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being slowly quickened into |if e by I!K- 



Drainage cf One of the most import- waterwi ^rd's derrick and his boring 

 " ant 'hin P'P es tha t are miles dee. A won- 



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La"ds ant 'hings in farm P'P es : tha t are miles deep. A wonder- 



drainage in arid coun- victory of mind over matter, such 



tries, says Professor Brown, drainage enables the Commonwealth of Aus- 



engineer of Colorado Agricultural tralia to P roduce fi ne wool alone worth 



College, is to know just when it be- nearl y eighty million dollars a year! 



comes necessary. An excellent rule, ~ Great West. 

 adopted by Mr. Matthew Eaer. mana- 



t n e n n/fc 6 S mmer Far , m in Tremon- Reclaimed H . H. Yard, who has op- 

 ton, Utah, is never to allow a wet spot gj" erated most extensively 



to appear the second season. The ex- Land Th ' ef in Government lands in 

 penence on this farm is that wet spots, Butte and Plumas counties, California 

 lue to seepage, appear from year to seeking to obtain public domain in 

 year m different parts of the farm. By those sections, has lost his fight for the 

 raining these spots as they appear, possession of about 265,000 acres 

 us farm continues to yield abund- along the Feather River. The land 



office at Susanville has rendered a de- 



So much for wet spots which come cision and report setting forth that in 

 this spring. Our immediate concern, more tnan ninety claims there is no 

 however, is those wet spots which evidence of mineral. The lands taken 

 came last year and the year before. It b 7 Yard revert to the Government as 

 is not hard to tell even now where timber lands. 



those wet spots are. They fail to dry The decision is causing much ex- 

 even when the wind blows for days, element in Butte and Plumas counties, 

 and when the surface generally is dry where similar large tracts are endan- 

 enough to plow. They needed very gered. 



little irrigation, if any, last season. ' The outcome of the controversy is 



When indications of such sort as a great victor y for State Mineralogist 

 these exist, it is time to go exploring Anbury, who has for years 



below the surface. It i's surprising wa S ed a bitter fight against individu- 

 how few farmers ever think of digging als and cor P ora tions who took up tim- 

 a few holes in the ground even ber lands un der the Mineral and Plac- 

 when confronted with most certain er ^ and Act Auhur y began this con- 

 indications of seepage and Waterloo-- test 1>n IOOT and took tn e case directly 

 ging. Besides showing how thoroughly to the Preside nt of the United States. 

 the soil is saturated, test holes will . ^ r " Aai ' nir . v ?a . vs his action is in the 

 reveal just what difficulties will be interests f the miners of California, 



encountered if draining is attempted wll arc snilt Ollt h - v thcs e land grab- 



bers. 





turned info^ Mn J fiU ? f ? hwit S he how, his head and .nutter, 'Kismet ! 

 smiling fields of gram, and It is Fa- 



