Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-24
What Wyoming Offers to World.
Young State with Boundless Resources
Invites Industrious.
FARMING, GRAZING AND MINING
Opportunities for Home Builders anC
Investors Inviting and Numer-
ous-whnt l. Already Being
Done Briefly Told.
BY A. r. WHITLEY. WITH STATE
IMMIGRATION BOARD.

big not only in plains, but in mountains
valleys rivers lakes and splendid al
vantaRes. and natural resources that ooun-
tiful nature has provided for the co"'.o''
qualification and happiness OF manN'""'
wyoming contains 1880 square miles ana
embraces an area equal to that Oh F'' w,
New England states and then lhere Wv
remain enough good land to make Over ~
teen states like Delaware OF twenty-five
states the size Of Rhode lslanu'
conparisons will give some idea oil the size
- Me grest snpire. and when one surveys
I. ana learns something of its wonderlu,
resources one wonders why more capl'a'
~. MT found its way TO Wyoming.
The present population Is less than ProNl-
a.noe the capital city Of the smallest STATE
IN New England. Were 1t setueo az
tbicklv as Massachusetts, It would nave
population of Ss,OOOO0O people.
owing to the average altitude Wh'o"
ranges from $500 feet above sea leNel VI.
the eastern border OF the state 10 wv
feet and higher in the mountains, the ',
rnsta il a most healthful one. Inc AT 10
drv and bracing the greater part Oh Vne
vsar along with 800 days OF suhshne'
During the summer and fall and eNtenuinb
into the winter the weather is alrnosV PEI
fection. The spring months as RUE al
not 40 pleasant, as we quite lreaue".'S
have late wet SHOWS and sometimes '"e
season lie backward. cyclones, tornsuoeS
and sunstreke are unknown in WSomlns'
wonderful Studies in GrOwth'
D,ring the last three years Wyoming
has nade wonderful strides toward the 10
velopment of its unsurpassed heIurei
sources and at the same time paveo sl.e
way for stin greater efforts anu 49,
Srander results during the coIhns -
800 II can be truthfully said that the
80 4. no,I only on the eve Of great de-
velopment, but that this development ~
80 delsved. IL actually ~ progress
Doubtiess the principal factor IN orlhs-
,rg settlers to wyoming within the last
1o,r wars ia to be found in the extensive
,vrtzot,on enterprises which have been uh-
A. nav in ali sections OF the state Inc
Zoy.rnment 10 expanding vast SUMS ol
roonsy In this work and in addiaoh 10 'UlS
nymber OF private companies with large
.r,+ai hack Of them are placing thouaHh"S
- acres OF splendid land under often
y, 1ss2 work was begun on the first large
~, ,,,ro,act IN wyoming, that OF the
UUvorn,nR Development company fhree
go canals we're completed, dNeFtmg the
ratsrs of the Laramie river, the B'ue
csraa. cYeek and the Sybille creek 10 Hri
rata RnOOO acres OF rich valley lahu' NV
s,-k,l 1874 was there rapid progress maze
a. the settlement of these lands ana since
mat time a very prosperous farHlihs ooi'i,
roun,tv has sprung UP. 1t has been ststeo
that beyond the rain belt lies opFOr'uAi''
and one-half of our country
Glory of Irrigation.
rAak OF rainfall has been cons'oereu'
v.rv great misfortune, 1t Is no" proNin'
HA annual
,..tio, is less than twenty inches. With
oor+o,p amount Of precipitation eacf
80 the soil must be irrigated and irriga
49, &C. doing more to increase the agr1cul
tur.i field than any other factor. EXten
.,,,o farming of irrigated land meal
r,orIer farms owned and titled by mel
90 moderate means. Scientists quite agre
+ha+ The arid regions are vastly more IeI
y file than humid regions when iscI ma
Nan established by practical. experience
ss we'll as by chemical tests. In the arr
rsa1ons the soil on an average SHOWS thr o
times as much magnesia and iourtee'
times as much lime as is found IN IN
humid soil taken from the east OF IN
Mississippi. Whenever the precipitation
rainfall is heavy, these soluble element
~ fertility are washed away ana the IAN
becomes impoverished and Is only re
couped by heavy fertilization. In airy Sol
the chemical action of air upon the piowe
earth goes on undisturbed' Year ai'e
wear the land grows richer as plant lou
accumulates, and all that Is requreu :
t,r,rg forth bountiful harvest is the magi
Of irrigation, mixed with brains and goo
farming.
nSa,or Powell of the geological surve
Ia tofora the senate committee on irrtga
ton:
.trorr,inV nv irrigation produces NOR
comfortable life more prosperity and NOR
So,d supplies, more sustenance from IN
,ord and brings more comfort, prosperit
ana certainty to those who work py
than any other system Of farming doe
aDa this assertion I base upon observs
tion Of comparison from America TO hsyp
and from there to China. II gives ayr
culture the degree of certainty and exac
nsss of a scientific industry. The farnt
reaps as he sows, in accordance with II
labor and skill. He is no longer depenoei
upon the amount and distribution OF u
rainfall and a prolonged drouth will on
give the more value to his assured crops
Live stock Industry.
49, 1--we stock raising must still be accouht5
the principal industry of the state aithous
the ranges are becoming more circun
civilization mot wishing you TO infer fro
this that the stockmen who occupy Il
range are not civilized. for God new
created a more noble and generous Peep
than the stockmen Of Wyoming) and u
march OF the man with the pillow.
Wyoming offers today the greatest o
portunities for active development OF h
agricultural resources Of any Of the ives
ern states. In this empire of possibiliti
there are now 100000 acres Of a wonde
fully productive soil under irrigation al
during the next two years fully lOOO(
acres more will be reclaimed. 1t is es
mated that TO- 100000 acres Of the area
the state can be irrigated and when pro
erlv and scientifically farmed, will be ma
10 produce three 10 four times as much
the same number OF acres in the caste
states,
In addition TO this large area which can
irrigated II has been estimated that the
are about the same number OF acres whe
irrigation is not possible and never win
and this land must be reclaimed, II ever,