Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-03-29

took ignorance Il great wisdom.
spoke Of the Plaiu desert and
a bunoo steerer's pa Use. and he is
nov renting land h, kme other 10
Cali'y
". hear a grea Psl about this
country needing ers That Is
putting the proposl a little bit in
correct. What ths Lntry needs is
development. TIL pgs that can
be- produced here ID utilized in
other parts OF the Nd They are
actually needed To Aat extent and
for that reason Il is shame TO let
this productive countFfemain prac-
tically idle, less than IN per cent OF
"a now returning a 1yenue Of any
character With the iced crop pro-
duced this wear Il has relieved most
general and distressing situation. So
LONG as live In this country I had
certainly much rather see a thousand
farmers with a hundred thousand
acres In cultivation than 10 see one
farmer with the same amount of land
In tillage. hut 10 the man far away.
who Is concerned in getting the pro-
ducts Of the country only and not in
its local prosperity. il is different.
Which is why We must work out our
own destiny 70 is nothing more or
less than a cold hloodcd business
proposition What We want Is more
people who will develop and DO
things. and less speculation. u Is a
good country 10 come 10 and a bet
ter country 90 stay iu We can get
more railroads hy producing a mill
lion tons OF field crop freight than
We can by offering a million dollars
in bonuses. When We give railroad
a hundred thousand dollar bonus the
money Is theirs and is gone from MS.
When We produce n In tonnage. the
most of the money Is ours and comes
10 MS. We must produce 10 prosper
We can produce We just simply
won't and don't and We will not
prosper as We should until We do
This country Is like a great mine
unlimited iu its agricultural re-
sources why not put in more time
working the mine and less time sell
m- stock, for after an dividends can
only be declared upon the products
This is the greatest milo maize and
kaitir corn country in the world.
These are standard crops. profitable
crops, and require but a nominal
amornt Of labor TO plant. cultivate
and harvest.
u Is the greatest hog country In
tho world u only hogs and maize
and kaffir corn we're raised here Il
would be one OF the worlds most
prosperous sections. Yet We are
buviug more meat than we are pro-
during And We could nave shipped
ont thousands of tons of maize above
that We have shipped out il the land
had only been In cultivation Idle
land, TN cans paper sacks. ten per
cent aud automobiles is what ails us.
We have the greatest SUMNER grow
inc climate in the world. ANA This
country is unsurpassed for Summer
truck and melons We mc aluos.
without competition ir this line ~
have fha possibilities of monopoly
without combination or agreement
Nature hls forced GO upon MS We
have fha water. and with tho cheap
est and most ,fliciuot method known
for irrigation. but We are not work
Ing the mine as We should True,
the country d, Young, hut these WORKS
are timely inst the same
We have a good wheat country
great millei, oats. sorghum and cot
ton country For a period OF twenty
years our average rainfall has been I.
above seventeen inches The wors,
year We have had during all that .
time had fourteen inches of rainfall .
and all practical agriculturalists .
agree that this amount of rain is
sufficient IN connection with proper
for growing any of these .
crops So no matter what the howl .
or may say the facts show that We
have ample rainfall for farming pur
poses But for more absolutely cor .
tain amine purposes We have tho .
best and cheapest and surest water
supply iu The world
Our soil and climate are ideal for
growing alfalfa For this purpose
49," have the necessary water supply. .
AMI o. can Doe utilized at @ most raa- .
-ouahlo cost Contemplate com
hinltion of alfalfa maize katfir .
11as wnjo-. beef cattle, dairy prod
fo's and fine horses. The possih.'.- .
ICES arc unreasonable. and the fime
IS not flr away when thov win lo .
realities not theories.
Certainly the country needs farm
PRS That Is q general business prop .
rsi'ion hut the farmers need tho .
country as an individual business .
natter We need small farmers. not +
extensive land holders And 10 yet .
he best results We must work to
hat end.
The man who speaks o. tho dav /
when this will he country Of i~-i.
gated farms. as we'll as Countr, of /
great farms without IRRIGATION. I
speaks but the truth based upon re-.