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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



in its line and will continue to lead as a newsgatherer 

 and the exponent of all that is fair in irrigation develop- 

 ment. It will, moreover, be ready at all times to expose 

 frauds, and will freely criticize moves made on the part 

 of government officials which are not in keeping with 

 good business rules and integrity. It is the intention 

 of the editor to fully exploit during the coming year 

 many mistakes which have been made and are now form- 

 ing which would throw discredit on the Geological Sur- 

 vey and the Reclamation Service. Information which 

 will assist us in improving this paper in a news or edi- 

 torial way, also information concerning the interference 

 of private rights by the Reclamation Service, will be 

 thankfully received. 



The following notice, sent in by the St. 

 After More Louis correspondent of a well-known im- 

 Money. plement paper, illustrates how a body of 



intelligent men may regularly be misled 

 and induced to contribute funds to an organization such 

 as the National Irrigation Association, which has been 

 repudiated by the National Irrigation Congress: 



The regular monthly meeting of the Implement 

 and Vehicle Board of Trade for October was held this 

 evening in the parlors of the Jefferson Hotel. An ex- 

 cellent luncheon was served at 6:30, and the meeting 

 was called to cyder by President Robbins at 7 :45, thirty- 

 six members being present. 



Owing to the presence of the guest of the evening, 

 C. B. Boothe, the regular order of business was sus- 

 pended in order to listen to the remarks of Mr. Boothe 

 on irrigation and the reclaiming of our arid lands. 

 Mr. Boothe, who- is chairman of the board of directors 

 of the National Irrigation Association, made an inter- 

 esting address on the progress of irrigation as repre- 

 sented by the work of the National Irrigation Associa- 

 tion. In order to more clearly emphasize his remarks 

 a large map of the West was used, showing progress in 

 different parts of the country. 



If the members of the St. Louis Implement and 

 Vehicle Club could be made aware of the facts and were 

 to make an effort to learn where the jnoney contributed 

 by that organization is expended and by whom, they 

 would very suddenly decide to withdraw from connec- 

 tion with it. For the benefit of the members of the St. 

 Louis Implement and Vehicle Club we reprint a resolu- 

 tion passed unanimously by the Thirteenth National Ir- 

 rigation Congress : 



"This Congress calls attention to the fact that there 

 is not nor has there been any connection whatever between 

 the National Irrigation Congress and the incorporated 

 company known as the National Irrigation Association, 

 and it is hereby announced that no person, corporation 

 or company has been, or is authorized to solicit or collect 

 money for or in behalf of the National Irrigation Con- 

 gress." 



experimental farm by the publisher with the view to 

 demonstrating what can be done in the way of raising 

 crops successfully by the Campbell method. In this 

 line of work it is expected that much assistance will be - 

 given us by Professor Campbell, who has done so much 

 to develop his ideas and improve the possibilities of ag- 

 riculture in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado. It is the 

 intention of the publisher to erect farm buildings on 

 this land, place it in charge of a competent farmer and 

 publish regularly reports of the progress of the work 

 under the Campbell system. In view of the fact that 

 such phenomenal development occurred under the Camp- 

 bell system by farming, it is our impression that this 

 subject is equally as important in the territory named 

 as irrigation, and our aim will be to demonstrate by 

 this series of illustrated articles, covering the experi- 

 ments on the farm, just what may be done by people of 

 the West who contemplate moving into that territory. 

 We will also try and tell them what amount of money is 

 necessary to secure a start on a tract of this land and 

 will give them an idea of the cost per acre in different lo- 

 calities and permit them to invest in a Western farm 

 home in a more intelligent manner than would otherwise 

 be possible. We intend to publish all of the moves made 

 on this farm, beginning with the time that the sod is 

 broken, and will explain also where failures occur,' so 

 that those who contemplate investing may avoid similar 

 mistakes and thereby more easily succeed. 



Our readers are requested to correspond with this 

 office regularly concerning this experimental work and 

 all inquiries will be gladly and fully answered in the 

 columns of THE IRRIGATION AGE. It is our impression 

 that an expenditure of from $800 to $1,000 will be suffi- 

 cient to start work on a tract of 160 acres. This will 

 include a modest sum for the home for our farmer and 

 barn for his stock, a team of horses, cow and other do- 

 mestic animals. This sum will not, of course, allow ex- 

 travagant expenditure, but our aim will be to illustrate 

 to our readers what may be done on a small sum of 

 money, so that they may be assured before leaving for 

 the West what the funds they have on hand will accom- 

 plish. These series of articles will, moreover, prove of 

 benefit to all of the Western railways along whose lines 

 lands of a similar character are located. 



More" detailed information concerning this work 

 will be published in a future issue. 



A Lie 



Nailed. 



THE IRRIGATION AGE has made arrange- 

 Dry Farm ments with the officials of the Union Pa- 

 Experiment, cific Railway whereby it is to secure title 



to 160 acres of land on the line of that 

 road near Denver, said 160 acres to be developed as an 



In view of the fact that THE IRRIGATION 

 AGE has seen fit to criticise the methods of 

 the Reclamation Service and expose con- 

 ditions which it is satisfied are wrong in 

 connection with the National Irrigation Association, 

 which was turned down by the National Irrigation Con- 

 gress at Portland, a journal which was started a year or 

 possibly a year and a half ago, purporting to represent 

 the irrigation interests, has something to say concerning 



