Show FEAR fA C CONGRESS N MA MAY J DEDUCE DUC S. S I l. l fA FARM M BU BUREAU AU Huge Western Program of Development in Danger I of Delay Be Because ause of Reduction Says Coolley U UPON PON tile the action of if f congress congress I in III the proposed cutting down orr the appropriation for farm demonstration work on V Western stern reclamation projects I depends Whether hether or not t tIe the le Salt Sal Lake I headquarters force torce for the work ork willbe will wili willbe be increased by several men men menor or or will for tor force e the cutting down of the present force acco according to A. A C C. Coolley Cooney chief of ot the western department who has j just st returned from froth W Washington Th The house has already cut cut the regular ap appropriation of by but there Is Is' still hope that this may b be r re restored restored re- re stored in the senate v COVERS 16 STATES I Mr Mr Co Coolley olley has charge of th the farm tarm demonstration wort work on ori tw twenty five ntY government reclamation projects l in I sixteen n western states which w work rl is IS' directed d from Salt Lake He said to today today to to- day that In round numbers the government government government gov gov- govI I had spent on these projects which embrace approximately acres Many eastern farmers are coming we wet west t to take up land under under these projects cots said ald Mr Coolley and Sand th they y know little about western Irrigation methods or western farming conditions It Is absolutely ly necessary that we have men mento mento mento to teach them the t fundamentals nd In view of ot the fact tact that the g government has such vast sums Invested In reclamation reclamation reclamation mation and that the need of ot greater production is so urgent It H would seem poor economy to cut down on our our fa facilities fa- fa of making the most of the lands available However ver the he great cry now is for economy in government expenditure expendi expenditure ture and It may be that tha our ur force will willbe b be reduced instead o of increased ased as I had hoped loped IN tN CAPITAL C PITAL TWO MONTHS MONTHS Mr Coolley has been In Washington Washington Washing Washing- Washing Washing- ton for two months following a tour of all the projects Plans for the year were discussed and it was decided that the building up of ot the W Western stern dairy industry would be the chief aim of ot the demonstration work this season sea sea- son Silo problems feeding and Irrigation irrigation irrigation gation methods on the Northern projects projects projects pro pro- in Wyoming and nd North Dakota will be the subject of special work worl SOLDIERS SOlDIERS SEEK LAND Mr Coolley emphatically contradicts contradicts contra contra- dicta the statement often heard that the returned soldiers are paying very little attention to the land He said that priori to the opening of ot the North Platte in Nebraska and Wyoming applications had been received from soldiers at Wash Wash- ington In this this' project there were eighty units of eighty acres each thrown open last Friday and there were applicants who filed on them They were were ch chosen sen by lot and andIn andIn andin In some Instances the lucky drawers will be able to sell seIl their tracts for as soon as th they y prove up on them which will b be within seven months Next Friday there here will be a similar drawing on the Shoshone project ct near Powell Wyo and the soldiers are flocking there ere by the hu hundreds There are only seventy units on that project of ot eighty acres each but the water is I all ready for the land and it will average average average aver aver- age more than an acre now Under Under under Un un- der recent legislation soldiers are given a preference e right of sixty days to file tile on this this' land in advance of others and as a result it t all goes to former service men I |