The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-08-10

would say, II am Missuuriau and
must b" sighted, but il was true, and
to tell You that in that far southland 40
miles back from the coast and | 200
miles south of this, ~ was the hot
test ii got in the shade while there,
and that in the sun we suffered less
than here In Missouri when we re-
turned, seems impossible, but is true.
And oh! the nights fine.
! wish that ! could tell YOU what
we saw that afternoon and next day
| trip In the automobiles, through the
same sort of land as San Juan coun-
try, but which has been under the
magic hand of the American farmer
for three years or less; how that the
land no recently covered with brush
and mesquite, now grows from one
to three crops TO each acre Of such
measure as to make return for la
| Dor commensurate with the sacrifice
necessary to secure it,
| We saw the splendid farm and fam
! lily, talked with them, Of the man
who raised SlO,jl00i worth Of on
| ions oil of 20 acres and makes a
sworn statement that he cleared 80, =
! l31 II off of - acres. We were on
| the farm and saw both crops Of the
man that is making 500 an acre on
| his figs and growing cotton, a bale
/ to the acre nearly in between the
! rows.
/ We talked with n young man who
was renter and somewhat dis sati -
fled because he had not made more
and because of some little difficulty
in getting water just when he wanted
. it, who had for his part above eX-
penses cleared n 30 or his ~ acres
of cotton and will put that same 10
acres in corn this Aug, from which
| he expects not less than 80 bushels
to the acre, perhaps more.
We stayed with MIR. Chas. Hunt,
son of l.. 7. Hunt, of Pennington,
and helped him irrigate III acres of
sorghum cain from which he had
taken one crop already, making
about 60 tons, for which he il get
ting $40 per ton loose and on the
ground, and from which he will get
two more crops equally as good or
better, and to say that he believes
in the country Is very mild way to
express 1t. He and his bride treated
us royalty.
We have much more to tell You,
but we cannot bear IL now. We
borrowed a horse and buggy and
| drove out by ourselves to investi.
gate and see for ourselves, and
while we found men who for various
reasons would sell their places, yet
/ all wanted good prices ranging from
/ $50 to 500 M acre with very hum
BILE improvements upon, yet we
J 4 "a Iut a IA
was the greatest country he was
ever in. The climate seems nearly
ideal and was inviting exceeding to
us, for we found many troubled with
catarrh before moving there who
were free, or practically, from IT. the
same with asthma, rheumatism aud
nervous Affections.
We could not but wonder at the
way the Rio Grands had for ages
been building the soil there until
now il Is 20 To - feet deep and the
two and three different kinds of
crops, with their from one to reap.
ings of each crop made possible. We
saw the faith of man to invest the
millions of dollars tied up IN the
different irrigation systems, We
looked again and again ut what God
and man together achieved there,
and could not but say, "What a
Garden of Eden the Lord provided
the people" Not the only one, to be
sure, for Missouri is great, but as
saw IL the Lower Rio Grande cour'
try Is greater for some at least. God
has amply provided for us all, and
If we are untrue to Him In life, in
work, In store. we prove ourselves
unworthy Of any Of it, 1t was our
privilege to preach the first sermon
in San Juan and tried to tell the no.
tel force how much God needed
them II wag a good trim