The Arizona sentinel., 1907-10-23
SOIL CULTURE
As NeedfuI to Irrigated Lands as
 Non-Irrigated.


 the vast difference between lrrl- gation with and without the Campbell system of soil culture. The great-and what has seemed to be the almost unSOlvable problem confronting those in terested in the development of the west and irrigation-is the difficulty of having the farmer under irrigation do thoroughly the things which he must do in order to conserve the moisture and raise good crops without ir- rigation. The farmer from a rainfall country who comes to the irrigated west usually works on the theory that water takes the place of cultivation, with the result of much irrigation and little cultivation. His crops are necessarily small and his land deteriorates until it eventually becames useless.
 The experienced and success full irrigation farmer works on the principle of much cultiva- tion and little irrigation. His crops return to him yearly from $50 to $1OO an acre and his land improves from year to year Although some of the latter class of farmers have heard o1 the Campbell system of soil cul' ture they all have put into prac' tice some of the fundamental principles upon which that sys tenn rests and the more they un derstand the system the more closely will they follow it. The first class of men who usual Iy settle up a newly irrigated country are those who have made a failure of the game ol agriculture in the middle west and who believe that if the rules of the games are changed, they can make a success under irriga ton.
 The last thing in the world { man wants to undertake, wht has made a failure in everything else, is an irrigated farm. The Irrigated farm requires more brains, forethought and training in doing things thoroughly, thar the average mercantile pursuit There is nothing the farmer: need so much under irrigation a: the Campbell system. There i: nothing which the farmer who i: a failure under irrigation ha: less of than the Campbell. | he had to go without irrigation or without the Campbell system he could make better crops witt the Campbell system and with out irrigation than he can witf irrigation and without the Camp bell system. The idea which i. abroad in the land that irriga ton is child's play; that any child can irrigate; that every body knows when to turn it off that any fool knows when anC how to blow; when and how t. harrow, disc and do other thing that are necessary is mal-infor nation of the worst sort ant populates our irrigated countrie with men who have failure writ ten all over them before the, stick the spade into the ground
 A man imbued with these idea in regard to irrigation will b overtaken by disaster. The il rigation farmer, even of forty acre tract of land, must worI early and late. He must wOr' with his hands and with hi head. He must have time con stantly by the forelock. If h does these things and applies t his farm the Campbell lsystem c soil culture, he will get enol nous returns from each acre C land cultivated. If he comes this irrigated farm with the ide that he can ride around on horse back; that his health is to tender for him to wet his feet i irrigation; that he can not stan irrigation Tn cold weather; tha he can not get ur until min o'clock in the morning and tha all he has to do to make success is to apply the water to his land