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Show IIIIIKMIION IN Till MST. Tin: Omaha Ace ha thl lo say of the Irtlgatlon Cuutist "Ills a inMako to iii -e that this Is a matter width Interests lis Wes only It Is or eonrern lo the entire entintry, bs-auso hslevcr lonrflli IbeWesI would itstlse from llMjitlon, the irKI empire would bo sbireil by every other seetlen. The narrow er vlw bl prttilled, but II Is hxlog grnund, ind broa I mlnde.1 mm idmltthillt Isol usllorul.l.sisclrsiKl Imiionince." This Is a correct view of the situation. situa-tion. The Irrigation ijurillon Is not conlled to the Territory west of the Missouri or the arid region. Yean ago the matter wai Inlwtuced tu the farmer! of New York Utile, M a practicable remedy against the seisoni of drouth which bavejyceii such a it lo them. The Idea V. as of course KorTol, and the man who raised the .location l-came, l-came, In farm parlance, Hie "Irrigation crink." Hut lodiy the "Irrigation crank'" Ideas have taken root In the Institutions of lesrnlug, andacuiirseln agricultural study would not I tecog nlied aarompht without a cittlflcate Of aiuatntance with lliem One nfllie largest horticultural fsrnis In the Hlate Is fllli-d out with lrilgttlon dlli he and cultlvite.1 strictly Unthu Irrigation plan. One of tho leaden of the movement has gone to thu X ense of fitting up till Immense vlneyird with under ground ducti for tho attlflclil apillrallon of water to tho roots of tho plauti by capillary attraction attrac-tion from below Instead of through surface ditches. That he raises the fin. st fruit In the Hlate, and ha followed fol-lowed up hit yttm for nearly ten years, I evidence that ho at lcat has fou nd toimthlngdeslrahlelii Irtlgatlon. |