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Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-19
Senator Mclean,

Senator Mclean, Is urging the senate
 to pass bill authorizing library infor- nation service in the United States bu- reau of education and to provide lfbRar- ies throughout the country with informa- tion regarding the important publications | which the government is putting through | its various bureaus. This bih," said MT. l Mclean proposes to make available to l the federal government the services of the librarians of the United States aS centers for the desimination of infornaa-
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become more or less fixed-they can
not be suddenly changed, especially
as every other business in the country
is involved. There is a feeling that the
Committee of Seventeen will bring
about a change for the better-if it is
to do this, it dare not act hurriedly.
An Organized Voice in Agriculture.
The American Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton is coming to have a dominant
place. AS President Howard said,
"The organization has grown in
strength and power many fold faster
than it has grown in members, and
the growth in membership has been
more than we expected or hoped for.
The real outstanding work of the
year has been the confidence, and l
use the word confidence after care
full thought, which we have succeeded
in winning from the general interests
in America. The character of the men
who daily come into our Chicago Of
fee is all the evidence anyone needs
of the progress of our work and the
impression which the American Farm
Bureau is making upon the people Of
our land. | consider it not a personal
compliment. 1t is the outgrowth Of
the need or an expression of the need
for such an organized voice in agri-
culture"
Two causes combine in making this
conference.-the craftsmanship of the
leaders; the fact that they truly re-
present the best farming thought in
this nation and speak the ideas of the
farmers themselves.
The Federation is national. But its
foundation is the farmers as they work
together in their own neighborhoods
through the county agents. Only as
they are strong and sane and con-
structive; only as they pull together
with good team work, will the ma
tional Federation prosper and retain
vision. Patient good sense at home,
on the farms, and in community en-
terprises, is vital.
The national organization cannot do
everything. 1t aims to do only such
things as the county and state bureaus
cannot. 1t is succeeding remarkably,
and the confidence of the public in this
great farmers organization is well
placed. Its membership is made up
of our best farmers, the most conser-
~vative, yet the most constructive ele-
ment in our citizenship. It's leaders
are attaining the stature of statesmen
nd are remaining true to the soil from
which they spring. They are blowing
straight burrows.
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While there is no clash of principles
as between irrigation and dry-land
farming, if any advantage develops
with one or the other methods, it is
likely continuous farming will show
that permanent agriculture rests more
securely upon irrigation farming.
1t is we'll understood that the MAIN
tenance of soil fertility depends upon
the rotation of crops, and the refer
tilization of the soil by special crops,
or the application of fertilizers. AS
the condition of dry-land farming
make beneficial crop rotation difficult
and are not particularly favorable to
the handling of livestock in large
numbers, there is apprehension that
in sections where the annual rainfall
approaches the danger point the crop
yields may gradually go down to the
level where no profit is left for the
farmer.
Irrigation. if properly performed,
holds out a close approach to perfec-
ton in farming. Fixed crop rotation
of wide range may be followed year
after year, and, though the production
of great quantities of forage, sufficient
livestock may be kept on the land to
provide for it's upbuilding.
A careful study of the crop yields
on irrigated lands for a period of years
shows a gradual increase. This may
be due in part to general improvements
in farming methods, but the important
consideration is that the yields have
been increased.
The advantages of being able to pro-
vida n crnr 1u,+1 roO+rn ,,,A ,-Lor
it is needed are appreciated by farm
ers who year after year have watched
promising crops slowly perish for want
of moisture. Under such conditions
the average farmer would not object
to some hard work such as irrigat-
ing is.
Some Kinks in Irrigating
Let it not be supposed, however
that irrigation is a rose without a
thorn. The privilege of watering a
crop at will carries with it respon.
sibilities-responsibilities which are
fraught with ruinous consequences
This privilege imposes upon the irri.
irrigate. The "don'ts" which could be
%pertinently set down for the guidance
of irrigators would be as lengthy as
the safety first" rules in a munitions
factory. Untimely irrigation induces
plant sickness and excessive irriga.
ton brings on soil sickness. Immense
areas of what should be productive
soils have been permanently ruined
by unrestricted use of irrigtion water
Hardly a good-sized irrigation system
exists that dos not have as a neces.
sary adjunct a drainage system to ro
the soil Of excess moisture.
Under an irrigation system a mans
obligations are not to self alone, but
to all his neighbors as we'll. The
harmful practices Of one injure al
nearby. This dependency of one OF
the other has it's advantages in form
ton system in time binds all the farm
ing community life. The fact thai
their material welfare depends upor
the proper working of a general irriga
ers together. An accident to theil
water supply affects them all alike. A
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Irrigation and Dry-Land Farming
BY Robert {. Elting

