The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
THE FARMERS CASE.

A
standpoint of the farmers wife this that the
farmer claims the same consideration the press
discovery many things relating his industry that put forward
Among these winter irrigation the
BY crops in the season when is
1t is interesting that when we consider many things physics
nd sociology knowledge of them popagated by
that greatest Of American journalists Horace Greeley Western
Kansas is dry country 1t is now filling up with
what is called drv farming is introduced there 1t put
the discovery OF Mr. Campbell and he entitled to the credit OF
demonstrating that practical and be relied to
produce crops added square the habitabe regions
Nebraska Eastern Colorado But is nothing
than storage in the ground.
Greeeys Farmers Column the Tribune taught all
than years The rural readers of his paper learned all
about stirring the surface OF the ground to make penetraoe o
and then stirring supply mulch that prevents
by capillary attraction his IS why CHIP or board ylng on the
ground damp the under side The moisture has from
below and unless evaporation prevented by the chip or board
goes again If the surface stirred the
resulting mulch performs the office as the chip or board and
farmers taught the philosophy of it. knew this
They put banyard their They noted
that came from below and not from above
All this knowledge pointed the physics of ground storage Of
moisture what the arid regions call irrigation Where
the surface covered with perennial green like alfalfa the
The Call has been preaching this for in dealing with
grazing question We have shown that when the arid graz
ing lands are stripped of forage plants by overstoking
only slightly pnetrate rising by capillary
being by the mulch supplied by
plants evapora and the desert takes the place OF the meadow
The farmers wife who should learn
if they don't what they ask for it This wise and its
practical application to irrigation is this In the rainy season when
the supply OF abundant the rrigaing bitches If
be used irrigation and ground
governing price ownership be
should compel be supplied less
than the summer when every gator it the
and the supply frequently stretched the demand
loss of This thing the farmer wants but does
therefore he should for Another thing he
is farmers club in every community.
The Board of Trade way, State Farmers Club
andes the OF exports prices and far
they willingly cooperate brings the producers together In this
the work the old American Institute New
formed by such Mape Solon Robinson.
lowing village York had Club
of actual practical farmers who stated periods
report their experience compare and exchange knowledge
and OF these Farmers Clubs the system OF Agricultural
Colleges and finally the United States Department Agcu
recognition industries by giving them
the Presidents Cabinet
There be lull in these simultaneous
eoual activities OF the rural community but the fact remains
that industry without combination associated organization
has effected mighty results the farmers compelled
the last sixty years.
desired impress upon value of
persistence the lines. If they
they will get If they mobile labor their
perisabe crops and terrified when metropolitan newspaper
tells them better their should than that they should
they
If farmers wife daughters part
of life household dudgery
would relieve them let
ask for what they Then they
from the school library and for the enjoyment
biity which is necessary to a conented life.
When call the farmer king refer his latent poteniaiy
If he choose his and live the full pride of his
calling, he will march the and He
wife and his daughters should paper
sports
The lady whose have published has beginning
She shows the that farmers knew that
hill before they told of by the profession She brought
the policy OF derena the price
irrigation ground storage she and
others speak their minds and think in print than they
people of the politicians
will discover that they ueful school to the farmers
MALE TEACHERS WANTED.