The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1891-04-10

| NoEltIilnc ago the HERALD suggest
ed that the Colorado Farmer seemed to
he 50 prcjuGiced against attempting 10
farm in eastern Colorado, that credit
was not given the farmers. by that pat
per, foi the success Which they Ind at
tanned. The editor of that paper makes
the following reply:
"Our exchanges from outside the
state are already coming TO us, contain
ing appcals for help from people in the
eastern sections of this state. We do
not believe in eastern Colorado farm
ing without irrigation. II is a delusion
and y snare. No definite measure oi
success has thus far been attained.
Only discredit TO the state aud suffer
Ing ,u tie part of tie settlers
has been the outcome. thus far. No
wcrd OF ours vii cyerbc written 10 add
10 either
Ges, eastern Colorado has asked for
he!r, this past winter, for the first
and only time since settlement com
menced in this par, Of the state; but
what were the conditions which lead
To this appeal, that our worthy "irrigl-
ton editor should pronounce farming
in eastern Colorado 81, delIsion and n
SNARE by reason thereof. Last sea-
son, crops Throughout the west were
very short and, over a large territory
between the Missouri river and the
mountains, almost AN en,irc failure.
Eastern Colorado, western Nebraska
aud Kansas suffered the most and. MS
n result Of that short crop, they have
been forced 10 appeal for help and, the
Farmer seems TO argue that, because
OF this fuilurr, farming In eastern Colo.
RADIO Is ~ delusion and u snare The
editor Of that paper, either loses sight
altogether Of the history Of agriculture
between the Missouri liver and the
Rocky mountains. or ho has arbitrarily
drawn a line alongthe eastern boundary
OF Colorado, west OF which there can
not be-, In his estimation, any success
In farming without irrigation. II the
failure of crops last season IN eastern
Colorado had been The fits, experience
VI this Kind on the western frontier,
there might In that case he some
grounds for entertaining fears Of the
ultimate success Of farming In ,hispart
OF the state. Every one who Is CONVEX.
san, with the history of the Yves, knows
that there have been total failures Of
crops, nj intervals, almost from the
time immigration first crossed the
Missouri river and several times have
the frontier farmers IN Nebraska aud
Kansas been forced 10 call for mid.
When these appeals were made, the
agricultural papers Of those states In
stead Of rui-!ng the cry that attempted
farming IN tliosc parts Of the states was
"a dcltsion and u SNARE and their ap-
poals "a diacredit 10 tie state" they
advocated appropriations for tho I'M
fortunate farmefsa aud that, II necessary
help should be accepted from other
states that these brave western farm.
crs might be enabled 10 remain on
ihelf land and finally succeed In max.
Ing for themselves comfortable homes.
They were not told ~ the farmers Of
eastern Colorado, Ia their misfortune
have been tod, by Irrigation Statesmen,
that they would Boomer vote for nppro
printions 10 help them ont Of the state
thnn for appropriations 10 help them
remain on Their land. The people Of
tbs eastern pnrt of those states believed
In The ultimate SUCCESS Of agriculture
throughout their blnlen and. acting Mp.
Oh that belief. they did an IN their
power TO encourage Tie unfortunate
fntmon on the frontier The result
his rhown that theii faith IN the coun.
ny WAS well founded and. when the
farmers OF western Nebraska lost their
crop last seaSon, The legislature Of tue
State eania 20 llieit i.ll.i wilh appro-
rriaiiJns 0, 100000. II fumin.. 10 "a