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The Dawn of a New Constructive Era 



Three Best 

 Means of 

 Utilization 



Success 

 Assured If 

 Proper Meth- 

 ods Followed 



One more thing : I have mentioned forage crops and grain 

 crops, and have forgotten to make any mention of truck prod- 

 ucts — the money crops. In certain locaHties a valuable utiliza- 

 tion of the lands may be made through the growing of vegetables 

 and fruits. To a limited extent, and along the lines of trans- 

 portation, there is no question but that, with the aid of fertiliz- 

 ers, we may be able to raise adapted crops of vegetables and 

 fruits ; but we must not get away from the lines of transporta- 

 tion. Therefore, there are three main lines of utilization : 



First, cattle raising, which is the largest and will be the best 

 method of utilization to start with ; it .will be most profitable 

 and, to a large degree, the tendency will be to run these cattle 

 on a large scale for the prodiiction of feeders for the market. 



Second, moderate-sized live stock farming will have a limited 

 application, where the farm is not of too small a size, and there 

 is carried on a diversified sort of farming with emphasis on cattle, 

 hogs, sheep and poultry. 



Third, we can raise forage crops, for the market and for live 

 stock feeding, and there will be the limited production of certain 

 grain and seed crops : and then we shall have the more intensive 

 money crops, such as vegetables and fruits, in limited adapted areas 

 close to transportation. 



That, gentlemen, in a very brief way, is an outline of the 

 utilization of these lands ; and I want to emphasize once more 

 the necessity of thoroughly analyzing your local conditions be- 

 fore you attempt to start farming or colonizing operations. If I 

 had time I should like to talk to you more about these things, 

 but the important thing for you people to do, before you attempt 

 to do anything with certain lands, is to have your conditions 

 thoroughly analyzed and have a plan of farming utilization care- 

 fully worked out in advance which has a chance for success in 

 it, rather than one which has a chance for failure. And in sell- 

 ing your land to colonists be sure that for the type of farming 

 you are advocating you have adopted the proper area. Before 

 you get through you will agree with me that you must have 

 farms of the proper size, according to the type of farming your 

 farmers will engage in ; and you should see that every assistance 

 is given your farmers to follow out the type of farming chosen 

 as being best adapted to your conditions. (Applause.) 



