THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



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delegation today the honorable gentleman who some thirty years ago 

 took this matter in hand and is properly called the pioneer dry farmer 

 of Utah. I notice he is on the program for an address, and it may be 

 your pleasure to hear a few words from him. He has passed his 

 eightieth anniversary and consequently is getting along in years, but 

 you will find him quite a youth when it comes to running races on the 

 street. 



No Fear of Failure. 



"Because of the conditions prevailing in Utah, and because of the 

 excellent educational advantages presented to us, we do not fear fail- 

 ure; in fact, failure is no frequent occurrence. Dry farming in our 

 state is a success, and when I listen to the reports made here I am led 

 to the conclusion that Utah is the proper place to go for successful drj'- 

 farming. Utah has always had an eye that reached over the horizon 

 and we have felt the impulse that moves you in the eastern states and 

 on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. We have seen the trend 

 of immigration coming westward and have endeavored to prepare our- 

 selves for the day to come. In our own state generally it is passing 

 that state and we are branching out in this new industry' — new it was 

 to most of the West, but in the greater portion of Utah it is becoming 

 an old theme, and, as I said before, we are thoroughly established in 

 the doctrine and in the industry and have accomplished some very ex- 

 cellent results. 



Prejudice Still Exists. 



"However, we are not without our doubting Thomases and were not 

 in years gone by, and in my own county, in my own town a few years 

 ago, there was a gentleman there who was actually indicted before a 

 grand jury for giving testimony in court to the effect that he could 

 grow crops on his land without artificial irrigation. I have a copy of 

 that indictment here. He was tried before the federal court and a jury 

 and finally, after great expense to him, was found innocent. Today I 



Peaches From Dry Orchards. 



find with my samples some excellent pe'aches grown on the same laud 

 from peach trees from four to five years of age. The quality of this fruil 

 cannot be beaten in the world. I have placed it on exhibition among 

 the exhibits, and if any of you visit that place, I will ask you to have 

 your attention drawn to the three bottles of peaches as proof that he 

 did not testify falsely when he was brought before the jury. 



Dry Land Area. 



"We have in our state something over 20,000,000 acres of land now 

 susceptible of cultivation Ijang idle. We have perhaps over one and a 

 half million acres under cultivation, either by irrigation or by dry farm- 

 ing process, and after you have gotten through your waring and con- 

 tentions in regard to the settlement and colonization of your country, 

 send the rest of the good people across the mountains and we will try 



