White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-12

you whether or not they are getting
too much or too little water. In other
words. an understanding of water
measurement is badly needed. A lit
tie more light on our state water
laws. permits and just what a MAI
can or cannot do with his own or his
neighbours water would save a lot OF
money and i'll feeling in many cases
| These are things requiring the ser
vices of an engineer who is familiar
with local laws and conditions.
Tn construction of farm bridges.
culyerts. sewers, hand pumps. silos,
water troughs and many other minor
| things offer a chance for the farm
! bureau engineer to aid the farmer
and save him money. And these
things do not limit the field of use
fulness for the engineer on the farm.
Those things which will tighten the
burden of the women on the ranch,
such as light. domestic water and
plumbing systems. fall within the
field. There are in Nevada hundreds
of places where small power plants
can be operated by water used for
irrigation. These plants are just as
useful to the women as to the men
of the ranch. as they will give her
electric lights. irons, curling irons.
separators. u cleaners and 9TH
err household appliances. Carrie Ma
ton said: "A mans work is from
sun to sun. but a woman's work Il
never done" The farm is the n
place where the woman usually does
more work than the farm mule. and
things which will tighten her burden
are as much a part of farm progress
-. Ata denomination ~ tho alfalfa
weevil.
The few things | have mentioned
would surely be a boon 10 the farm
ers' wives. A small water power
plant to operate these indoor eonve-
~niences, as we'll as the wood saw,
sickle grinder. silage cutter and blow
err and other outdoor machinery. is
not necessarily an expensive affair. II
Is true that you can pay a Thousand
dollars for a small water wheel. but
1t Is also true that for twenty-five or
, fifty dollars you can construct a sat
isfactory wheel from an old pulley
and some elevator buckets.
/ A large part of the state of Nevada
il still in the pioneer or development
stage and | believe that rural or ag-
ricultural engineering Is one OF the
best means OF speeding up our prog
ress and making our development
permanent. | once heard a good def
milton OF an optimist and a pessimist
as follows: An optimist Is a man
who sees a light where there Is nc
light. ard a pessimist is a man who
comes along and blows IL out" The
light of progress for Nevada Is like
the aurora borealis to me right now
and | am Just Young enough to be.
lieye that the clay has not vet beer
moulded that can blow the light out
Furthermore. I want to do something
to keep the other fellows light burn.
ing and TO see a myriad of new lights
started which will attract the atten.
tion Of about half a million men who
are waiting in different parts of the
nation for the sight Of a light which
will lead them to a chance to build q
farm. a family and a bank account
We have heard so often of the DOS.
sibilities OF this state that we believe
II for a fact. With all due respect
to the speakers OF the last forty years
let us put our hands TO the pillow,
scratch gravel and make probabilities
and actualities out of these recog-
nized possibilities. the greatest OF
which is our agriculture.