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THIRD ANNUAL SESSIONS 



"Section 4. That at the time of making final proof, as provided in 

 Section 2259 of the Revised Statutes, the entryman under this act shall, in 

 addition to the proofs and affidavits required under the said section, prove 

 by two creditable witnesses that at least one-eighth of the area em- 

 braced in his entry was continuously cultivated to agricultural crops other 

 than prairie grasses beginning with the second year of the entry, and 

 that at least one-fourth of the area embraced in the entry was so con- 

 tinuously cultivated beginning with the third year of the entry. 



"Section 5. That nothing herein contained shall be held to affect the 

 right of a qualified entryman to make homestead entry in the states 

 named in Section 2259 of the Revised Statutes, but no person who has 

 made entry under this act shall be entitled to make homestead entry 

 under the provisions of said section, and no entry under this act shall be 

 commuted. 



"Section 6. That whenever the secretary of the interior shall find 

 that any tracts of land, in the state of Utah, subject to entry under this 

 act, do not have upon them such a sufficient supply of water suitable for 

 domestic purposes as would make continuous residence upon the lands 

 possible, he may, in his discretion, designate such tracts of land, not to 

 exceed in the aggregate 2,000,000 acres, and thereafter they shall be sub- 

 ject to entry under this act without the necessity of residence. Provided, 

 that in such event the entryman on any such entry shall cultivate in good 

 faith not less than one-e'ghth of the entire area of the entry during the 

 second year, one-fourth during the third year, and one-half during the 

 fourth and fifth years after the date of such entry, and that after entry 

 and until final proof the entryman shall reside within such distance of 

 said land as will enable him successfully to farm the same as required 

 by this section." 



4. SUGGESTIONS TO ORCHARDISTS. 



By E. E. Stephens, Crete, Nebraska. 



(Below we give an abstract of a paper full of helpful suggestions, by 

 an experienced nurseryman, who has been very successful with orchards 

 in certain sections of our non-irrigated west.) 



Trees ignorantly or carelessly handled discourage the planter, who 

 on his part not only loses the money and labor he puts into the effort, 

 but his failure is discouraging to his friends and neighbors and, to that 

 extent, impairs the development of the country. 



Causes of Failure. 



It has been our observation that the fai^mer is oft-times more careful 

 about planting his trees than about the cultivation of them after them are 

 planted. 



He rouses himself to a special effort at planting time and having 

 planted with the same care that his father exercised in some eastern 

 state, he feels that he has done his whole duty, and gets busy with his 

 crops and other duties and forgets that trees and plants, handled under 

 semi-arid conditions, need a great deal more care and attention than trees 



