Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-08-20

interruptions, for in his work he is pro-
viding for the prospect a home and
business combined. 1t is entirely diff
ferent from dealing with merchandise
or stocks and bonds, where only the
gain or loss of dollars is considered. No
other class of sales takes the home into
consideration. A great responsibility
rests upon the ~colonizer. for he is re-
pect and his family.
While there is no definite rule that
can be laid down regarding the selec-
ton of prospects. there are a few
points that should be remembered.
Here, as in any other walk of life, the
theory of the survival of the ~fittest''
chosen, while the poor farmers are dis
carded. for only the best are wanted
on irrigation projects.
The most important requisites for
transplanted farmers are capital. val
ued at 40 per cent. experience 10 per
cent. age and health 10 per cent and
family 10 per cent. making 100 per
cent. Most wealthy people. we'll locat-
ed, have no desire to move, so the colo
nicer must look to the we!l-to-do renter
and to the man who has a small high
priced farm that can be sold to secure
more acres. These are people of mod
crate means who can furnish good i'm
PIGMENTS for farming and build sub
s~tantial farm buildings. If a man has
less than 5000, he cannot outfit him
self well. If he has over S12.O O0, he
will probably become an investor.
AS far as experience is concerned.
the farmers from southern Idaho.
northern Colorado and other irrigated
districts are the best prospects. Those
from Iowa, Nebraska. Illinois and the
dairymen from Wisconsin and Mime
sofa are very good. The western dry
landers' from Washington and idaho
are not very often a success on irri-
gated land.
Team Work Necessary
1t has been found that the most sue
cessful farmers are between y and 80
years of age. and they are in good
health. They have small families that
are contented to live within their
means and are satisfied on the farm.
Single men and married men with large
families are not so successful.
If a man does not grade up TO 20
per cent, he should be avoided. for he
will be more trouble than value. One
colonization man has said that he would
never take. as a prospect, on an excur-
sion, a banker. a preacher. a lawyer or
n woman. These nearly always rent
their land to others and rented lands
are the curse of any community. They
lower land values and tend to bring
conditions to a system of land tenure
such as caused the fall of Rome.
In colonization, team work is neces-
Sorr Without - 1;ff1n % ko ,,,ovo
plished. Efforts in this work are sue
cessful only in proportion to the sup
port given by the people on the prof
Get. Colonization work is not finished
when the land is sold. 1t ends only
after each prospect who faithfully per-
forms his part has become a successful
farmer.
1t is a proven fact that the results
of irrigation are satisfactory. Through
it crops have been increased and
economic conditions have been bettered
In the countries Of Europe and Asia,
we'll as in our own native America.
In India the English government
has done some very commendable work
in retaining the arid land. Many
people think that in the tropics where
rainfall is abundant. irrigation is I'M
But this idea is wrong be-
cause India is a big country and in
many places rainfall is scant. it does
not come Mt the right time of the
year, or evaporation is excessive.
parts of the country must
be irrigated. Systems for this purpose
are very difficult to build in India be-
cause Of the unhealthful conditions
under which the engineers must labor.
But their endless efforts have been
rewarded by the large crops
produced, by the grand prosperity Of
the land, and by the absence of floods
through storing the extra water for
use during times of need.
Egypt Granary Of Orient
China also is making use of irriga-
ton, not only to increase the food
and to check flood damages, but
also for commercial purposes by using
the canal system for transportation, |
thus putting it to economic use. China
has more acres of land under irrigation
than any country Of Europe. In times