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Show CO-OPERATION By ALEX. MacPHERSON " ' " With the Delta Land and Water Co. In my la9t article in the Beaver County News I used sotne comparisons to lllustrute the value of farm animals, and also the ratio in value that one animal has to another, or the relative value of hogs, dairy rows, beel cattle and poultry on the farm, as well as the fertiiizii g vaiue of the offal from such animals. However, even though one should lollow the suggestions given in this aiticle they might not succeed as well ax expected because there is another an-other factor that enters into the prosperity pros-perity of the community that is ofteD times lost sight of in stocking up the farm and that is the value of Co-operation. Co-operation in the present era is the key note to success in every community. com-munity. By co operation I maau the whole community working together towards a common end, both with regain re-gain to production auo to the disposal of same. In this particular case ther is HtU! another factor tht is apparently held iighty by Bome with regard to ihtt futuie piospenty of the tract aud that is the co-operation of the Delta Laud and Water Company. Farms, like any other line of business shuu;d be run as a business proposition, aud the v,ilue of the faim is computed irom the inoume or the profit, according to the income or profit of that particular farm. Therefore, if a farm produces anrl brings in a large income, by all rules of busins-s that farm should have a value comment urate with its pro-duitivity. pro-duitivity. Howeer, the farm ia . nly bull of the bminessand the farmer is the other half. A good farmer can make a presentable farm out of a poor farm, but a po r faimer can ntvrr make a good farm preventable , c ither :i m the vie point ol a business proposition or a-i a home. Toeo," again, one farm or a few-farm-, will notseitle the value of the lands in the community . '1 here must be a. majority of i he farms in good con dii.ion and paying reasonable profit, on a reasons le valua ion Suite met back again, aft- r v. have gutu n our farm and selected iheinnim.ls and are improving the property, that the keynote key-note to future prosperity lies iu co operation. 'I he Delta Land and Wau r Company heartily believes in co-upei-ation an i WhBf is more, they are showing their sp rit of c -operation by their work. The Millord project li pre-eminently adapted to the doiry business. Per ha, a there are olh r loci tie iu the West that, have superior advantages, both as regards demand for pr. dui t.-, at. home and ahri ad, and tl e amoun of (heap feed th..t can readily be nrownou the project. Cheap fo. d is necessity in the dairy business, the more rhepply the great forage piant alfalfa, can be grown the greater the profils in the dairy business, as alfalfa is the.'.asic and ofieu constitutes the en. ire ration of the dairy animals. gome little time ago an inquiry from the wr'ter to the president of the Delia Land and Water Company to outline their policy with regard to future plans and intentions on the Milford projeot brought forth a very comprehensive compre-hensive reply from Mr. W. I. Moody . Quoting from his letter he says, "It has occurred to me that possibly the settlers on the Milford project are not entirely familiar with the colonization coloniz-ation campaign we are carrying on ft the prtsent time and what it means 1 them In the future. We have persistently per-sistently told tho Milford settlers that wa are disposed to co-operato with them to the end that with our combined com-bined efforts we might develop the Milford project on a dairy basis at a niuch earlier date than would be possible without onr combined efforts." The plan puUiued by Mr. Moody, given in a few words, was that the balance of the lands open for sale w ould b sold to practical dairymen, who are at the present lime successful dairymen, dairy-men, who, if they b' ught lat d on the 4j;ford projec, would bring th-ir stock ?"rB lld conduct their busines-on busines-on Milfuid Valley Farms. They are carrying H'is "" "d ''" !"'11 to .late about llf ' ll'e un"M lll"dH to men who I tie fe-i eighty to tw. hundred cow- whifd i ' W' bring to the Milford p.oj.-ci s soon as ieed is available for 'he-e animals. In order that these new settlers may be assured of this feed the Delta Land ami Water Company has connected throug'i 'he M'lf. rd Development Company U- in pu ve the lands for those settlers, planting them to alfalfa, al-falfa, fencing, in-ga'ing. and carrying them through th- s-ason. and will (Continued ou page 10 j Co operation (Continued from page 1) , turn over to these dairymen at their coming next spring a farm not only having the agreed acreage of alfalfa growing on it, but even further than that, in many instance?, will build the houses and dairy barns, milk houses, etc. to fit the needs of the individual settler. So, when they arrive they will move on to a producing farm on the Milford project and realize an income in-come from the very beginning. The Delta Land and Water Company cveu goes farther than this. They piau to build an up-to-date creamer or the accommodation of thetedairy-nen thetedairy-nen or any other settler on the tract whe desires to go into the dairy business, bus-iness, and eventually turn it over to the Milf ,rd Valley dairjmen. It is ihe writer's belief, judging from bis many years of experience as a developer devel-oper of irrigation projects that there is no surer way to permanent success and prosperity than through the dairj business. He feels absolutely sure that when ti.e plans of tne-Ue.ia Land and Water Oompauy are carried out ihat tneir efforts, together with the co-operation of the settlers on tbi-tract tbi-tract iu improving their farms w;li make land in Milford Val ej worth 20u per acre and upwards. Perhaps it might be in'eiesting to the bu.-.ineas men of Mil'i rl 10 know that, the Delta Land and w ater Company Com-pany will spend this year between two and three hundred thousand dollars, coht cash, i i the improvement of th pi, je.et lor labor ;ind material 01 variou- kinds in carrying out the work in w uuoer way. |
