Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-10-25
I'd made profitable for

acres can be reclaimed and made profitable for
agriculture.
The undeveloped swamp lands lie chiefly In
Florida, In the states along the Atlantic and gulf
coasts. in the Mississippi delta and in Missouri.
Indiana, Michigan. Minnesota Wisconsin and
California.
What amount of land in its natural state unfit
for farm homes be made suitable for cultiva-
ton by drainage only thorough surveys and
studies will develop 1t is known, however, that
authentic figures show more than 15,OO0,O0O acres
have been reclaimed for profitable farms. most of
which lies in the Mississippi river valley.
The amount of cutover lands in the United
States, of course, IL Is impossible even in ap-
Proclamation to estimate These lands, however,
lie largely in .he south Atlantic and gulf states,
lake states and the Northwestern states. rough
estimate of their number Is about 20OOO0,00O
acres-that Is of land suitable for agricultural
development Substantially all OF this cutover
loggedon land Is in private ownership The fail
IRE of this land to be developed IL largely due
to inadequate method of approach Unless n
new policy of development Is worked out In CO.
operation between the federal government, the
states and the individual owners greater part
of II will remain unsettled and uncultvated
The undeveloped cutover lands lie chiefly in
the Pacific Northwest particularly in Washing
ton and Oregon). In the lake states minnesota,
Michigan and wisconsin,, and In the south At
lantic and gulf costal states virginia North and
sissppi, Louisiana and TeXas).
Any plan for the development Of land for the
returning soldier will come face TO face with the
fact that n new policy will have To meet the new
conditions. The era Of free cheap land in the
United States has passed. We must meet the
new conditions of developing lands In advance
security must, to degree. displacc speculation.
There are certain tendencies which must he
faced frankly In our consideration OF policy for
land to the homecoming soldier. First the drift
10 farm tendency. The experience of the world
shows without question that the happiest people,
the best farms and the soundest political condi-
tion are found where the farmer owns the home
and the farm lands The growth OF this ten
dency in America shows increase of 81 per
cent for the 20 years between 1890 and 1910
Second, the drift To urban life, In 1880 of the
total population of the United Statos, 295 per
cent of our people resided In cities unJ 7O.5 per
cent In The country At the census of l,l0 463
per cent resided In cities and 537 per cent re-
manned I'm the country.
II Is evident that since the war in Europe there
has been decided increase In tho trend toward
the city because of industrial conditions The
Adoption by In" United States of new policies I'm
It's land development plans for returning vet
Grams will also contribute 10 the HmeoratlOn of
these two dangers If American life
plan of lana development whereby land Is
developed In large areas, suhdividcd into ndl-
vidual farms. then sold TO actual, bonpnde farm
on II longtime payment basis, has been In
force not only in the United States under the
reclamation act but also I'm many other countries
for several years, II has proved n complete sue
cess In Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand and the
Australian commonwealth 1t has completely