Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-01
TALKS OF THE WEST
Secretary Wilson Reports His Obser.
Yatl0DS Here.
IRRIGATION AND RANGE HORSES
Latter May Liysn The European Market
-ProspPrlty Among Western FERN.
trs-GrOwing Sugar Beets.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1. - James Wilson
,ecretary OF agriculture, has returned
from trip through the western states
where he has been In vestigating con.
ditions regarding irrigation and other
matters which will tend to widen the
scope OF agricultural industry.
MIR. Wilson has been Investigating
The systems OF Irrigation In western
Eebratka, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah,
mart of Idaho and NIrth Dakota, and
the result Of his observations Will be
rrauyht with Interest to western agri.
culturists. He has gone Into the quss.
lion OF the condition OF the rauRe
horse. He hopes to mike tho animal
capable OF competlug with tho horsss
o. Europe.
MI. Wilson IL enthusiastic concer. =
ing the agricultural iulure OF the
West, and confident that hard tim es
have passed TOR the farmers west of the
Mississippi. During his months trip
through the western etstes he exam.
iue1 into the conditions exAtiDg
among the farmers. He found that
the latter had felt the wave OF pros
perily and int they were buying new
machinery, making numberless i'm.
provements and are able TO pay of
their mortgages.
IRRIGATION IN THE WEST.
~ have been through toe mou n -.
tain s.ates," said Mr.. w llson, ala
order 10 learn what could ne dune re.
garding Irrigation In the IsnRe lands
ri weslern Nebraska, Colorado,
Wyomipp, Utah, part OF Idaho,
Montana and N nth DAkota. The
principal object OF my tup through
those states was To ascertain TO what
extent they could adj to tue annusl
production by Iuitner irrigation. Dur.
ing the course of my observation
found that those states alfealy have
used up the waters in many districts
without being able to irrigats tue bot
tom lanls. They are now ngitatiu.
the theory OF dRmming the waters In
winter. Various sChemsa are on loo |
to bring tubs ab;ut. Some adv cate
the IDEA that the government,
should take up the matter
and pay ior such dBmmlng.
Some think the state gov rnmenls
should begio the work. Others are Or.
ganizing companies ana selling the
sIock in the East. Everything points
iu a renewed activity IN agriculture
10 these stsles.
"5 me rivers In these states are not
beipg used for irrigation purposes.
Among these are thu Grand river In
Utah, ana the Yellowstone river.
The Yellowstone has magnificent
valley all through Montaua. 1t Is
Ifse tn nAQN tn nat Ia. -
cut Of lis banke, however, and 10 buiiu
oil the valley.
HOPEFUL OF RANGE HORSES.
"rbis II curry naturally led to an in.
vestlgstivn or the condition OF the
range horse. Why IN the horse OF tue
range practically worthless? The is q
question which has troubled western
agrIculturaliets for years. Tho range
horse can be nude u profiGaDls source
OF income. l ind by careful investi.
CATION over those seven states that the
grasses OF The uplands, though they
are never Irrigated, are very nutri-
uUus. They are Just ss nutritious ns
the plue grasses OF Iowa, provided, o;
courte, that the animal gets enough OF
range.
81 find that tho animals, with rare
exceptions, have nothing to keep up
their growth In the winter or to MAUI
tain their quality OF sustenapce ob-
lsined auiinR The summer months.
Leading range men agreed with me
nut colt kept growing both summer
and winter continuously for Two years
~oulu be as large as colt at i've
yesrs with no feeding III the winter.
They also Agreed with me that
good wintering would give them a
horse weighing 800 or 400 Iounds
more nj four years tnan he is A. i've
years old. VI without any better blood
Than they have got, 100 or 200
pound hVrte-just such morse as 10
Low ueed in European armies.
II have an agent In Europe at the
present Zine investigating the re.
quIreOents Tor heavy uran, carriage
horsts, anu animals needeu tor a0y
putps SEES. l have very little doubt
lhht II the iaDge horses IN the western
tla es were properly cared for they
wtu.d be able to compete with Euro
peao horses. L nope to bring about
such oJmpelisiun and to make the
market Tor A msrican horses lively In
European Countries.
ABOUT SUGAR BETS,
During my trip found very ex-
tensive interest IN growing sugar
bees 10 MAKE sugar. GTsnu Island,
Ntb, ia GA the eige Of the DRY belt.
sugar beels are one crop that grows In
tpite OF utouShls. About 5000 to 4,OOO
acres Of isnu are necessary 10 cult
vate a sufficient crop OF beets 10 keep y
factory Ia uIeratIDn,
"TEe dry product, or the pulp, ID
not neiug used TO tbs best advantage.
Al Grand Island anu Lehl, u AN, II
Is fed 10 rage steers. Toe amount o.
II tnat would make TWO pounds OF gain
on q firsI-class steer, worth O. x or
seven cent?, would make pound o.
butter, tul such mas not OCCURRED 10
ths sugar beet growers.'
Nicaragua canal BuiIotiD.
WARRINGTON, Aug. Slime bu'
lpuu of a suart,ap .apl lgu VIII lbBuG