The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1915-02-12
NEVADA HAS GREAT
AGRICULTURAL FUTURE

tidewater. Nevada wheat hay. pota-
toes. onions and apples will get into
the markets of the world as eheapy
as those from Illinois or Minnesota and
constantly growing. | said as cheap
~ a. others states. We must remem
Der, however, that Minnesota. Iowa,
Illinois. Kansas and Nebraska wheat
is moved to market frequently in more
than "A hundred carload to the train.
1t is the same with railroad a il is
with a farmer. Ii costs very nearly
as much to move half load as it
does 10 move full load 1t of course
would require two teamsers To do
very nearly the same work. but it
would make the wheat cost more to
the cosnmer, and which would tend TO
| hurt the merchant aud the shoemaker.
Nevada has such diversity 9l soil
and climate that endless opportunity
is offered for special crops. We can
raise as good fruit and vegetables as
any country, and when We have in
tense cultivation of the soil we will
find places especiall, adapted To some
delicacy which the world is always
ready to bay at profitable iisnre to
the producer.
Results are certain in Nevada, and
when they come no one will be more
urprised than the old settlers Ell
wood Cooper, who owned ranch at
Santa barbara, once said that he had
an olive tree il his yard which for zen
years kept coaxing him 10 plant an
orchard Hard times IN the Wheat
crops led him To try il, and for a
quarter Gf century his olive oil mas
had the reputation of being the best
made
When Fresno was sheep pasture a
school teacher tried plantins srapes
The sheepmen said TO her coed wo-
man. Won can't raise an umbrell lla on
that land" That experiment III grape
raising mas developed until Fresno is
iloN l1t Shilifihc BPiiAt
in the world.
So is is eveTyw here. Industry and
intelligence works wonders. am they
will m time save an abundance of
water for irrigation. Careful cultiva-
tion MAKES water go much fnrther
ana do much more than with careless
lasa. We have under lying waters Tor
irrigation To be had by pumping. but
demontration il needed We hope our
J Legislature and our governor Will ap-
lpropriate money to be used by the
OF th,. university that they can show
the Intending settler by actual demon
stration what can be accomplished by
pumping water for irrigation
! have tried to show that Nevada
can be made attractive and profitable
TO the small farmer our lands are
cheap. our crops are sure. and the
world needs them II the state were
situated anywhere else than beside
california il would compare iaNorably
with its older sisters. but, lying be-
side California the star of all other
states. Nevada wakes a poor showing
If Massachusetts or New Hampshire
were here California would oVershad-
ow them as it does Nevada
With all Nevada's lack OF moisture
and ITS broken surface, ii has lntold
wealth to oifer as a reward for honest
industry. Ii has rugged grandeur
all it's own; it has the invigorating
air, the health-giying purity ol climate
peculiar to all Of the semi-aria reg
/ ion. Nevada starts upon the upgrade
at lower level than any of its neigh
/ bors, but the man VINO gets in on bed
rock will get more out OF his invest
ment than if he bought home in
rich community where values have al
ready risen to high level
! | have said Nevada has now 20o,oOO
tons of hay on hand without market
also fhat but 3 per cent OF the land in
Nevada is being farmed. leaving =. per
cont range land The ranges are
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