. Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history. SEEDLESS SULTANA GRAPES GROWN BY IRRIGATION NEAR MEXICOThe democracy of the irrigated sections always impresses the newcomer. It is due tothe small farm, the independence of the owners, and the social equality of the people. Condi-tions compel association and organization in the harvesting and marketing of
. Scenes from every land, second series; a collection of 250 illustracions picturing the people, natural phenomena, and animal life in all parts of the world. With one map and a bibliography of gazetteers, atlases, and books descriptive of foreign countries and natural history. SEEDLESS SULTANA GRAPES GROWN BY IRRIGATION NEAR MEXICOThe democracy of the irrigated sections always impresses the newcomer. It is due tothe small farm, the independence of the owners, and the social equality of the people. Condi-tions compel association and organization in the harvesting and marketing of high-pricedproducts. The narrow provincialism which has marked life where farms are large is not foundhere. Rural delivery of mails, with daily papers, the county telephone, traveling libraries,centralized schools, and trolley lines to the towns are all serving to bring the desert farmerwithin the stimul:itin<; currents of the worlds thought. One of the most prominent farmeditors in Americii nrcnily said: In thr irrifjatcd West there will be developed in time themost nearly ideal cciiiclilions of rural life ami I hi lirst types of men and women the world hasever seen.— Phoh, Jnnii Iliilul Shtlrt! i;,,hniiali<iii Svrvice. [ \m ] SCENES FROM EVERY LAND.
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