The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-08-21

representation. There are 80 many
attractive truths that there 10 sbso.
lutely no use to misrepresent, and IL
10 . distinct misfortune that there
have been cases Of Il, the injurious Of.
feet which 10 easily told on dry years.
II IL only . matter Of time when this
will be one Of the greatest dry farm.
ing sections Of the world, and II Ia 70
ing to achieve that point by u clear
understanding Of both the advantages
and the drawbacks Of the valley. Both
should be stated freely to all who
want TO know about this country.
Wonderful a. have been the results
Of irrigation Mt Carlsbad and all
points north, few people realize that
the destiny Of this slope holds in
store In this direction. am speaking
now entirely OF the art as IL relates
TO the farmer, who IL outside of the
Geld Of the irrigation ditch and the
Srtesian well. II 10 becoming better
AhuWu hhu uhootutVou thAe suueAeut
irrigation is possible by windnlills
anywhere, to be sure in not such large
tracts as along the streams, but new.
ertheless sufficient to make il sufhc.
lent for the perfection for home sus
tenance and q considerable margin
for sale. Water goes much farther
than the average man realizes aud
profitable crops can be raised with =
very small part Of the great volume
that In normally used and wasted by
the iTrigator under tho ditch. l have
in mind one so-ealled dry farmer who
has put In . Little irrigation plant,
the motive power Of which 10 . ten.
foot Windmill, which he would have
to have anyhow. With . dirt tank
he will this year successfully irri.
gate ave acres, and he told mt the
other day that besides providing for
his own family he would this year
net over tl00 an acre on his stud all
Of which would have to be hauled
twelve miles to mar ket II entails
work, Of course. lie has kept the
harrow going There isn't either =
weed or q elod on his place. Instead
Of flooding his land, the water goes
In in little burrows, striking the OF.
act spot where it is wanted-and the
harrow follows right after the water,
81 that all VI 1t Is held in the soil.
That Is the California way, where they
have learned to get all Of the blessing
out Of water. 1t is possible OF every
homestead from Clayton TO Pecos City.
Generally adopted, 1t would stop all
worry about dry years, and on nor
NAL years, the dry farmer would have
. much greater margin Of profit In.
vestment considered than the ditch
farmer. 1t is by An assimilation Of
this idea that the true measure Of
prosperity is going to 10 attained all
over the dry country, and the sooner
Il Is attained tho better IL will DO for
everybody. 1t should be pointed Out
10 all Of the aeweomers, along with
the fact that there will DO years oe.
easionslly when 1t will take careful
management and unremitting labor to
pull through with the balance on the
right side Of the ledger These are
the points the country booster should
bear upon, and with 4 proper under
standing Of them, there is no more at
trAetive opening in the world for
home makers than this valley where
the land is cheap, the climate perfect
and the chance wide open for the
poor man who is not afraid to work,
and who has not the capitol to break
in where the irrigation bitches and
the Artesian well has scattered wealth
on the surface, only too often to be
dissolved by the wasteful use Of that
water which Is Of truth the source Of
all wealth.
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