Twelfth Annual Report of The National Farm School November 1909 . he national treasury has been invoked to stimulateirrigation. Deep rivers have been tapped, from which now flowbroad streams to water hitherto arid regions. By the lifting ofa dam or the opening of a sleuce-gate, new territories magicallyleap into life. The old Biblical phrase comes to mind—the deserthas been made to blossom as the rose, and the barren soil hasbecome the prolific breeding plot for uncounted harvests. Pity it is that so few are informed of the manifold benefitswhich of late years have been devised to improve rura
Twelfth Annual Report of The National Farm School November 1909 . he national treasury has been invoked to stimulateirrigation. Deep rivers have been tapped, from which now flowbroad streams to water hitherto arid regions. By the lifting ofa dam or the opening of a sleuce-gate, new territories magicallyleap into life. The old Biblical phrase comes to mind—the deserthas been made to blossom as the rose, and the barren soil hasbecome the prolific breeding plot for uncounted harvests. Pity it is that so few are informed of the manifold benefitswhich of late years have been devised to improve rural life andthe science of agriculture. The Farmers Institutes, the Railroad Instruction Trains,Government and State Bulletins, with their simph^-worded, butexact information, confer a blessing that is in-New allies calculable in its far-reaching importance. Soagriculture,^ rapidly has the trolley crept out of crowdedstreets into the country that one is unaware, un-less directly concerned, of the assistance this mode of transpor- GRADUATES ON THEIR OWN ACRES 15. The Laiichman Boys and their Stock
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