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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



VALUE OF THE MUSKRAT. 



On account of the increasing scarci- 

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Owners of marsh lands have al- 

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 vestments. Many lease the trapping 

 privilege to those who make a busi- 

 ness of trapping. 



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"A magnificent American institu- 

 tion is the State Agricultural College 

 of Missouri in the town of Columbia." 



That is the first sentence of an edi- 

 torial recentlv written by Arthur 

 Brisbane, the highest salaried news- 

 paper man in the world. The Edi- 

 torial filled a page in each of the 

 Hearst newspapers, published in New 

 York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles 

 and San Francisco, having an aggre- 

 gate circulation of about 2,000,000 

 daily. That means, at a conservative 

 estimate that it was seen by 6,000,- 

 000 persons. The editorial was writ- 

 ten bv Mr. Brisbane in New York 

 from personal observation of the work 

 of the College of Agriculture, made 

 during his visit to the University 

 Missouri this year. 



Here are some of the striking things 

 said by the $70,000-a-year editor 

 about the college: 



"It would be well if every farmer, 

 every farmer's boy, every intelligent 

 citizen in the United States, could 

 visit that splendid practical labora- 

 tory, study it and understand it. 



"Some of the country's bis men ar 

 telling us that we shall soon exhaust 

 our resources; that if the land isn't 

 better developed, and the earth made 

 more fruitful, the human race will 

 starve. 



"There at Columbia they are not 

 talking, but they are solving the very 

 problem of the so-called big men. 



"It is well worth traveling half way 

 across the continent to see that Agri- 

 cultural College of Missouri, to learn 

 what splendid work is done there, to 

 study the orchard with a hundred dif- 

 ferent kinds of apples in one, the fine 

 horticultural department, the earnest 

 professors and students working at 

 the great modern problem, increase 

 of the food supply. 



"That college is doing another 

 work of the greatest value to the race; 

 it is doing the work that will put 

 men back on the land, where they be- 

 long. The student there is filled with 

 enthusiasm. He looks upon farming 

 not as drudgery, but a scientific prob- 

 lem, a work of benefit to all humanity. 



"There are many thousands of men 

 with a little money saved up that 

 would instantly become farmers if 

 they could take the course at such a 

 college and learn what it means. 



"Fortunately, similar colleges are 

 to be found all over the United States 

 some perhaps as creed, none bette 

 than the one mentioned." 



ON PRUNING SHRUBBERY. 



Sometimes the most simple matter 

 urge one into unnecessary work 

 Pruning shrubbery is one of these 

 This last winter was unusually severe 

 and half-hardy plants like the pivet 

 and weigela were killed back or killed 

 to the ground, the roots remaining 

 alive. The only thing to do is to cut 

 back each branch to live wood, leav- 

 ing no dead wood at all. The nev 

 growth will come out in surprising 

 fashion this summer. 



The vital part of the plant is the 



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