The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-04-28

the world with salt without \
missing any. then there are the
paz. tale. alabaster. amothysts, az,
tos. and nearly a hundred other |
tails and minerals that ! might n
ton. which but await the efforts
man to extract them from this II
Natures storchouBc
The mineral output Of this state
year was more than {33,O0OOOO, \
its mountains have only N
scratched on the surface The .
stock industry produced a little Il
two.thirds Of this amount. and
manufactures about half And
though our farm products produl
an amount equallng that Of the II
oral output. yet In view Of the
that We have twenty-five million aoI
OF arabic lands with only about
tenth under cultivation. and 4
about onc.fortloth under irrlgaul
with tho new enthusiasm for the 4
In tho future. out agricultural 4
horticultural interests will be md
times greater than all OF our OF
various lines OF industry put
gothor
This state has room and lands
hundreds VI thousands of settlers.
can offer tho would.be homoseekor
tho essentials for homestead I
no Is looking for Utah has an idI
temperate climate. According to 1
recent report Of President Joseph
smith Of the Mormon church.
birth rate Is 80 per one thousand. 1
highest In the world. aud tho dei
raie o per one thousand. the lowi
In the world
II has a soil that has excellent 4
tilIty and. as Professor Merrill u
the Calitornians recently ours Il
much deeper soil II goes without NJ
Ing that our irrigated farms can m
ducc much larger crops than the 4
nous wheat fields Of the MississiI
valley; and even our dry farms wi
the new scientific methods OF cultiiI
tlon. can produce yields from 20 tot
per cent larger than the ayoril
crops Of Iowa, Kansas. Nebraska, Il
Illinois Tho doubt as TO the sucot
Of dry farming Is forever dispelkI
for last year. which was the drlostl
the history OF this new agricultul
there was not "a failure record
where proper methods OF cultiyatb
were employed. The people who n
farming these lands are. In three year
making them pay for the purchp
price. cost OF breaking up and cultr.
ton. You can produce so cent q
dollar wheat at a cost OF less than
cents per bushol
The alfalfa raised on our irrlgah
lands IL recognized AZ the greatest
all forage plants, and with butter a
40 cents per pound. with $1,000 &c
an uncommon price for the meat q
hog. with prices OF beef extrenr
high, AZ consequence. Utah pcpl
are fast recognizing that toriuneA-x
DO made In these industries.
Then. too. what state can surpW
us In fruit raislng7 Name. II yoy
can. land or fruit show that th
horticultural. J. Edward Taylor. hai
not carried on the prizes and ro
phles7 Al Sacramento. at Albu
qucrquc. Council Bluffs. We were Al
proud OF the tributes paid 10 the IN
eXccllod quality Of our fruits. and 4,
with grape nuts. there Is a reason
Mir Smart. Of the II. Y. T.. states,
There are i've fundamental reason
why Utah and her sister states OF ID,
arid west can raise superior fruit and
are destined TO become fruit prodgc
ing center. These are: First. soil,
comparatively rich In potash ahd
phosphorio acid; second. a water sup
ply under the control OF the orchard
ist-thc key note In the lntelligeni
production Of fruit buds: third, iOg
months OF continuous sunshine. whicl
means maximum food productl0t
through the foliage and high color ID
the fruit: aud, nth. a dry. clear a
mosphcre. the most potent fungicld,
In existence. Because OF these fu
producing qualities In our soil an,
climate, our farmers are rapidly dis
continuing the growing Of alfalfa ant
cereals for S25 per acre. and are rails
ing fruit from $500 to $1,000 per acre
II would take an hour or more q
tell Of the betterthan California eli
mate Of utahs Dixie, her cotton, Mel
figs. almonds, pomcgranitcs, and he
berries and vegetables that will b,
brought by the new railroad to ou
markets three weeks earlier than Cal
lfornla can supply them Tho mag
nlnccnt orchards and berry patche
of Utah valley. the endless variety o
fruits raised In Rox Elder and Dayl
counties. the new apple orchards o
Cache ana hundreds Of others tina
are being planted out In this stat
whore the Jonathan is king and III
liberia Is queen all might be- d.
sCribed to you, but even then only
small fraction would be- cnumerate
OF the almost cNhaustlc,s resource
OF this Deity made storohousc"
hut gentlemen OF the Press ASS,
citation, we might as we'll not hay
these rich ondowmeuts aud lateb
wealth, II We are golug 10 Keep thes
things to ourselves and "hidp on
| lisht under bushol" II We coul