Egypt, of India and of Peru were made
possible by agriculture based on irri-
cation, and also call acquiesce to the
rather plausible arguments of some
that the Garden of Eden was an irri-
gated orchard. we know that to the
American public irrigation was a
closed book until of late years. I'm
til a few years ago such a small per-
cent of our people were interested in
irrigation that the publishers of the
country did not deem it worth while
to give space to this important aid to
farming. Those interested in the sale
of irrigated lands took advantage of
this lack of knowledge on the port of
the land seeking public and led the
something quite different from just
farming. They threw a sort of CLAM
our over irrigation which unduly oblit-
Grated its disadvantages and embel-
lished its strong points.
AS a matter of fact, the only diff
ference between irrigation farming
and dry-land farming is that irrigation
farming has more work connected
with ia great deal more. The irri-
cation former does, or at least should
do all that the dry-land farmer does
in the way of fitting the land for
crops, and, in addition, he must ON
%struct, operate and maintain an elab-
crate system of irrigation bitches TO
conduct the water to the various parts
of his farm, and he must spread the
water on the land when it is needed.
Irrigation farming is work for a
man. 1t requires ~tireless energy,
strength of body and %unceasing vigil
ance. Just as water is a most valu-
able servant when properly guided
and confined, it is a most unruly and
destructive agent when uncontrolled.
Always some men will choose to till
the lands above the irrigation ditch,
to produce crops when the soil is
where the rainfall average is sufficient
scientifically handled to receive and
conserve all the moisture. Ever there
will be men who will elect to farm
below the irrigation ditchs, willing to
perform the extra labor and give the
extra care in exchange for the assur-
regular where good irrigation farming
ance of unfailing crops which are
is practiced.
Dry-Land Observation-Disclosures Inten.
sive Farming.
Together these two methods of
farming have achieved great results
in the lands Of scanty rainfall, and to-
gether they will record still greater
results. Dry-land farming lends it.
self to what may be called extensive
farming-the growing Of such crops
as grain upon wide areas. Irrigation
because of the greater labor and CAPT
tai involved, should be confined to the
production of crops requiring inten.
sive cultivation and to the production
of forage.
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shortage of water imposes on them the
rule of share and share alike. It is a
well schooled community that can
faithfully divide a scanty water supply
as the rainfall is Enthusiastically ON
the just and the unjust.
A Survey of Irrigated Lands
The total area of land irrigated in
the United States is somewhere neal
l5,O0O,OOO acrs, divided among the
seml-arld states of the west. Of this
total, about 5000 900 acres are in
Guided IN government irrigation prof.
ects completed and under construction.
The comparative area involved in gov-
eminent projects is small, but the i'm
portance of these government projects
should not be overlooked. In building
these irrigation works a standard of
excellence has been fixed which all
builders of irrigation systems must ap
proach if they are to receive favorable
consideration at the hands of the pub
lie.
Before the government got seriously
into the irrigation business. quite a
number of irrigation systems were
built by private capital-many were
built to sell. Due to the greed of the
promoters, irrigation for a time had a
rather discouraging reputation. It is
likely, however, that "wild-catting" in
irrigation systems is ended for all
time.
Projects in the Northwestern Empire.
Some of the most successful of the
government irrigation projects are To-
Gated in the Northwestern Empire.
Also a large number of excellent sys-
TENS built and operated by private
! capital are in the valleys of the Mis-
souri, river and its tributaries. Mon
tana has seven government projects,
three so-called "Indian" projects on the
Blackfoot, Flathead and Fort Peck IN
dian reservations, the Milk River pro-
ject, covering lands along the Milk
River in the northern part of the state;
the Sun River project nea Great
Falls; the Huntley project on the yell
lowstone river near Billings; and the
Lower Yellowstone project near the
confluence of the Missouri and Yellow
stone rivers. South Dakota has the
well -known Belle Fourche project neal
the Black Hills, and Wyoming has the
Shoshone project in the Big Horn
Basin in the north central part of the
state.
Each of these projects has it's inter-
esting history, it's peculiar advantages
and drawbacks. The construction of
the irrigation works for several have
required engineering feats which have
attracted worldwide attention.
The irrigated valleys are gradually
working into the cultivation Of sugar
beets, that big revenue producing crop
which does so much to increase land
values and build up home markets.
Alfalfa is the premier crop and the
basis of irrigation farming in the
northwest. These two crops are en-
%couraging livestock feeding in irrigat-
ed sctions to the advantage of all
concerned. Because of the possibilities
for clean culture the irrigated lands
are leaning to the production of seed
crops which are being accepted as the
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-01-28

