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land has been injudicious. The
contour of the land, nature of the
soil and availability of water make
this section unique and merit the
name of garden more than farm.
The soil is easily wet, retentive of
moisture, dries without baking, and
is rich in well-balanced plant food.
There is a combination of favor
able elements, crowned by an ele
ment of noble manhood and good
citizenship that make the whole a
source of pleasure and brilliant
expectation. Some features of an
irrigated district are prominently
absent, i. c., the malaria-breeding
pools of stagnant water, which are
replaced by babbling streams,afford
ing life and music to all they touch
—and they touch everywhere.
Many needed improvements might
be suggested. More inhabitants
are needed, and much of the good
that rural life affords is entirely ab
sent for lack of organization and
mutual helpfulness.
"Sunnyside shows instances of
how closely retribution follows un
wise action. It is coming out all
right, however, and has a bright
future. To the south of Sunnyside
is a large tract of small dunes that
need to be held with some suitable
grass —the kind must be indicated
by actual test. Still further south
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RANCHE AND RANGE.
there is a considerable area of the
most difficult piece of land observed.
It is marked by greasewood and the
usual alkali weeds, including some
of the atriplexes.
"Euclid is decidedly refreshing
and remarkably productive; there
seems to be a smile of the sunrise
of prosperity, and their efforts man
ifest that they are not all visionary,
but practical farmers, with room fcr
more of the same kind.
"Prosser is a village rich in nat
ural endowments. It welcomes
those who need homes in a land ca
pable of producing all things neces
sary for sustenance and comfort. I
make the assertion that if they
unite in an honest effort they will
be proud of themselves. No one
who has not seen the country be
tween Yakima and Prosser can real
ize the wonderful resources, the
productive energy going to waste.
The fact that it is so brands us with
incompetency and makes poverty a
crime."
EFFECT OF WATER IN THE SOIL.
If water is placed in a dish and
left in the open air, it gradually
evaporates. In passing from the
state of liquid to vapor it absorbs
heat, and so eager is the vapor for
heat, that it robs the water of all it
possibly can, and thus considerably
lowers its temperature. The stag
nant water in a soil acts in exactly
similar manner to water in a basin.
It evaporates from the surface, leav
ing the remainder cold. Hence,
stagnant water lowers the tempera
ture of the soil. Evaporation does
not take place to such an extent
with drained lands, simply because
there is less moisture in the surface;
hence drained laud is warmer than
undrained. The effect of water in
lowering the temperature of soils
has been experimentally demon
strated. Thermometers were sunk
into a bog at various depths, one
part of which was drained, the other
part not drained. The temperatures
obtained at the various depths were
as follows: For the undrained bog,
46 degrees Fahr. at all depths; for
the drained bog, 60 degrees Fahr:
at seven inches deep, and 48 de
grees Fahr. at 31 inches deep.
lii Colorado, where the experi
ment of putting alfalfa in silo has
been thoroughly tried, it has been
decided an unnecessary expense, as
it gives no better results in either
the dairy or for beef feeding, than
alfala hay from the stack.
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