above and below El Paso. Statistics in regard to 

 the Dam and its works, together with masses of 

 information appertaining thereto, are widely circu- 

 lated and suffice for their purpose. Though by no 

 means the largest irrigation project in the world, as 

 claimed for it by those ignorant of the huge and long 

 established undertakings in distant lands, the Ele- 

 phant Butte Dam is entitled to rank among the 

 greatest of modern achievements. 



The writer has been urged to set forth the suc- 

 cesses and failures of the Rio Grande project. Such 

 a task is obviously not to be considered. Allusion 

 will be made in the proper places to present and past 

 conditions compared one with the other, but the fol- 

 lowing pages aim to represent little beyond the per- 

 sonal experiences of a practical ranchwoman, ad- 

 vertise nothing, and endeavor to steer clear of more 

 or less acrimonious discussion. The skilled and 

 industrious rancher made money in the Valley long 

 ere the Rio Grande project came into existence and 

 his like continues to do so, only more of it owing to 

 a regulated water supply. The farming person the 

 world over must be a manager, not only a worker. 

 Unfortunately the combination is not as common 

 as it should be. 



One comment may be permitted, as a matter of 

 justice and in the interest of the farmer, namely 

 this: had old residents — thoroughly acquainted as 

 they necessarily are with soil, climate and the 

 vagaries of the Great River — been consulted, some 

 costly blunders and not a little sore feeling would 

 have been avoided. 



