, 1873-10-27
State Control Ncccssary...How Far Government.
Encouragement Should Extend.

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NOW i6 attraotlng' anu Tor series OF years will
from our own poople who orc seeking home
Westward. ~ we'll an from foro,rn crn,or.ntu
Kansas In oh,v e,a1 anJ w.
aan'a Aa0 ,s., nnoa, aaa enanuea snefo lo1
few years baols.. Nobraska and Minnesota are
flxed on good sound bedrock Of proBporItv
and Tim Indian frcrriforv ia vot horo,a o11 H.,
49, s..s,..ss .s...,x a. n',. al1 W.
out ensioua "ls,1 59Atn1nEs' oo t4s' uoloraaos .
great midland plans arc the new Paradise Of the
adventurous sottlor. It nevertheless romains q
fnct that thean and n vnet atrotch ~ +orr;.or,
o,,tb ~ +ho,, nr1 ~, +,o ,,,-,,.;t. -. - ~,
n'.1, ; '"" w w otPo'l.o 1ioo " 'ne
ltocKlos as VOL, can only DO redeemed from
moss or downright barrenness, and mado ayaila-
able to tho nrriou1tnr;at. hv rneara ~ a
covpprnrna,vr arsrr,, ~ ~, rnn|a.",o,,
+..4!. AnANo4'I hioiEn " l'lioATtos*
Iliar alimont Of farming industry in our coun-
try. It Is truo that California hae nti1;zcf1 Il
with most favorable results. but On yorv iimit ad
scale. The wonderful fruits OF the Mormon
system are too vol known to reouiro AZ tani1od
or Carson md Hnmbot yaavs fom o.
alkali wastes into hioominp fcida snf1 rostura5
By it, and about 100 nilos of irr;ratinr ,iitches
are now complotcd in Ooloradn. In i9e c"ao NJ
Colorado, time enough has not elapsed einee @ tho M
$S3i 111IH.
trato its adyaptaeog by extensive n1aterial oram-
p1ea. rrant nnrton ri thn svcri1 rva ~ oo.a-
potod until TOO iate far jnat anrnr'a o1 To11n;no
opnrntions and mnch 1,ncortain.v oxstod arnant,
settlers nll tho past sumrnor reeardine Tia nr1,
grosa Of tho work. honco. w,ilo fho d;tcIhaa
alrondy completed ara oannblo nf fmrn;sl,;nr n
supply Of wnter to nbout N mn acraa ~ aaioa
cent linda. on)v nhout ono.fft,, nr tia nmonnt
ia at this tImo roadv. or in procoaa of nranara.
ton. for on1tivation tia incnmng aaoaop Gi,;s
oroa viii nndouhtedlv bn 1arrcSv u ;ncrsaaoa haa
forc tho snrnr Misunderstanding no 10y ~ II,
t]itchea fh1is far comnlofca hive nvoraro;1 ohant
So per aero Of tLoir area Of aann1v' "0'"S
THE SLOW ruoanrss
,nadn towards liza ronara1 aIont;n,, and a,~,;.,
tion of irr;rnt,on te vast avtont ~ ,,r
out Il to von Tia nGrc,,ltr,et has haon aetr
utnblo in anna fjerree tn Tia ;rncranoa - a,r
pooplo regarding It's workings. but in a m,,c1 mi
groator dosroo to fho Iack Of any and ooit"hla
systom Of CHARGES BY the owners % Of r. dtehos or
oxtortion may be nracticod nnon tIon1' Wifhamt t
some fair principle Of procedure on this p,nt." u
eulurist tbat a ntorass w not 20 .o
or dcstrovcd hv tc rrcns nf Gd;t
Mohilers Wthcre w;7 ha m,o1, 6na;ta4;n, T.;
geckinr and onitiyntinr ianis v;rInn11v cnnt.o,,aI
by the owners nf ca-.5 "a affec} III onoi
Htato noplinr an extonsivo svstam ~ ;rr1of;o I;o
must, it secms to mo. Lold. tbronrh thu ennd;-
tionn of its chnrtnrs n contro ovnr aror. ora"t.
iznt;on of tho k;nd and natoh1;.i, u,a{ gsaa1 n.
