Show J OBo l lJ lJ J N iH i iy y f States iro S Forester F est r Writes Write I I Letter ItO ftp to J Prest rest i iT T T Irrigation Congress Congressi C ss 1 t tR i R SHOULD SHo Lm UNITE I i iv I 4 i l e Fn 1 c Arc Ao 91 t tI I pd ho Arc re lC 13 nor norv v In ih T rr Today dIlY y tA J t T y r rI Correspondence Cor nce I 1 gt ton I sopt S pt 29 United ft er has hasH 2 H la i 1 tIn that ho ij fa is isun un I ta 1 IC National II L 1 t 1 n coni ess 1 opens at tt t Albu Athu f N II ir I cit nt 20 29 The lot let loton lr i ter l on llod nad p hero i follows l kC Got I i t Sixteenth National Irrl 1111 I 1 Albuquerque N Ml M MAi I IM M Dear J As Ai I 1 hive have h vc wrItten you I 1 IJ regret ro u II I can an easily sayi say ay j tia I cannot 10 bo 10 with you at r y f l a 1 number er df f fo o D wory t of dt tIa con g i 1 1 I I tho recent 1 o i f I 19 h tho th oC It Ja a n from fron thc tha ha whoso Hs I In n Irrigation never flags This rk fall pI ndel cr I 1 am ant trying r h g c fo Eo f flo lo io work on the he National Con ryn io nd w ya Commission on y Lif and that Is I why I 1 am ni niI I to come conic comei i IJ X came cumo ip to have havo first liana hl 1 yc of n r I have been been J impressed aed with the iho peculiar advant d ant J Ug surround tho the Irrigation rancher hor The JIho high of lund resulting In ln smaller 11 and nt as ns Iw the lO alertness of or I irrigator l to give thE J L regions ranI I L t Q most progressive I I communities tho world Such Rueh I ns a th sc sor or the tic Ir t d west I ur un for forth th j on ri of which vIiI h Iii has hoJ ha less l ss of iL t the ti benefits ben pf pt und g 1 lacked tho the stimulus s which Was has hassent sc sent 1 Jho hc irien nion men whom this congress represents r its so far fn on t road rod totI to tC ideal country life It Is h for leason that tont I L to tp send you ou the following f ll considerations ns bearing b arIng on the th Ii work of the l pr r Corn Com missIon on Country Life because Y W hayo gone gono so far flir on the tho road roa he ho jt others to follow OBJECT Olf O EDUCATION I Tho To object oC education e in general generalIs i Is boy or girl and so three results t useful s and usable us blo body bod sec ec i nd 11 a Ii flexible w quipped und and to gain gah tri iri l floI lic riat i fand i and nd co op h lB 1 and dud 1 wIsP and true truo nh d l ah r lo h J lt thc thing that best make mako life W lI Fh p ll oi n growth of oC oCth th body b dy mind until and Q fo rid In any i t 1 n 1 th lol ly Iy 1 a group gro ll of I I ITak Tak f r i th the of a at ai i town t i I o established ii u cham charn chamS S iIi ber bel of i or hoard board l S hd th s sound T business organ organS iI s S o p l with each other to 4 advantage as Iu In settling i i disputes lIS curing rates 1 4 ls ds anil Inducing n f s to amongst them and 1 to tb inako mako their tl town ton more beau I t 1 i healthful h anti and generally a III co to o live Ilvo In Take a labor i as ns i example and you the hid lh same ui l purpose 1 A l only good work worl menito ment membership In Its sound oUid l body bod th the members in E g gj t r lip tho l f t vit tr gi gis of cf f organized o labor lab lub i to tho the best ad adi ad I i li gc e In Addition fi they tI y enjoy often pf of over oer 1 h e FARMERS T ic practical pit va organization ors and Is obvious and they are iu b b ll d very v vei r widely vl In ln pearly CV I our OW 1 But Iii iti aso ase with the farmer Tho Tim f r ore uro the great body hod of our pc people ppl plc Ih for Tor tho tIm most part unorganized The mer bh aca at Jho tho wage prk riis dro organized o g the th railroads are mo Ig The ah men n with whom tho tuio farmer t competes s are no organized to get th bC t for themselves In their d with willi The farmer funnel en engaged usually without the tho assistance of organization hi lii competing m with these organizations o groups of f citi citizens sens zens Thus u illO fanner tile the man 1 on I all IIvo ni n l against his highly i i ed i i t I t rS How H w have agricultural schools s hOI anti and at and lU I the he of off agriculture f of state aid aill Ij l nation met thiB thi sl situation by h the Ih In r In act that them Is only olih one ono thing to o bo dono for Cor farmer So Sd S far as liS his personal education Is con concerned c concerned 1 they have tried to give him hith hh a iu sound body bod a trained mind and a and valiant spirit But so far as u his calling allIng IB i h concerned they have stopped with tho body bo They have havo ha V e said s ld in effect Wo to grow better crops but put wo will take tak tal o no nd thought of can ci f get CL the be t r turns for fOI the crops he gro grows gros v he h hcan can utilize those thoo returns SO as i I thorn them yield him the th best arid and happiest COVER WHOLE ILls ItIs nat not