Farming the world over divides it
self into two general classes-the one
where the Almighty superintends the
moisture department, the other where
the ingenuity of man must operate if
crops are to be produced with the
scanty moisture available.
are particularly interested in the lat
ter class, for over the major portion
of these northwestern states soil mois-
ture is one of the greatest, if not the
greatest, physical factor in farming.
We have the vigorous growing sea-
sons and the fertile soils, but a mig
gardly moisture supply for genera
lions held back the agricultural de-
velopment of this empire. Through
the mediums of dry-land farming and
irrigation hundreds of thousands of
acres have been made productive in
the northwest and the Northwestern
Empire is taking it's place as an i'm
portant contributor to the worlds
commissariat.
Irrigation and Dry-Land Farming
Same in Principle.
Irrigation farming and dry-land
farming are twins in principle. Both
are based on the scientific control of
soil moisture. Where the annual rain
fall averages about 10 inches, certain
crops may be produced through the
application of dry-land farming prin-
ciples. Where the annual precipita-
ton is less than 10 inches it must be
supplemented by irrigation to make
sections where the rainfall is sufficient
crop production possible. Irrigation
may also be employed to advantage in
sections where the rainfall is sufficient
for crops but where it comes untimely.
The area of land in this country
where irrigation may be employed to
advantage is many times greater than
will ever be irrigated, due to lack of
water where it is needed and to physi-
cal barriers to getting water out upon
the land.
While we know that irrigation is as
the glories of ancient Chaldea, of
old as agriculture and have proof that
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-01-28

Jim" r. Howard. aside from
being national president of the
American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, is first and last a farmer.
On his 480-acre farm in MARSHALL
CO. Iowa, near Clemens. he paused
long enough recently from husk-
ing 80 to 80 bushels of corn to
an acre in a big 20O-acre field, to
tell how his organization with its
million and a half members
every n a practical and active
farmer-planned to solve the
farmers distribution problems
through commodity marketing.
Their plans are for even distribu.
ton Of all foodstnffs over the IL
months OF the year by holding It
n farmer-owned storage. instead
Of harvest time Cutting Of the
market as at present. The farm
or wants only the cost Of produe-
ton plus . reasonable proft." says
Howard.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-01-28
Flowing Straight Burrows
The American Farm Bureau Federation at Work
BY Alfred Wenz
BY A1fed Wenz


