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Saturday, February J iyuy THE DESJSRET FARMER It-appoars to us lh.it suoh a bill shoillfl mccf witIC favor among tlfc i farmers' di tins state, c have had occasion recently to examine the re cords of a number of similar com panies in the East, sonic of which have been organized under similar provisions since 1877. We know that the cost of insurance in many in stances has been as low as $1.00 per thousand, and the average of all of Ihc companies that wc examined was less than $2.00 per thousand, when the Utah farmers arc paying $5,00 to $6.00 per thousand for the same in surance. The- bill is now before the Legis lature, and wc have no doubt that if such a 'bill passed the Legislature, that it would receive the signature of the Govcnor. A similar bill was passed by the Legislature, but failed because of the Govenor's veto. Wc trust that the bill under consideration may become a law, as it would re sult in the saving of thousands of dollars to Utah farmers. Wc urge upon the readers of the Deseret Farmer who arc favorably impressed with the outline of this bill as herewith presented, to write at once to their Legislators urging them to pass such a measure. o THE ENLARGED HOMESTEAD BILL. It is a pleasure to note that the Bill introduced at the last session 6f Congress, providing for homestcad ing 320 acres of arid land has passed Congress. The Bill provides that the homesteader docs not have to 1 be an actual resident of the land but he does have to put a certain amount of land under cultivation each year, in order to prove up on the land. The Bill was drawn by Senator Reed Smoot, and it is largely through his "efforts that the Bill passed both houses of Congress. The passage of this Bill should result in a great impetus to the dry farming movement in this State. The Inter-Mountain Republican speaking of the passage of this Bill, says: The effect will be that dry-farming companies will be organized,, the Ag 1 ricultural college having proved tlie feasibility of profitable farming on ' lage 4gale by that method. Thcsj companies 'Will investv'moncy in Gosf l, machinery, and yy$ hui yte - worked Crops will be raised there. QVqgetalion of benefit to mankind will be produced (here... Foodstuff will be grown there. In the course of time trees will get foothold there. And within the generation every one of these farms for which Senator Smoot has provided will bc the cen ter of domestic life. The desert will lose its desolation. Houses and homes and shrubbery and fruit trees will decorate and bless what has in all past centuries been only a waste of sand sagebrush. Our people havc had many reasons to thank Utah's delegation in con gress for services rendered. But in nothing has, the services been of greater value or more permanent in its quality than in this pathway to Ihc reclamation of -the desert lauds. n i SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. It is stated that James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, will remain in the piesidcnt's cabinet for a time after the inauguration of Mr. Taft and will thus establish a new high record for length of service in the cabinet; and that he will then resign, making it necessary to find a suoccs sor. Thcnc has been comparatively little discussion of names likely to be considered for the place. While Secretary Wilson has 'been an efficient officer yet wc are con vinced tlwt for the good' of the ser vice he should not continue his ser vice in the cabinet. We believe that a younger man should be at the helmi and that the Department of Agriculture should undergo a com plete reorganization. There is too much duplication of work in the de partment itself an4 there has been for years a tendency to create posi tion and then find work rather than to select men to solve certain prob lums. . We believe there arc two men in this country cither of whom would effect such a reorganization and ;nak,c the work of the Department of Agriculture of real service to the farmers of the country. The two namcis wc would suggest arc Gifford Pinchot, of the Forestry Burca or F. D. Coburn, Soretary of the Kan sns Board of Agricultur Either of these men would make u most valu-jiiljlo-smcmabQir of the President's Cabi- iHWHHBaHHI HERE IS WI0E ADAPTABILITY In a recent communication from the Aspinwall 'Mfg. Go., Jackson, Mich., wc were sent copy of the fol lowing letter which they) received from a customer. It is interesting because it credits wider (adaptability to a potato planter thaii most grow ers would think possible. It is say ing a good deal even for so perfect a machine as the Aspinwall. Here is T folic letter: North Wilmington, Mass. "Am very much pleased with the working of the machine. Have plant ed potatoes, corn, beans, peas, cucum bers, musk-melons, water-melons, and beet scuds, also fitted ground for cab bage plants with it, and if I could not 'get another would not take $500.00 for it, even though I did not plant a fiolato with it. $ This is no 'con.1 EUGENE 1IURD.,J PAXMAN'S PEERLESS POTATO. Place your orders now for Dry Land Seed Potatoes. Grown and hardened to arid conditions for four years. Best Quality, Splendid Yiclders, Money .Makers. Address., J. W. PAXMAN, Ncphi, Ut. I i J 1 I J WBRm-r bcaneT jH M mUmTZ err variety tt wmmkm Wmr thorotiKhlr trM SpKI IH out and IU quMlU ,H Hr 1 - Jr taU PrTwl. iH H B Wtr Through careful ttndr of H Jr soil and climate, we oITer only B b K l.r the Tarlotlct that we can Knaran- H T M0 too to be perfectly lulled to wratern H T conditions. This watclifulnw li your H m Br wnrriuit that Morao'a Secdi are frcaw, H M T Pre, trno to namp-that hm yon wjr H W them, yon are aunrcd a mil stand with t)M H flm wUnif-no rcplantlnB neceMftry. H Onr 1909 I atnloRue contains a wealth ot Beed b H Plant Information; you can'tanord uamcdiC H to make your selection v, Itliout It. IH U K 3 E 3 H 123 p Ket.hnwUomolrlUiMtrateu c j rt ftH costly to us, but FKKE to you. 261 till H o. c Mousi: x co.t ia-i Fr H SICUrk Hi, b KrtMUw, CU. WJG IIW H BIG 5 POULTRY GO. I Wcllsvillc, Cache Co., Utah H Cook's Buff Orpingtons and H Wyckoff s White Leghorns H Cockerels & Eggs f orSaU I Quality Bitter than ever H ALF. SMURTHWAITE rKOPRIETOR H STOCK FARM FOR SALE. ' H 320 acres, first-class hay and farm fl land. Continuous flow of 245 ins.dc- H creed water. Situated in Souttifcrii H Idaho. Price with improvements, M stock and machinery, $12,000. Write H or Phone. C. W. PARKE, Riverside, Utah. 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