THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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A large part of the settlers on the 

 Buy a Yuma (Ariz.) federal irrigation pro- 



Bale of ject raised Egyptian long fibre cotton 



Long Fibre this year. They had a good crop and 

 Cotton were in a fair way to get on their feet, 



when war in Europe broke out. The 

 war has practically ruined the cotton markets of 

 the world. 



Although we have not heard any very pessi- 

 mistic reports or wild calls for help from the settlers 

 on the Yuma project, we believe the cotton growers 

 there will be hit harder by the destruction of their 

 market than will any planters in the South or any- 

 where else. This is because these settlers have 

 little or no capital with which to harvest and store 

 their crop, and if their bankers are like most bank- 

 ers we have met in the neighborhood of United 

 States irrigation projects, the settlers are unable 

 to borrow any capital. 



The reason that there has not been any pitiful 

 appeal for help, such as has gone up from the 

 Southern cotton growers, is that the Federal Water 

 User is, in nine cases out of ten, the gamest man 

 who lives, and ready to tax his every resource and 

 bit of strength before he will yell "quits." And the 

 men and women on the Yuma project are among 

 the bravest of all the Water Users. 



However, from such reports as we have ob- 

 tained, THE IRRIGATION AGE believes the cotton 

 growers on the Yuma project, and possibly in many 

 other districts in the Southwest, need help. If you 

 can afford it, we urge you to get in touch with 

 some of these irrigators immediately and help them 

 finance their cotton crop by offering to buy one or 

 more bales of cotton from them at ten cents a 

 pound. The Egyptian cotton they are raising is 

 worth more than that in the open market lots 

 more when the markets are normal and you can- 

 not lose any money by buying that cotton at ten 

 cents a pound. It will help out these settlers, 

 steady the market, prevent speculation and you will 

 be performing a patriotic duty. 



THE AGE has not had time to get word back 

 from the Yuma project as to whether the settlers 

 will sell their cotton at ten cents a pound. As this 

 is the price agreed upon among the "Buy-a-Bale-of- 

 Cotton" clubs which are helping the South, we be- 

 lieve the Yuma folks will be glad to accept the help, 

 in the spirit it is offered, and sell their much higher 

 grade product at the same figure. 



We urge you to write to Earl B. Smith, of 

 Somerton, Ariz., president of the National Federa- 

 tion of Water Users' Associations, who is a settler 

 on the Yuma project, and offer to take some of the 

 Yuma cotton. We vouch for Mr. Smith as a clean 



man and we are confident he will do everything he 

 can, as intermediary, between you and the settlers 

 in buying one or more bales of cotton. 



Buy a Bale of Long Fibre Egyptian Cotton. 



It takes only an additional minute to 

 Mention add to your letter to advertisers: "I 

 The Age saw your advertisement in THE IRRI- 

 Next CATION AGE." 



Time Won't you please add this line to 



your next letter? It will not only be 

 a courtesy to THE AGE, but you will be performing 

 a duty which subscribers owe to a magazine like 

 THE AGE. 



Some advertisers "key" their advertising in 

 the hope that in this way they can trace most of 

 the results. But even this does not allow every 

 answer to be traced to its place of publication, be- 

 cause subscribers will not use the "key," but insist 

 upon their own ways of addressing the advertisers. 

 For this reason a great many answers to advertis- 

 ing are received which are credited to general pub- 

 licity and wrongly. 



By telling the advertiser you saw his adver- 

 tisement in THE AGE you will show him that you 

 are interested in the magazine in which he is ad- 

 vertising; it will create more advertising for the 

 publisher, and he, in turn, will be able to give you 

 and all other subscribers a better magazine. 



Have you begun to figure yet, Mr. 

 Make 1915 Farmer, on next year's crops? Upon 

 the Banner your shoulders largely rests the re- 

 Year for sponsibility for American prosperity 

 Production during the next few years. You 

 answer: "That's my regular job." 

 True, the prosperity of the farmer generally means 

 prosperity for the nation, but the truism means 

 more today than ever before. 



The great European war means that the 

 United States must feed the world. The United 

 States must also grow practically everything its 

 own citizens need. 



Farm products are bound to be in great de- 

 mand next year, no matter what is the outcome of 

 the war. Europe, yes, all the lands of the earth, 

 will come to us for relief. The farmers must pre- 

 pare to supply their wants. 



Therefore it is well to begin now taking stock. 

 Look over your farm carefully. Study every inch 

 of ground. Figure if there is not some way that 

 you can get bigger production. Work every acre 

 of your land and work it to its full capacity. This 

 is your opportunity. 



Profit during the long winter evenings by 