stop the el edd atio r C fT a aboy boy or a girl with the tho body boty and to neglect the mind and ana the spirit But we wo have done th the equivalent of that In dealing wIth life We Ye l done nc more don lt uvo ly h f forthe rith farmer fa i r th IIno of bet bettor tl tel tar crops crop than any other nation n ll But Bl t tw we w h v done ui little and far less l ss than many for fol better hetter business and better r th Il H cr re shall need nc d not only the thc work w orle bt agriculture In state and arid nation such as wp wo have havo now but bue v c shall need n cd to have hav added to their lich f neU such su suc h duties dutIe as IlS will viIi l ko ural business ss and rural rUl l life Ufe as well weB ve k Our onti of ot o agriculture should cover covel the whole field fieldi 1 ot of tho farmers life IlIfe lt it Is 11 not lol enough to ly Ilo o great gl l t country c problems p h that Is the tho first In time the audi and In Import Importance ance ancer r rIlE TH NEXT STEP ST P Of we vc nil all tInt l the thc growing g of 01 crops crolls is tho tl tion n on which not dot on thi only n nh ly h of the th farmer but bill of o tim the whole na tia nation I ao tion must depend First of all we must have lI ve food But Utter that has I s been l vod js Is nothing moro more moroto to td t bd b done dono It seems i c ms to mp mc farmers far lerS have us ItS to good as merchants plumbers or 01 of f the theother other tade and und I qt 01 f the tho United States Statis Wo havo hava secured s better botter crops the next logical and In ovIt bl bI Step tp Is Islo to better busl busi 1 on 01 the tho th farm so that what ho he each farmer shall get set from rein grows gros tho th best be t possible return Consider Il I has lIH l cl in Ireland through cooperation c rati n The Tho Irish have discovered ov ered that it is n for LOt er 01 to to ark alim Since 1891 1811 they th Y agricultural sor 0 SQ 9 cl the tl th farmer a u chance to th right time and at tho the right price r is 1 1 Impressive In creameries pro Ireland l nd Ir al a u I l io farmers f erK in Ill the so O Thero are u ar for cooperative co r e selling F which Inow in this country ans as We agri agricultural agricultural cs There are arc 2 t bo betOr er prices eS cultural credit societies soel s w with Uvo a mom mem U L capital 1 of f UIo othor to l Ih In a In reland to far wo ire h 1 ecu that relates to behind us In Ill all lal ro c annual of so lUes with on an 1894 1814 theIr thel total 50 O W s more mora than MEANS AS SOMETHING MORE I hl IJ begun to Bu ut combine for fOl fOli I advantage of hIt hii th rIght selling to r B Ban i his supplies Is there here noth and 1 bu his an As ivell might inS ing sCay ls IC that he t c cat n do 10 lh the body odY bod an and tIo VO say ay 1 we ho he mind of oJ dIlO y hlo deprived d I of f nil all those o IlS ts should ld he be with Ida hlA which nod 1111 to which lIving nal ur life wo eV child has hns an inborn In Oln Ight Lie LieIs Is k noro n ro than lL a L l r pt can malic nihle his hl life lifeS ilo Ifo SS No nian S it ou lit It to bo 10 by ving It mor morly n an ll a ri business hu li H luthiS ha IH There i ra rath ly W mi than business What Wh t th litho l f for Ith thc c tito cities clu ii mth the farms into that tho timo thai business i it t i N Not t in thC thic cIt am o tl that t ho the city has ha more oror excitement et mt and 1 norr for con l lt j t with Ith mul ii and l neighbors 1111 liv liva 0 a word wol l moro life mc There sl t to t be e attractiveness arac s I 11 country l lt lifo as 11 wilL inako ll LI tho tl i country countr tr bo boor boy or oi girl wa want IC to 10 lIe i i id I work i ork Iu lu the such that u l t the th farmer farner rj understand und sli ihl that thorp Ui ro Is i lie o more 1 c than thai h his s tiia nikEs makes life ur bat batler et etter none Mn lei ler worth living The social so lui OK or e life of or the cil sl be he put p l an I the tho thedo moi for lib do l ino 1110 mO but himself c can h dp do d JU jt It for fOI Him the tho same samo Ia basl 19 11 social al life I in III the tho city ct through h th i country und s JI p 9 I ls c r freo o d O t audi v elm hei TIme I r h t tel r cris fPs miot I l ol of crops better but In sl sli to toj i have liae v happier h pr l r lle lives lI ji men anil 1 w j hc farm I jl M to tp p lay it a this ll iii ment nt before l f you y Oll Because j natural l leaders I i f s In P thil great 1 Q J jh ami e you OU to tl addi dd 1 this problem pr to 9 l m i 1 which w l li litho the tho and ami Activity f of ot JUie the thc Na Nd National N irr nave luv lI y e b cil ti h ct anit alu to hc Ji l nation h i 4 1 all aIl wIthOf I suc sd 7 cess cs of jf f tim I r roUe ln e an d dWI cannot b 1 WI l cw l regret r that 1 I you L r am Verv err yours lS I s omi r l b m i I i t M 4 sk l Z L m E g |