adapted to
the products Of the vino and the grow.
ing Of citrus fruits. Within an incredi.
hlyshort time vineyards and orchards
have been planted thore, and their fruits
grapes. oranges, lemons, olives, fig,
apric0ts. prunos. ~ wen M honey, ETC.
uro now familiar In every market Of our
country. These. with their other prod.
ucis. such Us wines. raisins, almonds,
otc.. will soon FREQ Ms from any neod Of
dependence upon tho fruit regions Of
temitropical Europe.
The great northwest IL almost q syn.
onym for "No Hard, and is dovel.
opmont within two decades has boon
such that II might almost have supplied
the world with wheat In conncctiuH
with the great corn folds Of the central
prairie states. II has furnished rs an
abundance Of the staple food supplioa,
and has given us In most years a surplus
10 sond abroad II there arc some who
have thought that our limit Of production
In this direction has boon reached, they
have only 10 travel along orr northern
border and observe tho great areas yet
untouched by the pillow. Whom n greater
output Il needed. It will DO seen that our
grain farmers Of tho next decade will
surprise as as much rs did those Of the
last
In New England tho dairy, tho OF.
chard aud tho garden have largely taken
the place Of grain and stock. These In
dustrios arc bottor adapted TO tho pre-.
vailing conditions. and proximity 10 the
markets Of the great manufacturing
towns thus enables them 10 get the
greatest return from their acres.
Throughout all tho middle south cot.
ton IL king, nnd Ga production u 80 great
that II 10 constantly tho largest single
item In the whole volume OF our agrioul.
tural exports. Regarding this section,
It may bo noted In pasaing that there IL
now tendency toward a greater diver.
siication OF crops, and while there will
not DO less cotton grown in tho nggre.
gate, the individual farmer will place
less entire dependence on this, and will
ain to grow more Of such crops "a are
needed for his own sustonanco.
From the extreme southern portions
of our territory we got, on tho west, RIGS
and sugar; and on tho east tho tropical
fruits. such ~ the banana, cocoanuts,
gunyns aud pineapple aud, again, the
citrus fruits. as in California, as wen as
an endless variety Of subiromcal prod.
ucts, Except within comparatively mar.
row limits we have not yet begun to test
our powers Of production. There ARE
great grain fields set TO open In the
north and west, and In tho southwest rs
woll, when We shall have begun fully 10
avail ourselves Of the aid Of irrigation
There are fruit lands yet TO DO planted
in California aud Florida, and along our
almost untouched gulf coast, and cotton
has not yet begun to reach It's limit.
Tho greatest value Of tho foregoing
hasty sketch mado by Tho American
Agricultural Is, according 10 tho au-
thority quoted, tho opportunities II still
suggests. Young men who are indus.
trious and ambitious cannot do better
than to turn thor thoughts In this dirco-
ton. So great is tho diversity Of EN-.
Payments offered that one may fol.
low almost tho untrammcled bent Of hi1
own inclinAtions In choosing his place
and his work. Agriculture has never
offered so many alluromcnts, nor has II
ever been 10 safe u calling rs II Is with
us today. whoroyor industrious, intel
ligent and porssvcring young farmer,
inny cast their lot, DO II east or west
north OF south, they may lind within
easy reach tho means for tho realization
OF their iondost hopcs-tho founding Of
u happy home, tho aim Of every tru,
man and woman.