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in 1901 in that section of country. The excessive evapo- 

 ration of the rain water all over the great plains country 

 is the direct and sole cause of a greater loss to the farmers 

 of that belt than any other one thing. Educate the farm- 

 ers of the semi-arid belt to store, conserve and utilize the 

 the rain water and we have paved the way for thousands 

 more ideal farm homes and a higher state of prosperity 

 than this belt ever experienced or the people anticipated. 

 It is by and through knowledge of certain great funda- 

 mental principles of agriculture, and application of those 

 principles to conditions which exist in this semi-arid sec- 

 tion and no place else in our country, that this region is 

 to come into its own, and be made, indeed, a veritable 

 garden. 



Evaporation of the rain water on the great plains 

 country has made many a man hopeless and homeless. 

 Prevention of the evaporation of the soil waters by proper 

 cultivation means better crops, better homes, better 

 people, happier children, and a better and more prosper- 

 ous country. 



