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Show J Now 1h llio tinio whllo tho ground 1h H moist, 11ml tho weather unfavorable H fifr harvest work, to plow n fow J ncroH of ground for a patch of arid H grain. It's no uho waiting for tho H railroad or for tho iron mliion, thoy J -will bo along after a whllo, hut in P tho moan timo tlioro Is opportunity j for our fnrmora to Incronso tholr JljH income ly raising a fow neros of grain 1 without wntor. Of course, this is llko J planting an orchard, to some extent, H nlthough you will not havo to wait ho h long without rotuniH, an it will only H a about two yonrs in tho case of tho 1 arid grain, while tho orchard will J rcquiro four or live, at least. J A number of our most wldo-uwako 1 farmors aro talking of making a joint j ouclosuio in Homo of tho many J farorublo locations that exist horo- j nbouts, for tho special purposo of p raiding grain without irrigation. J In a gouoral way, tho idoa is to j Dinko a Hold sulilciontly largo to givo j room to cultlrato half of it each year j and fallow tho other half, enclosing H tho whole with a rabbit-tight fenco, H and supplying thomsolvoa with Bult- j nolo niaoliinery, in tho shnpo of plows, j l liarrows, harvostors, etc., and erecting H Huitablo sholtor for tho machinory of j j tho farm thero on. j I Nothing dollnlto has boon docidod H ipon yet, but an outorprlso of thia H sort is certainly as pnicticablo uh a j combination of oifoit for tho ostnb- J hshment of a creamery or sugar fac- B tory, or any other of tho business on- Hl terprlsos that aro successfully lauu- fto chod in various parts of tho country, T" -ftiuWUibj success of such such a busl- B' aro moru' frequently advocatod. As iH wo havo wild boforo in thoso columns iH tho starting of an arid farm is not a iH poor man's proposition ; but a num- iH bor of noor mou can eomblno uiftl iH carry it Into effect, and this is pro- iH bnbly tho way in which it will bo fl commenced. H Tho fact of tho matter Is that it is iH up to us to introduce Htimothing to iH better our flnuuoinl condition. It iH 13 ovidont that tho supply of Irrigatlou lll wntor is not sufficient toiuako farm- j irig In tho manner in whioh wo aro iH accustomed to follow tho business in iH tho nrid west n iaying proposition, iH oven If nil our conditions woro favor- iH able, which thoy are not. B Fruit culture has boon spokon of ns iH a partial solution of tho difllculty, H and it is possible that by soloctlug H special localities, undor tho diroction H of oxporioiTcod horticulturists, it H miglit bo inado profitable, ns It Is H possible that there aro localitios H whoro tho onrly frosts would not H destroy tho blossoms, but tho ohnncos M to tnko in this ontorprlho soom to us H to bo nmoh gronter than those thnt nro 1 likely to bo encountered in tho nt- H tempt to rnlso crops in this climate, H uudortho advanced systom of ngricnl- H turo without irrigntiou. It is becom- 1 Iur moro nppnrent ovory yonr that 1 sorno now dopnituro must to mndo H in order that mo may bo nblo to mnko H 11 living in this part of tho stnto and H keop our yonhg pooplo about us. H nil... ltiornngo does not furnish sustouanco j for cnttlo, and nlthough thero nro n H cousidorablo number of shoop on tho H l-nugo it is evident thnt it will not Hj long contlnuo to support thorn. 1 Every yonr our stock men nro put to H it to find feeding grounds for tholr H auimnls, so th! means of making, n H livelihood, which lias boon so common B and so lucrative, is fast pnsslug H awny. Aren who havo cattlo and j choop nro buying tho wild lands, or H leasing thorn, nnd thoro is no chanco 1 for tho small owners to incronso H thoir holdings, ns thoy used to do. H It really scorns that tho only chan- H cot horo is for tho young icoplo thnt H nro growing up nmoug us is to bring m into subjection, undor tho rules of H nrld farming, tho ninny acres of good M agrioulturnl laud that our vnlloy M contains, or to do ns n numbor of j thoir olders have done within tho M Inst two years, emlgrato to sorno m other part of the country, whoro prlmitlvo coiidlkuuft "till provall, nnd grow up wltVyho country TTlr.j .'' |