The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07
Y James B. Morrow

Mont with $50 in his pocket. He went
to work, saved his money, and now, Mt
the end OF three years, has 1G0 acres of
land under fence, Il house, and barn
and nine horses.
"James O 'Herin. tenant farmer in
Maine, went to the state of Washing
ton eight years ago with $500 He
obtained homestead in 1905 and sold
1T for $4,000. The money was invest
ed in ranch, and O'Herin is now
worth about $4,000 Robert McCor~
mick. Minnesota lumber Jack, had 10
cents when he landed at Zillah, Wash,
ten years ago. He worked as la
twenty five acres of sagebrush and
planted it III fruit. His yearly income
is $4,000 net. But all the men / have
named were exceptional in their indus
try, intelligence and pluck.
Other Successful Ones.
"The case of ]. O. Shadbelt, dry
goods merchant IN Minnesota, proves
that money will make money almost
anywhere in irrigated regions if pru"
IDENTIFY invested and carefully managed.
Four years ago he bought forty one
acres OF bearing fruit trees near Wa
pat, Wash.-apples, peaches, plums,
pears and cherries. He paid S19,500
| for the land, which was the equivalent
improvements. His friends predictei i
his ruin financially, In two years he
refused $4,000 for his orchards His
profits in three seasons amounted to
$40, 900. H. NJ. Gilbert moved from II,
linols to Washington twelve years ago
and bought twenty acres of fruit land
for $1,000. Four consecutive crops of
Winesap apples paid him $1274 an acre
each year, and six crops of Elberta
| M hoe hrn,,ohf hi ,
nually. His original investment of
$1,000 has grown until it has reached
Il marketable value OF $4,000. I give
you the names and locations of some
of the men who have succeedcd.' Mr.
Newell went on to say, "that the pos
sibility Of irrigated lands may be un.
derstood by the public und that the
economic value of the conservation pol
icy of the government be appreciated. >
' How deep is the soil of the arid
lands, and will'it ever need to be fer
Ftilized7' ] asked.
'In some places it is ten feet, il
others it is fifty feet and in still 9th
ers 1T is too deep conveniently to meas
ure. But the land, contrary TO the uni
versal opinion, must be fertilized just
the same as other land. Men come II
me and say that the productivity OF
the Nile valley is maintained year after
| NCdl SIMPLY DS lDe OScIlOW VI INC Nllt
river IT is true that the Nile spread!
a good deal of mud over the surface OF
the earth, but several of the soil ele
ments are lacking and the farms of th
| Egyptians are fertilized with manure
dead animals and even with mummies
Soil Needs Invigorating.
"The storm waters OF our mountain,
contain some OF the necessary soil chem
icals and irrigation helps to enrich tn,
land, but water does not supply the nee
essary nitrifvino elements, either i,
wet or dry localities. 1t is customar,
therefore, to plant field in beets, po
tatoes, corn, or wheat, for time ant
then to sow it to alfalfa, and afte
harvesting number of crops, to ploy
the alfalfa under The roots Of alfalf;
are rich in inter and thus the soil j
balanced and kept from being impov
erished. -
What crops are the most profit
able?'
"Alfalfa is the best crop in none