Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-10-03
WINDMILL AS FORHF|CA1ON
AGAINST DROUGHT PERIODS
A Practical Address on the Use of Underground Waters of
Much Interest to the Farmers of New Mexico.

nv III AIAb'A 'HN''iE tNH
dresses given before the National Irri
CATION congress-, for the practical far.
NOR Of New Mexico was thai Of P. L
Fuller yesterday, who spoke on 'Irri-
cation of Small Areas by WlndmiIls as
a Fertilization Against Failure During
Drouth Periods" He said in part:
1t has been estimated that there are
tWenty-ninc million acres Of rich agri-
cultural land in the arid and somi-arid
region of the great plains, living be-
tween the Missouri river and the east
cfn slope of the Rockies, with Canada
on the north n the gulf of Mexico on
the south.
Probably five million acres of this
land Will be reclaimed by federal, cor
porate and private enterprises, or, we
may say, for many years only the most
strategic parts of this vast area Will
DC made habitable by an assured wa
Yer supply, much of it viii never
De reclaimed under combined projects
because of its remOteness from stream
flows or the insufficiency of such
flows.
Compare this condition with tho
agricultural districts in the eastern
states, We find the rapid growth of
cities, the extension of manufacturing
enterprise with their increase in area
needed to house their employees, and
the large estates acquired by individ-
uals all tend to crowd the farmer to a
smaller area. The resultant increase
IN land values imposes a greater taxa
uon and the land must be more in
tensely farmed, so that greater crops
may be produced from smaller areas.
until from Impoverished of soil and
failure to keep pace with the increased
Nnl1A fhn "a ~ nh,YI4ya III. --us
culture of his land, giving it over to
other more valuable uses, aud seeks a
new location.
1t Is not strange that the west
should appeal to the farmer thus *
lied from his native state when we
consider the inducements offered the
nome seekers by our railroads, Coloni-
cation companies, large land and real
estate companies, and even by small
holders Of land who Work in
tlon with agents located i'm boom con-
iers. Many methods are employed to-
get these people out to look at the
land. Railroads refund tho transpor-
tati0n charges in event of purchase of
land from their allotments given them
as an aid in the construction Of trans
continental lines. Colonization COM
panies secure extremely low rates to
such places of location. private cor
pOratiOnS offer Inducements and all
engaged IN such traffic max special
terms whereby the lane may be paid
for IN from five to ten years. If not
the actual owners of land many COM
panies have listed all Of the available
government or stale land so that they ;
rtoeorg - 1oe;rab ,o 80 pSl
emcb sorrjcos tho,. - "ru y {
80 to 925.
That a systematic and effective mo-
dus opCraudi obtains is apparent from
- ~ ".tiFr c,"tu PunIisnSu CoH. =
~ "ii6 tHlo ieIiu' "Hd IioIu M 4aCt
ttdt laIsc hunlpeiS VI S.ttIet9 are
- Iiit'Iis IL 'i'se a'@lc2 ~ IN ]
~ SUN anu %Hu II - " 20 IN5i't''u y
'lal nome seekers are not moro cor Y
ItctlN informed as TO the existing con- n
uit.oIS III IIHSe SocuIitI'5, ioI II lH q
e,i'"otV 49, IN, - gu, "tutoC' l'r'Iut' >.
unop the state MAJ hermit II ,
RcInr unfamiliar with the climatic y
conditions in the west the farmer docs :
moi 500 Why no can not raise ms rond Il
crons undcr natural nrociritation MS
he has 6onc for many Years in Tho cast il
II Tho average nrarinitatinn is ~ ,
inches in narts of tho west. WHY viii =
nor as hountiCul crnus be produc,d rs q
with the same average precipitation in !
the east. 1t would seem that such rca- II
Soning is sound, but these are the fac T.
tors which are most potent I'm influ- n
cnCing results. The precipitation is Of e.
ton local, frequently occurring duringI i,
the growing season, and often during ,,
the winter season, ana quite frequent -
~ dropping 90 per cent bcIoW tno aV- =
oIag,; me cIaL"'.u 'i t,,r Ut' =
va 'i,r' vJ.inna55,ss n1f,n, Ica,inr mo roots :
comnlctcIv exposed. Frequently very =
shallow surface soil exists and the sub -
soil is porous, thereby providing hoth-
ing TO retain moisture, INC .S9lIl .ncI' -
may ~ = i9th :. 1870 nnbetrnrrte :
and NOR ranid cyauoration from ~
and Soil. due to dry heat. accrcd- -
tied 70 elevation. may obtain. Thor"
be a greater preValency OF nan IN "
'ctiall IocaIItieS' aIbl 4a'N IIr"5u"Sm !,
''''e "ppi =, - Coon, -
nv ma y
dlILtuuc anu ~ NJ, elm. l,ri,u J.,
rcrtoin vears tbe conditions are favor =
able to the raising Of crops i'm the arid :.
ana semi-arid regions. and especially =.
If the land Is suitable to aErlcuI- -
anu Gun Dc nlIu1 20 yohs1INg -
an cuiti,,tion Int du,in" MN, yorrs =,
80 80 ~ rnrdi,ta,a -, nm. =
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