Of Irrcntion CnmmiRsionnrs ~ ho niocta I"tu 1,,.
tho direct votes Of tho ,,eonle ~ oAo1''o ~
That n aystom Of irritation ann,,a1 ia onr vost
barren or inproluctiyo Western strotches corr.
mt fail to nrniucc mnst not;sfacto;u ~, rnnt
ablo rosults does not admit IT ionht Il; X ia
face Of lie exporienco OF hitler conmtroa, - 'Ae
rr,1r TanIr-1 suno ~ vss az. ,trs'na ,r1a,4o''
under tho imnnlse Of irriratiou t1,o,.,, ,sr,oa
by tho most inoent md shif,Ioss ] roc6 ~, no,Ta
footstool usinr Tia most nrimit;vo nnni;o roeu
~ wh;c1, +,o fpr1sod et;n,s fppr ..,o
moaus an exaggerated sample producn twn
crnnn of whent nr corn md nnn ~ ,irEtor laval,
OF tho same ground oach vonr. thnao nrodvcts
eiy;nn aac ve1d ~ 1E ~ on '9" e
Srary huahej.snwn N0o "o'Do'' Aoi
nm, RI roxnAnnv
must wo turo for the mout nractica1 1eoao, nbo
first imnroseon tho trayeior rata in, va;tng ti,o
Lombards is tho tltorouebna9s TTitI, wh,ch ;rr;'
gation haa hoon at,,fied and ann';aa H. aan-
not mas ovor ia n1a;n 1rnarat;uo saI- ~
most beyond oomnrohenson ty;tI1ont con.
tinucd woudermont at tia industry NJ
man In bnrrowinr c1,nnnn]a nvorvrha4o
in an aroa of about 900 au,,are m;lcs iIT,o
natural sol. qrowths aml tonnnroThv ~ ~
Lombardy reaemble those Of our avn !ntorior
plains. It lies between 45 and 40 deeroos of
north latitude while tho latitude of Coiorado in
from 81 to ii degrees north. Tho rnn.fai1 D ~ ~
Tn,nhor3v ia ~, .yornro ~ Ak ;nIa s.,, .aat4 ~
wIilc thai Of our own ppaat nains ia acapco
half as much but. thon9h its climate in moisiay
and evaporation much more lmitcd T,omha,41v
practices IRRIGATION Mt m Immense cout visa.
over possible. 10 it's ditcLes and canals Of % irrl-
CATION Ill obBcryers arreo that tin To,nhard
H}ain, maintaining a nopulatiop Of ncnr1x
3,000,,000 owes its rank o. holding tho dousest
and most Intelligent and prosperous aericnitnraI
population In Europe. It nossesses 5soco miles a.
Of largo irrigating canals and ditchos, and double
wator used is coo 900 oNO cubic foct pcr elaW[ and
the value added to Tho aud by irrigation IL in
. ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS,
or three times the assessod yaluo Of all The farm
Ing lauls Of Colorado though, It js not m larro
na slngie countoB Of Colorado So perlect m ' hss
this Lombard System Of cultivation bocome' t1,at
ono may travel from the Vicino to tho Ads VIII.
ont finding anywhere one acre In twenty without
irrigating canals and 30 abuniant IL tia nro.
duct, that II in considered eye,y ajx acrca viii
provide subsistence aud support tho yoar round
for five personH Tho usual rontal Of sucl, lauds
Ia $50 to $40 per acro, aud, in the caae Of wintnr.
meadows. or n,arcite. as much IS 500. Thoao
water throughout tho year il ayailablo NJ In tho
vicinity OF h[ilan, give six to seven cros Of grass
and hay, or an Average Of 10 tons ner annnns' linn
The ordinary 1narcite Yields abont half ~ ,nnnL