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Show 368 UTAH SUPERINTENDENCY. SAN PETE FARM. This farm is in San Pete valley, on a creek of the same name. It is one hundred and fifty miles south of this city. The improvements upon it are two hundred acresin cultivation, substantial water ditches for irrigation, two adobe houses, and a corral. This farm was intended for a bandof Utabs, not exceeding eighty in number. Many more, however, visit the farm and receive assistance. It has been, this season, under the management of an excellent person, who had one hundred and seventy acres in wheat, and about thirty in corn, potatoes, &c., the labor being principally performed by Indi-ans ; but the grasshoppers and crickets have nearly made a clean sweep of every thing. There may be two hundred and fifty bushels of wheat left, and a few potatoes. CORN CREEK PAM. This farm is located on Corn creek, in Fillmore valley. It was commenced about three years ago. The improvements are three adobe houses for the Indians, one log and adobe house for the farm agent, one corral, a considerable amount of fence, and about three hundred acres broken up. This year there were about one hundred and eighty acres in wheat, and about thirty-five in corn, potatoes, &c. The grasshoppers and crickets have here also made nearly a clean sweep. There will be but little to harvestperhaps one hundred bushels of wheat. The farms heretofore mentioned were not in a promising condition when I assumed their supervision. There were upon them scarce any farming appliances or work cattle, and the Indians for whom they were commenced were in a state of excitement, and scattered and roaming through the southern settlements, annoying them greatly. Abandonment, or an effort at improvement in the future manage-ment of these farms, demanded my serious consideration. The dictates of humanity, and the public interest generally, urged the latter policy as the most proper. I furnished the farms, during the winter and spring, with the necessary appliances to put in and work large crops ; and but for the crickets, grasshoppers, &c., there would unquestionably be a surplus on each farm, sufficient, in my opinion, to materially aid in liauidatinp the exDenses incurred on the farms. I see no iust cause for d&coura@ment. A For reasons which I stated. to the deuartment, I last March instructed agent Jarvis to proceed to ~ e e ; creek and Ruby valleys with instructions to explore them, and if deemed practicable, to desig-nate a spot for a reservation, and, commence a farm in each valley: in the former, for the concentration of the miserable, starving fragments of the Gosha-Utes : and in the latter valley. for the Humboldt and ", other Sho-sho-nes. A farm was accordinslv commenced in each vallev under the direc-tion of Agent Jarvis, &d I regret that he abandonid those sections of the Territory so soon. I refer you to the accompanying report of ex-Agent Jarvis. |