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Show IRRIGATION ROAD TO RICHES It Is Magic Key for Unlocking Wondrous Won-drous Wealth to Soli Tiller-Insures Tiller-Insures Crop. Irrigation is tho magic key for un locking wondrous riches to tho Boll tiller, writes William R. Drapor In an exchange It Is tho surest crop Insurance Insur-ance Ho who sows must also reap bountifully. Caprices of tho elements cannot lnjuro thoso who sccuro thoir rainfall from Irrigation canals. In such districts wet sensons aro unknown. un-known. The dry, sunshiny climato of an Irrigation district moans health-ful health-ful conditions to nil. Thero aro seventy or moro government govern-ment nnd privato Irrigation districts In tho west Tho Unltod States reclamation recla-mation sorvico Is now spending millions mil-lions of dollars ovory year in conquering conquer-ing mountain streams, making thom pour their waters of wealth upon semi-arid semi-arid land, stinted by insufficient pre-cipitntlon, pre-cipitntlon, othorwlso blessed by deop, rich soil nnd ideal crowlnc sensons. Tho fnrm wealth of this country has already been Increased several billion dollars through tho reclamation reclama-tion work of flvo years, and slnco crop returns from tho newly dovelopod irrigation ir-rigation districts have exceeded oven the dreams of tho most optimistic reclamation advocates, this now and groat Irrigation work naturally gathers gath-ers friends nnd force. It will transform tho waste places of our country into garden spots. Tho wonder workers back of this new wenlth-glvlng department of our government gov-ernment are resourceful and Indefatigable. Inde-fatigable. So thoso who seek out In tho west and southwest opportunities In land investment must not overlook irrlgnblo lands. "Irrigation of Orchards" and "Moth-ods "Moth-ods of Applying Wator to Crops," by' Samuel Fortler, chief of Irrigation Investigation, In-vestigation, United States depart-mont depart-mont of ngrlculturo, can bo had on application to tho superintendent of documents, Washington, D. C. Tho pamphlets aro printed by the United States government and can be had Immediately on request to tho government. |