The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-07-20
SAN .JLLHN LEADS
IN DRY FARMING

acres planted to Turkey Red wheat
and also has charge of the expert
mental farm, on which there are 40l
acres of Turkey Red wheat; p. r.
Pratt, who has 40 acres of Turkey
Red wheat; j. II. Wood, who has so
acres planted to Turkey Red wheat,
and ]. s. Decker who has so acres
of Turkey Red wheat. This. OF
course, does not by any means in.
clude all dry farmers in that section
but these are among the most prom.
inent.
There Is rather an unusual condl.
ton in San Juan county, in that prac
tically all the land in the vicinity OF
Monticello (dry-farming region) is
producing sage brush. There are no
indications of grease-wood or shad.
scale at all and another remarkable
fact Is that wherever dry-farming
has been tried there It has invari-
ably been successful. The land Is
covered with native grass and IN
deed in many places the grass Is so
thick that II seems veritable n,oa
dow. In clearing and breaking the
ground no hay is necessary f)r food
he horses simply being turned out
to grass, and are fed grains OF
course.
Fine Cattle Abound Thsre.
az ere are, all around that vicin
its some OF the finest cattle that II
has ever been my experlence to see.
Pure bred Hereford bulls have been
introduced on the range and the
range cattle are mostly pure bred,
or at least high grade Herefords.
These cattle are now fat enough for
market
There are, of course some draw
backs to that section. 1t is locatet
a long way from the railroad. Mon
ticello is 95 miles distant and is
reached by stage from Thompsons
Springs. Leaving Thompsons on al
early stage 1t takes all day to arrive
at Moab. The next morning one
must leave Moab at 4:30 arriving at
Kane Springs in time for breakfast.
Teams are changed here and the
drive is made to Hatch wash. At
Hatch wash another change OF team
is made and one drives to the foot
of the mountain where 1t is possih'.
again to secure food. Horses are
changed again and by a long jour
ney over very splendid roads one ar
rives at Monticello about 1880 In the
evening. At Monticello a very beau
tiful location for a townsite, one car
find all the conveniences of from.
tier town. There are telephone con.
nections with Thompsons and Moab.
There are some good stores and the
people there have recently erected
one of the most beautiful and com.
modious churches to be found in the
entire state.
Surprised at Growth.
Il had not visited that section for
eight years, and was indeed surprised
to find evidence of growth and pros
perity attending the work of the set.
tiers there. was accompanied on
this trip by p. v. Carbon, superinten-
dent of the Nephi sub-station, who
unEe5itatingly remarked that the
fields OF wheat on the dry farms
near Monticello were the best fields
he had ever seen. This condition is
'o"nd this year, Notwithstanding the
fact that there has been practically
no rainfall since early spring. I un.
hesitatingly predict that San Juan
county will, in the not far distant fu.
ture, be a great granary. With the
settlement of that section and with
the development of the resources
there, railroads will come, and the
section that Is today considered des,
olatc and barren will soon become
the garden spot of the state OF
Utah"