The lands awaiting tillage at Newcastle fall into three classes: those 

 irrigable by gravity water, those that depend on pumped water, and the arid 

 lands. The .soil is alluvial, formed by the disintegration of granite, limestone 

 and volcanic rocks; ranging from a sandy loam to a clay loam, it is rich in 

 potash and carries considerable organic matter. There is good depth, varying 

 to 50 feet and more, and uniform in richness. The predominating natural 

 growth is a high and sturdy sagebrush, frequently attaining the height of a 

 man. In soil and climatic conditions this region closely resembles the cele- 

 brated Cache Valley, one of the richest farming districts in the entire West. 



A wide variety of crops is grown at Newcastle, and this statement applies 

 to Iron County as a whole. The staples are wheat, rye, oats, barley, alfalfa, 

 corn, beans and potatoes. Corn, on the arid lands (without irrigation) yields 

 40 to 60 bushels per acre; wheat, 20 bushels; rye 24 bushels; oats, 50 bushels; 

 potatoes, 200 bushels; alfalfa, 5 tons per acre; all these yields increase mar- 

 velously with judicious irrigation. There are a few settlers on the tract, but 

 no available statistics of their crop production. Sugar beets do extremely 

 well. Much of the land recommends itself to horticulture, particularly to the 

 production of apples, pears, plums and berries. 



If the Garden of Eden contained all manner of good things, the three- 

 acre tract at Newcastle is no distant rival. Under the guiding hand of the 

 enthusiastic head gardener, Mr. Noble, a region dubbed "desert" by the early 

 pioneers grows a list of food plants that would furnish a fair foundation for 

 a vegetarian dictionary: beans, beets, cabbage, cantaloupes, carrots, cauliflower, 

 corn (sweet and field), cucumbers, lettuce, onions, peas, potatoes, radishes, 

 spinach, squash, tomatoes, turnips and watermelons. The company also main- 

 tains a farm of several hundred acres which it operates both for profit and 

 example. There it demonstrates the wisdom of recognizing one's relatives; 

 the 'kinship between dairying, hog raising and agriculture is one no farmer 

 should ignore. 



FIRST CROP AT SALT LAKE ROUTE EXPERIMENTAL FARM, MALONE 



MILLARD COUNTY. 



