Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-06-03

Preliminary surveys are being mr le
for an irrigation project IN the Big
Bend district in the state Of Washing
Ion which, when completed. will water
100000 acres of very rich land The
system will require several years to
complete and will cost many millions
of dollars.
One should never buy from unknown
parties so far away from home that
he cannot reach them with a club in
way Of recourse in case the stuff he
gets Is not satisfactory. Many who
bite on the low price bait forget this
fact sometimes and can only grind
their teeth when disappointed.
Nebraska is going through the usual
change from a grain raising to a stock
and dairy state, as shown by her out
put last year of 100000 pounds of
butter. This is not a large output Of
butter as compared with some other
states, but 1t Is a very creditable
showing and indicates a move in the
right direction.
The hired man employed on the
place should not only be able to do the
work assigned him creditably. but
should be clean Of mind and mouth If
he is not to be n source of contamina-
ton to the young folks in the home,
who are really of much more impor-
lance than any of the fine stock raised
on the premises.
We know of more than one instance
where the man Of the house has been
too poor to subscribe for journal for
his wife costing cents week when
he does not bat an eyelid at handing
from 81 to 50 n week over the counter
for chewing and smoking tobacco.
This is a mighty one sided PROPOSE
ton. if there ever was one.
Many folks reach middle life or past
without seeming to realize the very
simple fact that the laying by of a
sum for a rainy day or for future
business operations depends on hav-
ing receipts exceed expenditures by
modest margin each year. Circum-
stances may arise which make it i'm
possible to carry out such a plan unin-
terruptedly, but it will prove helpful
if such a purpose is kept always in
mind.
1t need hardly be said that the or
chards in the favored valleys Of the
west which have been known to yield
a net revenue of as high as $1,000 per
acre in single season. are not also
used as hog lots and calf pastures.
While one hears of dual purpose cows
and dual arurpose hens, there is no
such thing in the famous apple sec
tions referred to as a dual purpose
fruit ranch. 1t is to this fact largely
that the success achieved is due.
In addition to agricultural resources
which are shown in the production Of
100000 bushels of wheat in 1909
the state Of North Dakota is rated by
those who have investigated the mat
ter to contain 31.24O square miles of
Ignite coal. carboniferous deposit
that is geologically about halfway III
process of formation between peat and
soft coal. This enormous deposit of
fuel, which is bound to prove potent
factor in the industrial development
of the state, is worth 90 cents ton at
the mine and is put in the bin of the
consumer at 500 per ton.
When home seeker has not posi-
tive knowledge beforehand Of the char
acter of the Subsoil in the new coun
try in which he plans to locate he will
do well to postpone closing any deal
on a piece of land until such time as
he can bore down from four to six
feet and find out what lies beneath.
Not infrequently have land purchases
been made in winter when the ground
was frozen hard and covered with
snow, which on the coming Of warmer
weather developed into boys or stretch
es Of sand and hardpan. Caution in
this respect will often avert costly as
well as bitter experience.