The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-27
DOES DRY FARMING PAY?
EASTERN SETTLERS ASK
Tests Prove That it Does, and
There Is Plenty of Chance
for Irrigation.

VIII III. Goss. in A letter from Auburn,
Cal. sa5s. L have just read the article
in The Tribune OF December 7 on dry
farming. II Is very good. Just such
articles Will do Utah good l am trying
to handle a large copper and gold prop
arty here and may succeed. 1t Is q
schist belt 500 feet wide. contracting with
granite. The ores arc good, carrying an
average valuc OF s per cent copper. Three
hundred tons of ore has been shipped
from this property, netting $40 per ton.
IN the spring ! Will he glad 10 aid Utah
in mining and agricultural Interests
again.
\ grain Of wheat grain of corn or an
apple seed when dropped into The right
kind o( soil produces results not before
dreamed OF. The first four lines quoted
from Mr. Co.'s letter suggests the fact
that Utah offers the bAst opportunities
for the homcscekcr Of any other state In
The union, Tho large unbrokcn area OF
their quota The value OF their lands
has risen TO the maximum. and as A re-
suit the homeseeker finds himself hut lit
tie bette: able to build for himself n
home than nc was i'm the eastern states.
In tho fertile valleys Of Utah. separated
from each other by mountain walls.
where railroads have been slow 10 pcne-
trate. the home maker has In the past
found conditions hard To overcome. These
objections have now been overcome and
the people at last brought into
immaculate touch WITH nome anu TlSLdi u
markets The large cattle, horse and
sheep herds which. In days gone by. Gov
cred the surface of our agricultural
lands. have been forced TO give place to
the farmer and the plow. What the
farmer from Iowa, Illinois or Ohio wants
20 know IS: Can We cultivate lands In
Utah "" do there? In reply 30 this
inquiry the general answer is yes. In
various sections OF the state the ques-
ton Of raising excellent crops without
irrigation has been SO fully demonstrated
for the past eight years by the farmers
OF Utah that hundreds and thousands Of
people from the cast are 1oCHDE TO these
lands The eastern foothills and table
lands lying along the various mountain
rapid rate. particularly SO in Fillmore and
Tooele valleys. FILLMORE. or PahVaui val
ley. being more extensive In length and
breadth, and having several large set
Elements along ito course, naturally at
tracts the attention of settlers. This
being the largest fruit raising zone " tn
in the state. offers to the farming ira
ternlty a double inducement 10 set their
fences there. Sheltered it is with a
long range OF mountains extending north
and south for q distance OF forty miles
or more, with frequent streams Of pure
water and absolutely guarded from dis
astrous storms and killing frosts. it is
not surprising that this large area OF
land is being SO rapidly taken up. To
! the settler with his family H. is not like
| moving into new country Here 81
several points good schools have been
established for years and so graded tina
children can be fitted for any. advance
ment desired, To national or state in
stitutions. Gentle canyon breeZcs tcm-
per the heat of the summer time, max
Ing It All ideal residence section. The
annual precipitation during the last three
years has averaged Is inches, and the
United States weather bureau report
shows the evaporation TO be consider
ably less than at any other point. save
at one place in Colorado Contemporary
With the new fruit era for this section
is the assurance that all OF the highc!
lands that cannot be reached with irri-
CATION are susceptible of being cult
! vatcd as grain lands without water,
These lands will produce between 20
and 10 bushels Of wheat per acre.
\ company OF capitalists have recent
~ started a project wherein they will
take the surplus waters OF the SEWER
river out across the vast stretches oi
this valley. 1t VIII consume fortunes Ia
build these canals to the upper levels,
but when the limit Of these waters have
been reached the mountain streams can
be diverted TO convert thousands nj
acres into almost priceless orchards. On
the lower levels this canal will contribute
20 the upbuiiding of hundreds OF SPLEEN
did homes. 4 large per cent OF these
lands are watered from we'll depths oi
from 4 10 10 feet below the surface
These lower lands are peculiarly adapted
TO lIccrn seed culture. which have pro-
duccd an average Of 900 pounds OF seed
TO the acre. meaning u return OF Sll1
per acre alone. at present market prices
All along this mountain range good tim
bcr can he secured for all purposes. deer,
within the range and Clear lake only a
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