Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-09

The first formal notice TO be taken OF
arid Farming was surprisingly sue
cessfu notice. Friends of the latest
method OF land culture. came in not
only from ali Utah counties. but from
idaho Wyoming. Nevada and Montana
They Were not men OF the grnbbig hoe
alone, but men of keen intellect and the
wide eye 10 the latest chance TO get
ahead. Many of them aresalnost indie
pent from q few years OF farming on q
large scale, and often there were groupa
OF men who plan to steam plow acres
by the hundred and raise whole valleys
full of wheat
The occasion was the opening session
of the first state convention of arid
farmers 1t Is 10 be followed by sessions
this afternoon and tonight and final
business session tomorrow morning. AS
arid farming is q matter of steam
traction engines rootlng up 40 acres of
sa gebrush day, gang plows hitched
nine disks broad on single engine,
sa gebrush grubbers OF steel construc-
tfon SO heavy that team could nos
bulge them. the talk was not along
the old familiar lines of agriculture
and the men assembled We're not the
old time men OF the soil Instead the
talk was of average precipitation, soil
qualities, land titles, where land is de-
sired by the valley, and methods of
marketing wheat by the carload,
SOME OF THE SPEAKERS.
DE-. Hyatt was called upon 10 tell all
about the rainfall In the remote Utah
districts, where land has grown it's
crop OF sagebrush for uninterrupted
centuries The dry farmer figures that
six inches year makes a crop OF wheat
possible, at least In alternate years
John De Grey Dixon, secretary of the
land, board until recently. was called
upon 70 discuss land laws and the most
approved way OF securing patents. also
what risks people take who occupy uu-
patented lands. when they applied for
them years ago, only 10 have their APP
pications held up In Washington
ORGANIZATION PERFECTED.
At this mornings meeting an organ
ization for the convention was perfect
ed with James G, Dufiin as chairman.
and f. NJ Lyman, Jr.. as secre tary.
Mr. Dublin being nominated for chair
man by Joseph FinlInson of Oak city.
Speeches We're made by Chairman Duff
nm in accepting, by Fisher Harris, presl-
dent OF the Tr0nsmissouri Dry Farm
Ing congress, by DR. Hyatt, director of
me weather bureau by John De Grey
DIXON. former secretary OF the state
land board, and an address by Coy.
cutler was read by the secTe tary.
CALLED TO ORDER.
Dr. John A. Widtsoe, president OF the
Agricultural college called the con-
yention TO order, explaining that a COM
natttee of which he was chairman had
been appointed at Denver to arrange
Tor state convention. and having
dome lis duty, the committe was now
ready to turr the meeting over 10
Mhomever ttose present should wish
ne expressed surprise AT the large at
tendance, there being enough people
present to comfortably III the lower
noor OF Barratt hall.
j. G, puFFIN. CHAIRMAN.
In taking the chair. Mr.. DufIin, who
comes from Provo, said chat NE was
slau 10 preside over the FIRST confer
ehce or men engaged In solving the
most vital problem for the future OF
utah ana all other western states. sIt
SHOWS, he declared "that the people
arc now awake 70 the meaning OF this
H'~sNN-f ''AiN CIV DtklNIlluE 10 M
yestigate. Having lived in the middle
west FOR six or seven years, 1 know
what tide OF emigration liz headed
west and how the people are looking
more and more for homes have aeen
within flye years values Jump I'm Kan
cas- from 400 10 500 per cent and thls
without any boom. The reason was
merely bucause OF the better facilities
for land culture, and the increasing de-
,nand for homes.
What has been accomplished In
Kansas and Oklahoma. and AN through
the middle west can be Accomplished
here IN Utah. Barton county Kansas
FOR years produced more wheat than ali
of Utah combined, This condition ia
no longer true, however, as we are be-
ginning 20 ELL land thar we Thought
was useless a few years ago, and are
increasing our production till In a few
years we win have many counties that
VIII produce what the entire state pro-
auction now amounts to.
TooELE's RECORD.
secy, y, M, Lyman Jr, spoke briefly
~ his interest In dry farming and OF
ihe Tpoele county farm where he had
Teen II produce a crop IN one year
large enough Ia pay for 40 acres of land,
and leave 200 bushels surplus He
Then announced that owing 10 the ah-
snee of GOV c4-'Ag 4 would DO necrs-