End Foreseen For Big Scale Farms In U S
Kansas City, Wa. Walter R. Pitkin, educator and farm manager, sees irrigation funded by flood-damage savings as the cure for the dust bowl. After touring the Northwest he argues for irrigation across the Missouri Valley and a chain of lakes to trap flood waters, forcing farmers to relocate or face ruin.
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Kansas City
Walter RB. Pitkin
Pitkin
Northwest
Nissouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Excursionists Advocate Irrigation Boom and Boulder Dam
A speaker in lectures touts irrigation as a cure for drought regions. He cites irrigated zones along the Columbia and Coulee rivers, Colorado, and northern California, praising Boulder Dam and Gulf Coast drainage. He argues funds for relief should go to irrigation to prevent floods and grow crops, noting his own farming in New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
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Drouth
Columbia
Coulea River
Northwest
Colorado
California
Boulder Dam
Corpus Christi
Texas
Gulf Coast
West urged to shift to irrigation and smaller farms
The speaker urged national reorganization to favor irrigation and restoration of buffalo grass, proposing farm zones within four miles of rivers. He cited flood damage along the Missouri and Kaw rivers as evidence for a river valley irrigation system near Kansas City and argued for 20 acre ideal small farms in irrigation districts.
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Kansas City
M. Ga
Missouri
Kaw
Joey Veres
Pitkin
Tiny Baby Survives Blomfontein
Orange Free State report tells of Baby Davis born near Parys weighing 112 pounds at birth and eight inches long with arms so thin they could be shipped through a wedding ring. The note cites one of the world’s smallest babies and a fragile birth record.
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Blomfontein
Orange Free State
Davis
Parys
Here
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