The daily and weekly news
papers of the state and the west
have contained several reports of
the National Farm Bureau meet
ing which was held in Indianapolis
a few weeks ago. We believe,
though, that none of these reviews
of the meeting can in any sense
compare with the concise manner
in which it is handled in this ac-
companying article written by Mr..
Alfred Wenz. Mr.. Wenz, who is
editor of the Dakota Farmer. at
tended the meeting; and being one
one of the nations foremost au-
thorities on every phase of agri-
cultural work, he discusses the
meeting purely from the farmers
point of view. Herein is given a
true portrayal of the attitude of
the Farm Bureau movement, the
calibre of it's president, and the ju-
dicious policy which it is endea-
voring to pursue.-THE EDITOR.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-01-28
Bad Cold and Cough Cured by Cham.
berlain's Cough Remedy.

Several years ago c. D. Glass, Gar
diner, Me-, contracted a severe cold
and cough. He tried various medicines
but instead if getting well he kept
adding to it by contracting fresh colds.
Nothing he had taken for it was of
any permanent benefit until a druggist
advised him to try Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. He says l was CON-
pletely cured by this remedy and have
since always turned to it when l had
a cold and soon find relief"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-01-28

Science as applied to farming in
the dry land Or semi-arid regions
of the west is the foremost of to-
pics. Many theories n presen-
ted. In this article, Robert. C. Ell
ting, who has made a thorough
study of agriculture in the north
west, and who is an acknowledged
authority on many phases of the
question, presents some very good
new thoughts in a new and COM
prehensive manner. Mr.. Citing
was, up until a few years ago,
secretary of the Billings, Mont,
Chamber of Commerce. He is
: now located in South Dakota.
THE EDITOR.
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Arizona will reclaim another des-
ert valley. Eighty-five thousand acres
in Paradise Valley will be brought I'M
der irrigation. This valley parallels
Salt River Valley, in which Phoenix
is located.
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Continued on Page Six
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15

SO spoke Secretary Of Labor James
J. Davis at the National Convention Of
the Fraternal Order of Police, which
convened here today for a four days
meeting. Mr.. Davis added:
1--WE must pay this heroic American,
the policeman, the equivalent Of what
he earns in our service. We must see
that his children and his wife are secure
IL danger should kake his life. We must
preserve this life of his and make sure
that IL contains as much comfort, hap
piness, thrift and prospect as that of
any other good American. I want to
see the policeman's home made a real
American home"
Canton. o., has boomers on hand for
next years convention. Follow the
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thority to harmonize their common in
terests. They will willingly assist in
negotiating such n settlement IL the
Irishmen should so desire.
"By these proposals the British Gov
ernment sincerely believe they will have
shattered the foundations Of that an =
cient hatred and distrust which have
disfgured our common history for CEN
turtles.
'"The future of Ireland within the
commonwealth is for the Irish people
to shape. In the foregoing proposals
the British Government has attempted
no more than broad outline of a set
tlement, the details Of which they leave
for discussion when the Irish people
have signified their acceptance Of the
principle of this pact
The document is signed by David
Lloyd George.
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GRAND JURY IS SWORN IN
A. n. MInton Is Appointed Foreman
Of August InquIsItorlal Body

