The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1915-02-12
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richness, all men now but her real
wealth lies in the wonderful soil.
The state lies on the southern rim
OF the largest volcanic deposit on the
globe, extending notherly into the
state OF Washington. The soil ground
into dust by ages of storm wind and
frost is as rich in plant food as any
in the world.
Our farms offer variety of oppor-
tunity No region on earth should be
more attractive than Nevada To the
Industrious poor man. The state SO
TAR has been neglected and practical
~ remains as unknown land To most
of mankind.
Has christopher Columbus sailed
into the Golden Gate and landed on
san Francisco Bay instead OF on San
scene of great enterprise and the New
England states might be an Indian
reservation.
But an awakening in regard to Ne
yada's possibilities has come and the
miner and the stoekman no longer
hold the entire state. The miner is A
wealth producer. The stockman feeds
the world. They have enriched multi
tudes, they deserve. and have, our
greatest admiration.
}ut now the farmers day is dawn
ing and in the long run the farmers
day is the good day. There will be
no less mining. no less cattle and
sheep raising but rather more of both
when mare land is occupied and cult
waited. That is one OF the good things
about this land OF ours, that success in
any one line or in any one locality
benefits all others.
Today Nevada has - acres of open
range land To three acres of farms.
and yet with wheat al one dollar and
half bnshel. We are buying grain
and flour while we have 2G0,0oo tons
Of surplus hay. Is ii not time to ask
why?
Let me- without rejecting upon the
pioneer or his methods. offer few
suggestions The first is, raise some
food for men and women instead of
raising nothing but food for animals.
One man will take township of
land and run band of sheep or a few
head OF cattle and barely keep even.
Another man will take 10 acres. from
which he will support his family be
sides marketing "A portion of his crop.
farmers are located in Nevada, then
will our land be put to its highest use.
There Is only one way To create
wealth and make land valuable. that is
TO increase the population and pro-
duction.
The best piece OF property in the
piece ii only one man could get To It,
4 and could take none of ii away. Man
loves company, and thrives best when
he has neighbors He is friedly and
will not live alone; il he does he loses
interest. But with increased popula-
tion, comes manufacturing, traffic IN
creases. laad multiplies in value and
marets absorb that which is pro
duced.
Land must be used as tool and moi
as an investment. The best market a
farmer has is his own table. The man
who keeps sheep and goes to market
form utton chops. or the man who
runs cattle and buys butter is not a
good manager
We of NeXada have market in our
mines. in our stock ranges, our rail
road shop and our factories, to say
nothing of the great world markets Sc
easily reached by railroads and ocean
ships. Pleose consider how much
nearer Nevada is to the markets OF
the world than Dakota, Nebraska
Montana or even Utah
The haul by rail from those states
is more than double that of Nevada to