The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-11

will not have success save on a farm.
Then the simple life will keep many
faithful to the traditions of the farm
! ing folk-the natural life, close to
Mother Earth, the love for trees and
flowers. for fruit growing and stock
raising and freedom from the conven-
tons and complexities of society in
the city. Then, too, the country Of
fers the most independent life. The
| farmer has no bosses. He is a man
on his own land. and not one of a
crowd. The bees work for him, the
birds sing for him, the hens cackle
over his eggs, the COW gives her milk
to him, the sheep its fleece and the
collie that tends the flock will defend
him against the world-without price
As long as life yields such harvest
of satisfaction as the farmer finds,
the farms will not be neglected. If ne
wins less i'm the country he wants
| less: If he does not strike ii rich.
as the prospector does at sometimes,
| he avoids his main disappointments
and the ends are balanced about as
we'll.
But the farmers life in Nevada. Is
Nevada an agricultural state? Ger
tainly. Any state is that has soil and
growing climate and men to till
the ground. Nevada will yet base its
prosperity on its farms, the state COM
mission of 1893 reported after pains
taking and systematic inquiry that
Nevada has 100000 acres of rich
soil which could be irrigated from her
rivers and her artesian supplies. Ii
these are reduced one half, there is
still ample basis for sustaining a
permanent agricultural population
Colorado and Utah have each an ag-
ricultural prosperity which no citi-
zen is ashamed of, though it is based
upon an estimated cultivated area,
of only about two millions of acres.
The government has shown its faith
in the soil and climate of the Silver
State. and the great Truckee-Carson
irrigation plant, costing $9,OOO,OOO
makes possible an era of small farms,
at a moderate cost per acre for water
In the extreme southern counties
the altitude is low, and the warm
breath of the Gulf of California comes
through tae canyons of the Colorado
river, and here the fig, the olive, the
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walnut, and in sheltered places even
oranges may be produced.
The climate covers a wide range.
and the fruits. cereals, vegetables and
grasses of the temperate zone and
the more delicate fruits of the semi
tropics can be grown. In suitable To-
cations the apple will be great
money and there is fortune
| for the man who will find the apple
belt. and iudiciously select the kinds
| to grow.
There are some things to learn
about farming in Nevada, but the eX-
perts of the reclamation service and
the trained men of the state univer-
sity. whose experiment farm is devils
ed in the interests of the developing
| agriculture. will help to solve any
problems growing out of the soil or
the climate or both. But farming Is
| not a new thing in Nevada; we look
to see it change the rugged face OF
nature and the dry land become fruit
full fields. In the undeveloped condl-
ton of these resources of the state,
the advantage of the farmer is that
he can buy desert and sell gar
den" And while there are Gold
fields in the hills, there will he mar
kets for the farmer, and together the
man with pick and the man with
the hoe will make the potential
greatness of today become the reality
of tomorrow.