A. II. Minton, a printer, Of 1135
Erie avenue, was today appointed fore
man OF the August Grand Jury by Judge
Davis in Quarter Sessions Court No. 1.
Other members are:
Antonio Biggota, watchman, sos
Carpenter street; Edwin X. Bonner,
farmer, Comfy road; George Buman,
chemist, 2532 Front street; Herbert
Carson, machinist, 1406 Fawn street;
NJ. A. Carroll, steamftter, 2917 Harper
street; Daniel Cochran. pipefitter, 1882
Haverford avenue; Thomas Hall. la
borer, Ola Lombard street. William
Homer, chainmaker, 2014 Pacific street;
John Huber, trucker, 92S South Daly
street; Thomas w. Kendall, carpenter.
1925 stiles street; Dorothy Lane, col
ored. waitress, 226 North Warnock
street; Anna Mitchell, 223 Manton
street; John Powers, roofer, 6S North
Sixty first street Louis Schwartz, car
penter, Gil Snyder avenue; William
Welsh, engineer, S010 Comfy street:
Hen Henry weliq mschinist, 1902 Pauls
btrcot. - s E
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but should this principle not yield to
immediate settlement we are Wiling
that the question, too, should be sub
mitted to external arbitration.
'Thus we are ready to meet you In
all that is reasonable and just. The re-
sponsibility for initiating and effecting
an honorable peace rests primarily not
with our Government but with yours.
We have no conditions to impose, no
claims to advance but the one that we
be freed from aggression.
"We reciprocate with a sincerity to
be measured only by the terrible suf-
ferings our people have undergone the
desire you express for a mutual and
lasting friendship. The sole cause OF
the ancient feuds you deplore has been,
as history proves, the attacks of the
English rulers upon Irish liberties.
These attacks can cease forthwith II
your Government has the will.
1.-THE road to peace and understand
ing lies OPEN
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Dublin Cossips Say Truce
Viii End Tomorrow Night

Dublin. Aug. 15.-(By A. P)-
The people of Ireland, who have en-
joyed month Of peace, found 1t
hard today to believe that negotia.
tions with the British Government
were near the breaking point as a
result of Mr.. de Valera's rejection
Of the British offer.
In the streets of Dublin such ex-
pressions az "The truce ends Tues
day night" are heard on the lips of
some Of the apparently lighter mind
ed, while the serious business and
professional men are anxiously dis.
cussing the prospects.
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control the seas around ireland and
1reat Britain, and that such rights and
liberties should be accorded Il by the
Irish state as are essential for naval
purposes In Irish harbors and on Irish
Coasts"
Aid in Disarmament
The second stipulation says:
I'm order that the movement toward
limitation of armaments which Is now
making progress in the world should
not be hampereN in any way, the Irish
territorial force shall within reasonable
limits conform in numbers to the
military establishments In other parts
Of the islands"
In the third stipulation It is declared
that Great Britain shall have all the
necessary. facilities for the development
Of air defense and communications.
The fourth expresses the hope that
ireland will, of her own free will, con
tribute In proportion to her wealth to
the naval and military forces Of the
empire. and assumes that voluntary
recruiting will be permitted, "particul-
arly for those famous Irish regiments
which so long and so gallantly have
served His Majesty in all parts of the
world."
lux thutOUOWy
Complete autonomy in finance and
taxation, with the agreement that there
shall be no tariffs and other trade re-
strictions between the two islands, Is
provided in the fifth stipulation.
The sixth declares that Ireland is to
assume responsibility for share of the
United Kingdoms present debt and pen
sions. In default of an agreement, the
share would be determined by an arbi-
traitor appointed from within the
dominion.
The document proposes that the con
ditions of settlement be embodied in the
form Of treaty, to which effect shall
be given by the British and Irish Par
liaments.
''The form in which the settlement Is
to take effect" 1t adds, Twill depend
upon Ireland herself. 1t must allow for
the full recognition of the existing
powers and privileges of the Parliament
and Government Of Northern Ireland.
Hope for Unity
"The British Government entertains
the earnest hope that the necessity of
harmonious cooperation among Irish
men of all classes and creeds will be
recognized throughout Ireland, and will
welcome the day when by these means
Unity is achieved. But no such COM
mon action can be secured by force"
Declaring that union in the other
dominions came by consent, the docu-
ment continues:
I'm no conditions can they consent
to any proposals which would kindlc
civil war in Ireland. Such a war would
not touch Ireland alone, for partisans
would flock to either side from Great
Britain, the empire and elsewhere, with
consequences more devastating to the
welfare both of Ireland and the en-
pire than the conflict to which a truce
has been called this month"