Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-10
RUSH TO ARID SECTIONS Of
WEST FRAUGHT WITH MANY
DANGERS.
MANY PURCHASING FARMS
NOT CAPABLE OF IRRIGATION
Western Settlers Take Chances Be.
tween Land Companies That Are
Honest But Ignorant and Others
That Are Neither Honest Nor ls.
norant-FavorabIe Opportunities.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
Plunhett believes that one of the great
est opportunities in farming in Amer
ia today is in the irrigated sections of
The west with an absolute surety OF
crop and an ideal social life and the
surety if the land is properly selected
Of rapidly gaining prosperity. However,
he sounded a note of warning to The
farmers who are rushing 10 these irrl-
gated sections and without experience
in irrigation farming are buying land
that is not capable of being econon-
lcally irrigated.
I have been thru many of those ir-
yigated regions" said Sir Horace to-
Gay. Most of the farmers there rapidly
become prosperous Furthermore the
social life in that sort of a community
is ideal. The farmers must come to-
sether IN the control of irrigation AMI
manage the distribution OF the water.
This bringing of the farmers togAthe-
naturally creates a social life ana ag
i.culJurally nothing better could be
wished for
There are some mistakes made by
farmers who go from these more huni1
countries The first is that they buy 100
much land and do not reserve enough
capital Tor the improvements. Fvrly
acres is an abundance bit very many
farmers buy more and they have then
TOO much land to properly care for II
ard are frequently without the capital
z 10 put on the proper Improvements.
Furthermore many of the land I o.n-
panies are honest but ignorant aud
some others are neither honest nor ig-
norant and the fdrmer who has had no
experience in irrlgating land is liable 70
GUY land tina. Is not adapted and can
not be brought under the ditch That
I is 10 say while the land may be lower
than the source cf the water supply So
that there would be a fall of was7- &c
it yet the land ;iself is too steep "r
100 rough 50 II at it can not be ir-i-
gated without washingly badly Or else
water can not be gotten 10 all parts Of
ii without great expense.
For ins-auce know of one farmer
Y no bought some land and found wien
he tried TO rrgate II that wa.-- could
ret be gotten u the bulk of the piece
without the fIilding of a very ex-
rensfve fure ar.l he hadn't the none:
10 DO this. IS resul. he was bank
llpt. I.eve,,,g of land so as . g
water TO ali parrs of il $ an expens,v.
1..5nosi5ion AID the farmer should An,
gu, before he ouvs lust what experss
LII he oe,.i.7 before the land il
b. ought nm lar he ditch
-A4-ar securing the land a farre,
in an irrigated dist,,icr if he has CAPITA
10 a,,ara-s ON i s11ra 81 nrosperitv. Tn,
irrigation is not difficult to learn. an
ne s3,1,,,lv Of water and the cliuat.
and srii make c-ops sure
ST. Horace believes with James 7
Hil} of me Great Northern Railroa,
4 ,ha- -ba .,,-ra,aga.n- farming of IN
/ naonla of -a5s country i responsible
ror ~ eae- -ha agricultural -7rodrc1
4 ara no- ineraa sine, AZ rsnifilv as tha in
s crease i, me ,,on,llarjon Sir Horac
has hAAn familiar l,-it, farming in n
J vzst for ahol- thirty Years and ha
7 ,r,nea ana anera-Ad earrn lands i
! E.l,rasl.a
II have known of farms on whic
!. o,c,, -.ae raised n, -ha same land n