Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

Juab valley. at a point about % miles
south of Salt Lake City, and at the
eastern side of Juab county of which
Ii is the county seat 1t lies at the
y foot of Mt. Nebo, towering snow
covered peak of 1900 feet height,
which forms the south end of the
great>Wasatch range.
Nepm, from standpoint of munich
pal progress. educational advancement.
and thrifty husba1dry. vies with any
city of .,milar size in the whole Inter
mountain region. Its resources are as
varied as those OF any city in Ameri-
ca, as they include not only farming
wells, salt mines. salt Springs. stone
Quarries. mining. gypsum. timberinS
and the raising OF sheep and cattle
on an extensive scale.
Nephi is now attracting the atten-
ton of the world to It's extensive
operations in dry farming. This has
reached Its present stage through
series of experimentation carried on
by experts and governmcn officials.
1t is considered without doubt the
greatest dry farming district in the
state and consequently in the world.
500. 900 ACRES AVAILABLE
Only about half of the available
land is under cultivation as yet: and
this is why NePni IS the realization of
the homeseekcr's dream, this Arcadiai
in the western part of the county
ihere are about 100000 acres some OF
ilmountainous some Semi-arid, but all
usable under the scientinc methods
now employed. This land can be pur-
chased from the state at $3.50 per
acre. while dry farming land near
Nephi sells at from $40 to SIS ac-
cording 10 location and the texture of
the soil
AS to the Industrial result of dry
I
tor Hyde Is of great significance
After the panic and just before, |
believe Juab county was in worse
shape than any other section of the
state. Many homes were placarded
with for sale and for rent cards.
people were moving way in search of
employment especially the younger
men, business houses were doing
scarcely any volume of business. and
the spirit of depression was general
among all classes. 1t was soon after
that. that the results of the state ez-
pertinent station attracted the attcn-
ton OF farmers and young men here
and the PaXman and Grace farms and
many others were begun. 1t seemed
rs 1t somecne had worked a miracle
10 sooner was the sagebrush grubbed
from the wide stretches of land. the
plow and harrow at work crops In and
then sprouting than all was changed
Our young men returned. Thousands
OF acres of land were reclaimed and
prosperity seemed to descend upon us
Now after three or four years OF dry
farming there is scarcely a home
for sale in this entire city. hardly
home that can be rented
and Instead we see on almost every
hand a cottage springing up for some
newly married couple or some family
which has emerged from its forner
poor condition and is now prosperiag
and preparing TO enjoy the fruits OF
this prosperity"
U $. EXPERIMENT STATION
Senator Hyde, answering a qucstl5h
declared that the government cx-
pertinent stations. like the orc At
Nephi. must not be locked u-nl.
as model farms. This Is not their pr
pose. They are to determine thlfgs
which must not be done as we'll n 10
indicate the right way Of doing thinTs.
He declared that there were many fall
ures on these experiment stations, and
that II the farmers would croft By
these failures they would not suffer
the losses that otherwise would follow
in following the methods that haze
brought success they Will achieve s;e-
cess, he said. The failures are as NJ
portant as the successes and should
be regarded as such
According TO Mr.. Dave" Far-olI af
the experiment station thu three mais
prominent factors In successful lry
farming are conservation Of rros.rr,
time OF planting and selection of ye
Experiments along all three lines no
constantly felng made nj the station
and the results are made of reco.d 10
guidance in the future. Tho method
of procedure is as fpllow2:
CONSERVATION OF MOISTURE
To conserve moisture land IS DIowel
To different depths and then ca o. d
with 4 mulch of varying thickn 90
Thls mulch Is regarded as the nozt M
portart factor OF all In dry farn,
It's nurTose Is to make air II Int. heat
tlTht and water tight the soil undsr
1t acts as cover over the plolgrcl
ground and sto-s the rermeat o . o. sun
heat into the damp ground Neieafh t.
II prevents the evaporation If wa-e~
through II. II allowed n dry after a
rain II CAKES hard and th0n cracks. al
lowing the moisture to pass away IN
vapor through the cracks To Jfts,s
this, after a rain, 1t Is narrowed anil
again made soft TO cover tho moist
ground. slight rain Ia REGARDED r1ore
as misfortune In dry farming than n
blessing, but after narrowing the rrulcn
after heavy rnln the preclptat on is
conserved and much good Is thereby