Show PROVING CONDITION i Of ARID LAND REGION CHICAGO Nov No Conditions 23 Conditions exIsting cry ex- x fisting nJ in fn the ho aril aria lands of the west aro arc to bo Ie learned coined through a systematic survey surey survey sur sur- vey ey this winter inter by tho the scientists of the tho Bureau t bureau of soils according to an m interview inter inter- r view w by William E. E Curtis with tary o of Agriculture Wilson printed in inthe inthe inthe the Record Herald today On of the interesting pieces of work w rk we wo ll have vc Bono this year t ar said T Secretary Wilson is to make inquiry into tho the possibilities of the dr dry re regions ions ion's 4 of tho the United States that part art of ot our ouri i country which lies west of the tho one hundredth hundredth hun hun- meridian to tho the foothills of thet the jj t Rocky Bocky Mountains A rca many home home- seekers ar arc going oin out into that country t C so o 0 that it t occurred 1 to us that it would be wi wise e to ascertain what the tho conditions conditions condi- condi a arc lre through h a sun survey 03 by the scientists of the bureau burem of soils The Th soil as ns wo we know varies vanes from Irom drifting i white hite sand saud to valleys s 's that will produce crops of certain kinds without gay j tion Hon Nearly the whole work of the th thI 1 I agricultural l department i is outside of irrigation The federal government o have havo arranged to use the tho proceeds from the tho sale salo of public lands land to irrigate the dry lands in the tho west but after it has hns used all the water now flowing in all nil the streams there thelo will still remain a avery avery very large e percentage e of that country i that cannot cannot- bo be reached by irrl irrigation and that comes cornea under the tho care eare and purview pur pur- j view of this department 11 We o have c consequently con- con seq sur surveyed surel el cil this summer Rummer l' l square re miles l s o. o of the soil of North Dc Dc- kota and have ha finished hed tho the work in ill that st state te Winter inter has come como lord and an our people n nOw w go o south to tho the lower loner end of that dr dry belt in in Texas Texa and survey BunC t toward wald j i i the tho north through h the tho cold wt weather ther In Ina a tho the spring they will go back Lack to the 4 north north nort i again and md continue their work J 1 southward |