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Show u LIFE ON IRRIGATED FARM IS NOT A BED OF ROSES Washington, Dee. 19. Life on a government Irrigated farm Is not the bed of roses which many picture It to he, Director Newell of the reqlam-r.t'on reqlam-r.t'on service points out In a vapor prepared by him for tho Smlths.ti'pn Institution. "This wnkenlng to tbo inct that 'r-titration 'r-titration has Its thorny tilde, ' he declares, de-clares, "somotlmcs. cmnes as u startling start-ling shock sufficient ty discourage all but the most entbjMastle and the , faint hearted seek further for the i promised land. "Thoso who remain soon learn that success must be secured by subduing the soil, getting It Into good condition applying "water day nild night, and perhaps all night, wading around In tho mud,, or enduring tho heat of tbe long days of the brilliant sunsblno nnd the accompanying dust of tho arid regions, the troubles with neighbors neigh-bors over tho division of wator, tho possible soepni,o, followed by jsrop losses or ruin from Alkali. As a'lcon-sequence a'lcon-sequence a considerable part of tho first settlers on every Irrlgatlcmsys-tern Irrlgatlcmsys-tern sell out or relinquish their home steads and seek other f'elds,' The moat difficult .probldns still remain for tho reclamation service, ho says IJ has successfully solved tho engineering, and business problems; hut those ,o'f-"dealng with tho -sot-tiers, filvlhg them sound advice nnd at the same time collecting from thorn the cost of tho works, thq dealing wlth.tbe human as opposed tp tbo ph,y slcat' elements., are far more? difficult thnn those of engineering construction construc-tion or related business mnungeraent. |