96 THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



has attracted the attention of irrigation- successfully applied east, west, north or 



ists, which proves two things: south. 



1. Irrigation is becoming a popular 2. THE IRRIGATION AGE reaches, in- 



question, whose students believe it can be terests and influences the public. 



THE KING. 



(By MRS. J. K. HUDSON.) 



In all the story of the world of man, 



Who blazed the way to greater, better things? 



Who stopped the long migration of wild men, 



And set the noble task of building human homes? 



The learned recluse? The forum teacher? 



The poet singer? The soldier, voyager, 



Or ruler? 'Twas none of this proud line. 



The man who digged the ground foretold the destiny 



Of men. 'Twas he made anchor for the heart; 



Gave meaning to the hearthstone and the birthplace, 



And planted vine and fig tree at the door. 



He made e'en nations possible! Aye, when 



With his stone axe he made a boe, he carved, 



Unwittingly, the scepter of the world. 



The steps by which the multitude have climbed 



Were all rough-hewn by this base implement; 



In its rude path have followed all the minor 



Arts of men. Hark back along the centuries, 



And hear its march across the continents. 



From zone to zone, all 'round the bounteous world, 



The man whose skill makes rich the barren field, 



And causes grass to grow, and flowers to blow, 



And fruits to ripen, and grains to turn to gold 



That man is King! Long live the King. 



