Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-10

At noon today the Utah Arid Farm
association, fully organized. came in
TO existence as result of tho tirsi
state conference on ways and meant
to replace Utah sagcbrush with wheat
crops. A large number of people were
present this morning and took Keen
interest In tn Anal proceed lngs, show
ing by tho nature OF the technical
questions asked the speakers that they
have dry farm projects In mind. ane
are figuring on details OF method in
starting them
This morning an executive commit
tee Of ore man from each county, to
consist OF the COMMITTEES on perman-
ent orga Eization. appointed yesterday
with few alterations was appointed
to serve as an executive committee
dents, and the secretary.
The matter OF preparing a fine dls
play of arid farm products for ex
hfhit during tho Transmissouri Dr,
Farm congress next October, wns dis
cussed, and assurances given by manS
dry farmers that they would plant
crops this spring with a special View
to securing products for display
Fisher Harris. president of the
Trans issouri congress, made brlel
statement In which he said that the
Commercial club had pledged the
raising OF 5000 to secure this con.
vention for Salt Lake. and that u
would raise this money for the print.
ing OF proceedings. entertainment OF
visitors. and preliminary pubiclt,
work connected with the convention
He said that the i'm preston that onl1
tiIlers of the soil have a right 10 be IN
terested in arid farming must be dons
away with.
An interesting feature of this MORN
lng's program was series OF Informal
talks from people who know what IL
going on In various counties towards
esta bllshing arid farms of large a-cre-
age. The reports show that they ex-
list in almost every county, while In
Cache, Juab and Tooele they are well
esta blished and ON 4 paying basis.
On the regular program there were
three papers, Howard Cox OF Prove
read a paper on the traction engine and
It's use IN arid farming. He declared
that the engine Is being rapidly I'M
proved and that within a few years
much better results may be expected.
A. present tho engines are too small
10 do the work required OF them, and
burn more fuel than Is necessary He
advised against tho buying of engines
he said, conld be operated for So per
day. blowing an area OF from 80 To DO
acres at y cost of about 80 cents per
acre. Gasoline and electricity we're dis
cussed as motive powers. and IL WAS
stated that AZ least one gasoline engine
will be on duty In Utah within year.
NO MORE FARMERS.
John Beck. In comm emitting on the
traction engine. Declared that he looked
forward to a day OF the farm without a
farmer sit VIII soon be a Question OF
machinery and the elements, with an
engineer Instead OF a farmer In charge
OF the machinery. The farmer Ia tho
lucky man who VIII own the ground,
and his duty will be 10 look happy and
enjoy his leisure on the income. or divl-
dends, IL he il owner OF sharos In an
Incorporated farm" Mr. Beck recalled
the time he opened tho Bullion Beck
milne, the second mine ever to be Oper-
ated In Utah and OF the great progress
made towards scientific mining since
that time.
OUT IN roOELE.
An interesting talk Oh Rush valley
Was made by Israel Rennion. who has
been engaged In arid farming there
Tor a long time. He spoke OF the ear
~ efforts at dry farming out there. and
Of the endless task OF gtubbng sage
brush by hand that marked the frat
era, Then 0ne day" he contlnue ed.
some strangers dropped IN and took
10000 acres OK land right out OF any
front door yard, and began to disturb
the peace OF myself and my neighbor,
who lived seven miles across the fields.
II managed to save a few acres or
land Out Of the wreck for nay children,
and bought share IN the big conf
Eany They are working there now
Win the sagebrush grubber ma the
steam plow ana ami sulo their work
will be successful All the land we
cleared by hand has produce good
crops
Dr. widtsoe followed Mr., BennioA
With brief tribute no his work In
Tooele ana OF the inspiration II has
been 10 othars Of the south who proved
stubborn converts to the dea that
crops win grow with narrowing and
fan plowlng instead Of frequent irri-
CATION lie recalled a visit lao made
there when he found craps OF melons,
eonr wheat. and potatoes OH arid
land
SAN JUAN PosslBILTTtEs,
Hansen Bsylos Of San Juan county