The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-11
FXCURS|ON|STS
VIEW WONDERS
Of DRY FARMS
Large Crowd Takes Advantage
of M. & M. Excursion
to Nephi.
UTAH OPPORTUNITIES
ARE ABLY ExP0UNDED
spEEcHEs DELIVERED AT BIG
GATHERING IN TABERNA-
GLE AT NEPHl.

1n,crest in the excursion 10 the dry
t.rriug district near Nephi drew a
,srre crowd from Salt Lake and the
towns along the Salt Lake Route. OF
curse. there were many boosters
among the excursior;sts. merchants
manufacturers belonging to the NJ. &
" association and representatives of
large business and manufacturing
giants. There were also some pleasure
ssekers. The remainder of the crowd
was made up of persons who were in
,erested In dry farming and had seized
,ha opportunity TO go to the state ex-
,arimental farm to secure information
mai would be useful to them.
Aboard the train. when it reached
yephi, were four apostles of the Nor
mon church. Heber ]. Grant, John
Henry Smith. Francis NJ. Lyman and
george F. Richards.
There we're also Governor John C.
Cutler. Mayor Decker and former May
oLH Frisbie of Provo, Mayor Gard
nsr OF American Fork, President 5. l..
chjpman of the Cedar Valley Improve
nent company of Lehi. President
Thomas p Page of the Jordan Valley
DRY Farming company of Riverton.
George Austin, agricultural superin-
fendent of the Utah Sugar company;
Orson H. Hewlett, former president OF
the NJ. & NJ. association, and many
other men who are well known
throughout Utah.
Ladies' Band a Feature.
After the excursion train left Salt
Lake, parties were picked up at all
Of the towns at which stops were
made The largest of these parties
climbed aboard at Provo.
The Ladies' G. A. r. band was on the
train and furnished music at each OF
the stopping places. The boosters
and the eXcursionists did not alight
at Nephi when the train reached the
farming region. The members of the
Nephi Commercial club. accompanied
by the Nephi military band, boarded
the train and rode with the visitors TO
the experimental dry farms.
There elaborate arrangements had
been made for the reception of the
crowd. From canvas booths that had
been erected some Of the pretty girls
OF Nephi ladled out lemonade to the
thirsty visitors and after the tour of
Inspection of the farm was commenced
little boys followed in the wake of the
crowd with buckets Of ice cold lemon
ade.
Lewis 4. Merrill. who was in charge
Of the arrangements for explaining
the work at the dry farm, divided the
crowd into three parties DR.. j. A.
Wodtsoe. F. D. Farrell and DR.. E. d.
Bali each took one of these parties.
and. in passing over the farm. gave a
clear description of what had been ac-
complished, in the efforts that have
been made TO determine which varie-
ties of grains are best suited to the
purposes of the dry farmer
Something About Wheat.
Among the listeners were many men
WHO made copious notes and asked
many questions. These were the men
who are preparing to undertake dry
farming
The wheat in highest favor so far,
i was explained, is the Turkey No.
1898, which yield thirty-five bushels TO
the acre undef dry farming. Gold Coin
and Red Chaff club. which yield twen-
ly-hye bushels To- the acre, were also
spoken Of with favor.