Show AXMAN STATES FACTS IN LETTER DISPLAYS KEEN observation VAMON OF LOCAL conditions beaver aug 26 1914 loni mercial club r my visit to Y your our city and sur ain liun anding ding territory has revealed i et the necessity of somo some ad acken bine ale tin your economic prop actions ait ions your county is a 0 very fertile fe artile land no and with the climatic condi ions and wonderful resources hould sustain a population bree times that of the present the one thing that has struck ne tile the most forcible is t the lie failure allure of your com common men wealth tic to provide ide itself with its own owl breadstuffs bread stuffs and at the same time having abundant facilities to do so your two flour mills lying idle dle for eight or nine months during the year and carloads of flour being shipped in is evi dence ence enough that your economic c conditions are out of joint and demand amand serious attention it will be my effort to help you 0 repair re p air this condition and to save you this severe drain of ia arge r ge mounts amounts a of money going out for the staff of life the state cannot afford this reflection on so j good an agricultural district as this the th possibilities are here and we shall endeavor to induce the farmers to supply these mills with at least enough wheat to tol 1 supply your own market with f lour there are some small sections here adapted ted to dry jL canning arming already owned and particularly operated with the proper guidance they can su succeed ceped I 1 shall do all I 1 can call to 10 bring dry farming to tile the front and have it ab a paying industry but we want your support by way of encouraging those whom we dem on ona strate with there bhore are arc three at manderfield that will demon strate w with ith us also mr J F jones jon s on the big arid farm they should be encouraged to follow instructions closely that fair demonstrations can be made with wheat ranging from to per bushel and the character of your soils soila and annual rainfall of over 14 inches as reported by the U S weather bureau I 1 i can call see no reason wily why dry farming farmin g should not succeed hero here and by this industry correct your acono economic nic conditions to provide all the breadstuffs bread stuffs for home consumption and feed our mining camps dry farming will also teach yur your irrigators better methods and make for better prosperity all around thanking you for courtesies extended and ask your earnet cooperator coope raton in our endeavor and that of our demonstrator J W pax man state wide demonstrator of dry farming for theuay theU AC |