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country are yet unbroken, and millions more, 

 under so-called cultivation, can be made to pro- 

 duce ten- fold by scientific methods. 



Large land owners, Irrigation and Reclama- 

 tion Companies, are inquiring for graduates of 

 all such schools. Government experiment sta- 

 tions and the great railroad systems are on the 

 lookout for them. At one time railroads were 

 content to offer good lands to the farmer and let 

 him make what he would ; now they have learned 

 the importance of helping him to see what could 

 be made if he followed the best plans. Scientific 

 men are awaking to the limitless field of science 

 applied to the land. Every day brings us au- 

 thentic reports of extraordinary and important 

 discoveries. For example, Prof. Waugh finds 

 that soaking seeds in beer promotes vigor and 

 growth, which is interesting to our prohibition 

 friends, though it does not appear that beer soak- 

 ing improves men. 



It has been found that the agaves, of which 

 the century plant is one, furnish food, drink, 

 soap, clothing, cordage, (sisal) paper, sticks, 

 light, beams, medicine and ornament. They 



