T1IK IRRIGATION AGE. 



every good enterprise tending to develop 

 the arid Empire, and during the coming 

 year it wishes to exert even greater in- 

 fluence in this direction than ever. In 

 order to do this it must have the assist- 

 ance of every friend of irrigation and 

 the West. It asks for your hearty and 

 active co-operation. 



Industries Seek- A number of letters have 

 ing a Change, come to THE AGE office 

 recently asking for information as to loca- 

 tions for industries. A woolen mill and 

 a cotton factory are seeking a change. 

 Have you any inducements to offer them P 

 THE AGE would be glad to bring together 

 good locations and good industrial enter- 

 prises, and it offers its services for noth ing. 

 It is not expected that THE IKKIGATION 

 AGE will do more than introduce the 

 parties, but if it does that much it will* 

 have accomplished a great deal. Do not 

 neglect to write, outlining what you 

 have to offer such industrial enterprises. 



Information for I n the? work which The 

 Homeseekers Homeseekers Associa- 

 Wanted. tion is doing is present- 

 ed an opportunity too important to be 

 overlooked or neglected by the friends of 

 irrigation. The principal work of this 

 association is the furnishing of reliable 

 information to homeseekers but it must 

 not be forgotten that before this infor- 

 mation can be given it must be gathered 

 and the Association welcomes from every 

 source, facts, statistics and general in- 

 formation, reserving the right to inves- 

 tigate before endorsing or publishing 

 the matter thus sent in. It is this 

 aspect that should and will appeal 

 strongly to the readers of THE AGE. 

 They have an opportunity of disseminat- 

 ing through the medium of the Home- 

 seekers Association a vast and most val- 



uable mass of information relating to 

 irrigation its benefits and possibilities; 

 what it has done, is doing and can do% 

 The possibilities of the small irrigated 

 farm should be set forth clearly and 

 concisely. Nothing is more convincing 

 as to what can be done than to show 

 what has been done. The actual experi- 

 ence of a practical irrigator giving name 

 and location the area cultivated, the 

 crops grown and the general results is a 

 more forceful argument than a whole 

 library of theory and governmental 

 statistics to the average homeseeker. If 

 you want good neighbors and plenty of 

 them let the Homeseekers Association 

 know what you have done. 



The Proposed There is still another 

 Agricultural feature of the Home 

 Exhibit. seekers Association 



work which should be turned to advan- 

 tage by THE AGE readers. It is the 

 proposed permanent public exhibit of 

 agricultural products. In this exhibit 

 will be represented nearly every state in 

 the union, but above all others the 

 Empire of Irrigation should be ade- 

 quately represented. Such an oppor- 

 tunity of placing side by side the orange 

 of California and the wheat of Dakota 

 for the inspection of the homeseeker and 

 settler has not been presented since the 

 World's Fair. The only conditions of 

 this exhibit are that it shall arrive at 

 the office of the Homeseekers Associ- 

 ation free of expense to the Association, 

 and be of such a nature that it will not 

 entail any unusual expense or care in 

 preserving it. The Association donates 

 the space for the exhibit free of charge. 

 The friends of irrigation have a splendid 

 opportunity of demonstrating its bene- 

 fits and practicability. Now is the time 

 to act before all the space is engaged. 



