Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-18

efiy than the nominal posaesllor 81
large holding which csnuot DO worked
40 land must be worked TO return
profit In these days OF fierce competi'
ton. Application Of this principle Il
made 10 Australia, with tho statement
that 10 institute successful Intense
farming recourse mutt be had TO irrlga.
ton. Arguing In favor Of its adsi.
ton and the idea Of ANAL farms. ,hs
Telegraph makes the following refer.
orce TO the psople Of this inlurmlun'
tain region:
Tho scientific azflculturists and pro.
fessors ~ the science OF soil production
la the United satos now readily admit
that the example OF Mormon farming
Ia Utah has TOyoluuonizod the sys,cm
OF production In tho whole " the
states. Small holdings, individualism,
properly regulated. aud Irrigation were
tho principles laid down for Mormon
cultivation, aud tie result has been,
ycrbaps, the most succossful agrlcul.
tuto that tho world has 20. seen. Irriga-
ton proved the keystone OF the whole
iabric, and, allied 10 the sysiom OF ac.u-
ally enforced labor aud small holdlngs,
has convore cd an arid desert into
magnifcently productive area, the iruit-
lulnoss OF which IL tho wonder u all
visitors. "tnlgation,n says an agri.
cultural scientist, rs not substitute for
rain. Rain ls Substitute for Irrigation,
and q mighty poor one.n The stoIlng "
water during tho rainy season, when IL
~ u source Of danger, for utilization In
summon whom II means life. fertility, ard
blessing il really the socro. of the sue
cess " Utah cultivation. A competent
authority points Out that thore "
sufficient wa'o' aud land In arid
America Tho great mlt.bush desert,
which is now practically uuiu.
hnbitod and uninhabitable-to sustain
an additional population OF i00OJ0,UOO
people upon the same basis as thai upon
which the Utah farms have been brought
under cultivation. lle also points out
thal while only i've por cont Of tho
people Of the Unitod states have any
proprietary interest In tho land, niuoly
por cent Of tho Mormon people are own.
or- or heirs Of tho soil. Tho fac Of
polyRamy having been abolished In Uiah
now enables tho world al largo TO study,
without tho prejudice formerly existing,
the effects and cause Of the marvellous
prosperity OF that people.
Tho Telegraph further says that irrl-
CATION Ia being followed to limited ex.
tent Ia Australia, but that the artificial
seotwator isstill neglected TO degree
hat is intxpllcable. Ne for Tasmania,
the lakes are placed At high
elevation, providing almos, untqusled
facilities for irrigation. Heretofore
there have been no attempts % utilize
the water supply 10 artificial nppllca.
ton to crops, but now the introdue.
ton OF a thorough irrigation syslom IL
urged ~ a movement that cannot fail
to benefit the colony.
II IL highly gratifying to note the
progress that irrigation methods are
making In various paris Of tho earth,
aud 10 observe that the founders OF
Utah are receiving due credit for In
shutting the system In lts successful
application. When people get lnlle
further along In the discussion OF this
great factor In agricultural develop
msnt, they eau turn HgAin 10 tho
Mormons for further demonstrations Of
principle In material progress; for alter
all irrigation IL comparatively email
means used In aiding tho work, and
not the primal cause Of "the marvel.
lsus prosperity" d the Mormoua