Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-08
AN IMPORTANT GATHERING.
Story Of How the Deserts Being
Driven Back in This and
Surrounding States.
Purpose is to Org and Put Dry
Farm Work OH Definite and
Well Protected Basis,

Fomorrow morning ths pioneers ot
Utah arid farming gather in Barratt
han 70 hold their first state conference
ON this Important phase OF Utah agri-
culture. For q number of decades
many sections OF Utah have appeared.
ON tho map as portions OF the Great
American desert, and Cor a number OF
years believers In The new methods OF
arid farming have been making In
roads upon the sagebrush. IN some
instances they have turned over hum
dreds of bushels OF wheat 10 the mar
ket, and "a few OF them have become
independent within few seasons,
But the work OF driving back the
desert has been carried ON without
cooperation among those who hap
pened 10 take 1t W In the various sec
tons. Down In Juab county, DR. John
A. Widtsoe created the Dog valley
wheat farm, and up in Smtthhcld'
Bishop Geo, H. Farrell spread out Ms
arid acres OF wheat. while there were
farms IN Tuoee county and away
down South i'm San Juan The men
who made them viii be together 10
morrow and out OF their talk may
come many important IDEAS for gem
eral state distribution.
PURPOSE OF CONFERENCE
The specific purpose of the confer
ence is 10 organize a state society, pat
arid farming on deiinelte and well
protected basis, and get 4 unity of Of
fort In the future work with the soils
that know no Irrigation.
Fisher Harris brought back In his
scalp belt from Denver, the next gem
eral convention OF the recently orga
nized National Society OF Dry Farm
ers~ This convention Will be held here
during october, and the conference to-
morrow viii appoint committees tc sec
to it that the delegates are Well taken
care Of and that u blg exhibit of dry
farm products he prepared 10 show
what can be done with the Utah lands
where only sagebrush and lizards have
lived for centuries
THREE SESSIONS.
There will be three sessions
tomorrow at 10 o'clock, 2 O'Clock
and o'clock. with a closing session
on Wednesday morning Besides or
gstnizing state society the confer
ence win listen to papers by leading
men interested in arid farming and IN
subjects with which 1t Is allied. Some
of them have had interesting careers In
connection with the steps so far taken
to make arid farming a demonstrated
success, John q. Adams, for instance
started ont IS years ago without any
capital. To tackle his first problem OF
making a living alone He bought lsO
acres of land near the Bear river. and
planted It, Out OF the returns of few
years arid farming he bought ago acres
more drove an aTtsslan web and p1t
in a berry patch trrlsatlns it with the
water thus secured Recently be has
built a $1,000 home in Logan out of the
profits of his farms and Is a new MEM
Der OF the board OF trustees of the Agrt-
cultural college. MIR. Adams speaks
Tuesday afternoon on the subject ut
'Lucern and lucern seed. without ir-
rigatlon"
ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR.
The program tomorrow morning be-
gins with an address by Gov Cutler
Fisher Harris. secretary of the Com
merclal CLUB. Will then tell OF the re-
cent national arid farming congress
held at Denver. and or the future poll
Icy of the congress OF which he wa1
elected PRESIDENT Or Eryatt VIII then
discuss Utah weather and the morning
session VIII close with Il talk by Jotn
DE Grey Dixon. secretary of the siNtl
Hand board, on the Hard laws
IN THE AFTERNOON,
Tuesday afternoon Hon John O.
eAlsillAb " LAB All NllA NC Wv III ~ Hh'AffN-
er, and he will he followed by Prof H.
A. Merrill on the 'Principles Of Aria
Farming" Prof Merritt was former
y connected with the Agricultural col
legs. He laid out IA connection With
DR. Widtsoe, then the head of the OK
pertinent work. nearly all pf the state
experiment strms. After leaving the
college, he became manager OF the
Utah Arid Farm company, which took
up tract ~ land in DOG GALLEY and
farmed Il I'm wheat IN a very large
scale. He has secured many practical
results from hin study Of arid farming.
which he viii outline for the bcncdt ~
others In his TALK tomorrow
SIZE OF ARID FARM
Isaao II. Grace. who speaks ON "Tia
Size az an Arid Farm" comes from
Jnnh valley, NJ the pioneer dry farm
ar ia that section He had made II
success before other large operators
took hold, and despite the fact thnt
he was advised against go'ne I'm haaY-
fly he dropped the manage menl Of
large lumber concern, 10 devote hin-
SELF entirely va sagebrlsh land. With
the result that he Is now known ~
one Of the plDneer dry farmers ON =
largo and successful scale. The Glaze
Ing number Of the afternoon program
Is 4 pap1r by r. "A YOdrr of tho hgrl-
cultural college, on "'rho Work OF tho
Experiment Stations Tor ARID FaTin'
lAg,"
IN rHD EVENING.
IN tho evening DR. John A. WidtsQc
speaks nm the Relation OF Irrigation
u Aria Farming Re ls followed by
PROT. Rich Porter ot the Weber stake
academy on "The Treatment Of Rnut
and Rust" PROT Porter As q gradu-
ate OF the University of Utah WHO
afterwards studied In tla9 LniI.etally
al Chicago He f. the Only Utah bay
who has specialized In college on
plant diseases and his puper s eN-
peetod 10 prove specially Instructive
ana interesting
Hon Dan Hanson, Who speaks an the
feeding value o. arid farm products, got
an arid farm away MP In The mountains
east of RichAsld and found II was
cheaper IA feed his pradnct u animals
and poultry and drive them 10 market
than to ship the wheat When the state
experiment farm was located IN Grass
valley. 20 miles from Rlchfold Hanson
toDk az all The ae1acfns laIld. lnd be,
gan 10 follow the Head u the exporl-
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