Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-05
He breaches DEEP FLOWING
Mayor PsrEking Of Limon, Colo,
Writes Of Dry Farming.
ADVOCATES THOROUGH WORK
ssCultivate Little Land and Cultivate
Wen" a. via Goupel-Chance
for Capitalists - Grub
stake Homesteaderu.
BY ". s. PERsHING,
Msyor Of Limon, Colo.

AAetul % AaAlANAf 1Nlua
where ir the wealth Of the vest
This question q few years ago would
nave been answered BY pointing 10 the
mountains with q description Of the silver.
sold. copper and coal-a few years later
by indicating the reservoirs, bitches and
tho growing crops.
How was this great wealth brought into
being? We have heard OF the thousands
who crossed the plains with OK teams 10
undergo hardships and dangers. and spent
their last dollars hunting for pay dirt
which but few Of them found; again we
have heard OF the men who were grub
BtRked by others who were IN better cir-
cumstHnces 20 win wealth for both. We
have heard, too OF the man who put his
money into a reservoir and failed and
--T-hose work when taken UP ny q company
later with more financial backing became
the foundation OF fortunes
r. r Parsons. Bishop FARRELL and q few
others have found pay dirt In dry farming.
hut who ever heard OF q capitalist grub
stalking q dry farmer? And vet the sIti-
zens Of our western states are soon going
10 look 10 the semi-Hrid plains country 10
keep uB the prosperity OF our western
states.
wealth in Dry Landa.
Thousands OF scres Of the mountains
have been prOspectsd over and found 40
contain no mineral. Hundreds Of mines
are being worked that scarcely pay OK
psnses. The 20OO.O0O acres Of irrigated land
In Colorado are producing more wealth
than the mineral districts Of the state but
the supply Of water from all the streams
for irrigation purpose is practically oil
utilized
In mRrl1ing the map OF our western
states all the paying mineral districts, all
the land thHt is nov irrigated. and al the
land that is believed TO be capable OF profit
able irrigation Il win be found TO cover
hut a small space on the map. To keep
up the prosperity Of the country this vast
unmarked area must be utilized 10 the best
advantages.
We find In travelling across The plains in
almost any direction that 20 per cent OF the
-1do-ncre homesteRds that proof have been
made on. that not over ten or twenty
acres have been cultivated and the larger
part OF that has never been plowed over
Flrse or four inches In depth. Our hest Ru-
thurity on dry farming and my own *
perienCe teaches that the blowing should
he al least seven inches and better ten or
twelve inches deep to get satisfactory re-
suits
great mistake has been made by our
EensrOus government In allowing $40 acres
10 he taken az homestead. The. law 7c-
auires a certain number Of acres 10 I've
cultivated, but no certain depth 20 he re-
uuired. large per cent OF the home
steads viii be held with but little work
done FOR three OF four years
Thorough Work needed.
Most OF the homestesderE never owned
an acre of land before II they own teams
they are. perhaps, too light 10 DO good
blowing TO sufficient depth on land that
has been tramped over a Thousand wears
by the buffalo, antelope cattle and sheep
II n iE done by contract h IL done as
Blightingly as possible by the one hired
The writer In 1910 mad as many dollars
worth OF crops on ten acres Of sod broken
ten inches deep and well rolled down ns
was raised 240 acres adjoining plowed
about the same time with the same steam
pillow. hut only three TO five inches deep
The shallow blowing shows results in a
wet season. but It takes deep blowing
10 show good results during q severe
,drOuth
NJ the government had given the home
BteHder but forty acres. but had II plowed
once foot deep he would have had q start
and could have taken care OF the same
RfterwRrd and made living,
The price OF one battleship would have
purchased deep tilnnE ma shines and broken
up enough OF land 10 make homes for
100000 families. The example would have
bsen followed by capitalists as in irrigation
projects. Wealth would have been won
from our own production without seeking
fields Of adventure in CHnRdn and other
countries.
had a booth at each OF the land shows
Al F1ttsburg. Chicago. ST. Louis and
Omaha and did all NJ my own expense
without dollar OF aid from town, county
or state, converssd with thousands Of
would-be homeseekers a large majority Of
them declared they would he happy 20 get
even forty acres Of good land as home
stead close 20 school and church. The 32s-
acre tracts with a lot on nonresident l8nd
between almost prohibits good schools snd
churches on account Of the great dis
tances. A neiEhbor across the road from
the writer Is making better living or two
acres plowed a foot deep without irriEa-
tion than the average homesteadsr an 40
or so acres o. shallow plowed land.
ANY one who doubts the difference in
the conserving Of moisture IN desp or
shallow blowing j can convince In two
hour drive by showing them at this very
urF time ground iilnteA enough 10 maze
mud balls three no five feet deep under
ton-ineh deep plowinE. Under the shallow
nlFN,inE no moisture can be found. The
shallow pillow ing held the moisture 30 near
the surface A. evaporHtsd. while IN the
deep blowing II kept going deeper and had
no chance 90 evaporHte.
There are splendid opportunities Yet for
capitalists or investors 10 grub stake dry
farmers with deep filling machines and
power no run them ON rich fertile land
While q ear hc secured eheHp This Is
based on actual experience and observa-
tion on the western plains FOR forty Yeas
The exhibitors were better treated and
the management took more pains 40 see
that AL had square deal NJ Omaha tl.un
~ any OF the other shows ! attended ]
am more than ever convinced that Omaha
is Rightly located for the exhibition Of
western states products. From the cor
respOndonce already received ] believe the
ezhIhiturs win receive greater results from
Omaha