The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-12

: PURPOSES in San Juan county at 1000. 90
acres. % which 100000 are covered with
a talr growth of pine, while the other 500
Gy9 are covered with sage brush and other
related plants.
On April p. after having made tbs
TEDIOUS return journey from San Juan
and Grand counties, the committee stud
! led the conditions in the vicinity of Price
carbon county Extending from Price
southwark TO Emery county are I'm
mense areas of fertile land. but the RAIN
fall conditions and results of the soil
1 bOrings made by the committee agreed
| IN indicating the inadvisability Of arid
farming in that part Of the state North
OF Price, however, we found number
of mesas, the soil OF which contains
moisture enough to make arid farming
a fair success, though the conditions
! those existing in San Juan county.
On the 5th of May the committee
following day save the arid farm con
ditiOns of Sanpete county q careful In
VestigatiOn. The soils of Sanpete county
are quite fertile. the rainfall is medi-
would be successful only in the smaller
mountain valleys or on tho lands form
ing the foothills Of the mountains.
The next day May @, the committee
Travelled through Sewer valley and found
the conditions there very much the same
as those prevailing in Sanpete county.
On May 7 the committee visited Grass
and Bear valleys and found there 4 con
siderable area Of good soil with very
SOOQ rainfall SOIl DOTlu2S ana Lne ma
tive vegetation indicated that arid farm
ing could be made n success there.
On May Is the committee studied the
lands of TOceIe valley The soil and
meteorological conditions there are all
favorable for arid farming.
On May IA the committee drove through
the whole length OF Rush valley, large
portion OF which can undoubtedly be
brought under cultivation without irriga-
ton There are in TOOele county hun
dredS of thousands Of acres Of land that
q nm 70 q fnn Grid 70
committee also gave attention 70 Cedar
valley in Utah county, which contains
large areas Of land that may be 5dTmeQ
without irrigation.
The committee made its report to the
executive committee of the board on " ay
i. and the esta bIishment OF stations vas
authorized as follows Near Monticello,
San Juan county, in Grass valley. SEWER
county, and in ToOele valley, Tooele
county. Since this action Of The cxecu-
tive committee Professor Merrill has
made a trip 10 San Juan county AMI has
selected forty acres OF land a few miles
south of Monticello. to be used fcr an
of the stations in Grass valley and Tooele
valley and near Enterprise are get to be
made.
an every instance the county which has
received a station has agreed 20 lear the
land and to fence it with rabbit-ticht
fence at its own expense In ADDITION,
San Juan county is contributing $500
for the next two years toward the main
tenance of the Monticello farm, and
Washington county mas agreed TO TUT
niSh $500 for the maintenance of the En-
terprise farm uD TO the meeting of the
next legislature
These six farms, as now located, repre-
sent the most promising arid farm Cis-
tricts in the state. Each farm stands
for hundreds of thousands of acres Of
farm lands with similar meteorological
conditions.
The work on the farms already selected
has been begun and the three remaining
selections will be made immediar rely aft
er the college commencement ezrcises.
Throughout our travels We have been
treated with the grea test courtesy by the
county officers and interested citizens.
Without this assistance we should not
have been able to cover the ground we
have and do the work We have 4 me IN
something less than two months
Up to the present the committee has
Travelled, in the prosecution of its work,
3.60 miles by railroad and 694 miles by
stage Very respectfully yours
GEO. Q. WHITMORE,
Member of the BOARD Of Trustees
JOHN A. WIDTSOE,
Director, Experiment station
LEWIS A MERRILL,
AgrOnOmist, Experiment Station