Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-25
OMAHGN MAKES GOOD ON FARM
". v. Waller, Former Merchant, Tells
Of Success.
OTHER CITY MEN SUCCESSFUL
Irrigated Land in Montana Draws
Doctors, Lawyers ana other Pro-
fessIonaI Men-BiE CroPs
Crown Efforts of All.

The back 10 the farm" movement is not
confined wholly to those who were lured
from the open country by the fascination
Of the city The statstician Of the re
,iamaton service at Washington, d. G, Is
receiving many encouraging reports from
city bred people OF all professions who have
ventured into the west and made good.
on the Huntley irrigation project in Mon
tana there are today engineers, doctors,
manufacturers, merchants, lawyers ana
other professional men who have taken up
government farms and whose crop yelds
average with those who have had long eN'
perience as agriculturists. In this connec
ton a letter recently received from NJ. "
Waller, formerly a merchant OF Omaha
is especially interesting. Mr.. Waller
whose address Is Ballantine, Mont, writes
as follows:
came TO the Hunuey project from
Omaha. Neb, my business there Oeins o,,,ie
Of merchant I have found that knoWl-
edge Of farming r. not essential TO success
end that a city man can succeed IL ne VIZ
msNs 5ns If9 81 about aOO Ny first i'm
preston OF the country was very gooa sho
have had no reason to change my mind.
small Cost to Begin.
IL cost me about Sc per acre TO get the
land ready for a crop, the labor belnG
tries but the results are twice as Booo
one cannot fail TO raise good and abundant
crops II properly handled ,,-,..-
I have found the educational, religious
and social conditions here to be equally as
good as those in my ff, former home, we
have excellent graded, district achoola.
believe that when this country Is more
fully settled it win be the finest agricul-
tural district In the west. ! believe new
conner here should have a capital OF at
least 81, 800 to take up a forty-acre farm
Oats and alfalfa have been my most
profitable crops. Alfalfa one year oio
yielded seven tons per acre. Land soWeo IN
alfalfa and oats together Yielded forty
bushels OF oats per acre and one ana one
half tons per acre OF alfalfa.
/ think the average value OF the good
lands on the project, when properly ulleu
The farmers have not yet made any effort
toward cooperation in the growing OF spes
cial crops or organizing Tor the ssihhs Vi
The roads are very good for new coun-
try, but we need to do more work on some
OF them to put them in first class condl-
ton.
Pleased with Investment.
I am we'll pleased in every way with
my investment here. l have my irrigauon
bitches so laid out that the work OF irri-
eating is very small have never had
any trouble at all about getting all the
water needed for irrigation at all times.
/ do not hesitate to urge anyone who Is
seeking for irrigated lands to come to this
project as I don't believe one can find any
w V. WALLER
The HuEtoy project is located in south
eastern Montana on the Burlington and
Northern Pacific railroads Its irrigation
system is one of the finest in the world
and the water supply is ample and never
failing At the present time there are Ia
farms awaiting settlement, none Of which
are more than one and one-half miles from
a shipping point. The land and water right
are only $4 an acre, with ten years in
which TO pay for it.