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o-ood results. lie gives the most complete statement of yields for the 

 3^ear 1002 of any person interviewed. Eighteen acres of cabbage 

 yielded 95 tor.s; 3 acres of onions yielded 1,000 bushels; 2 acres of 

 tomatoes yielded 150 bushels ripe and 500 busliels green; (; acres of 

 potatoes yielded 500 bushels; 2 acres of popcorn yielded So bushels; 

 ^ acre of parsnips yielded 200 bushels ; 4 acre of carrots yielded 250 

 bushels; iacre of beets yielded 200 bushels; 2 acres of squash yielded 

 5 tons (planted with corn) ; 1 acre of pumpkins yielded 4 tons (planted 

 with corn) ; 1 aci'e of smaller truck yielded 000 bushels, at 50 cents 

 per bushel; 10 acres of field corn yielded 300 bushels of sound corn; 

 25 acres of oats yielded 1,300 bushels; 5 acres of spelt yielded 200 

 bushels; 10 square rods of strawberries yielded 1 4 bushels; 200 cur- 

 rant bushes yielded 10 bushels, and 100 gooseberry bushes gave a big 

 yield. Apple, plum, crab apple, and cherry trees are all doing well, 

 many are already bearing, and others developing each year promise 

 finely. Mr. Glidden's farm is an excellent example of what can be 

 done by irrigation intelligently practiced here in the artesian basin. 

 T. S. Everett and S. S. Budlong each have farms east of Hitchcock, 

 arranged for irrigation, but nothing is being done at present by either 

 of them, as the season was considered favorable for small grain with- 

 out irrigation. They each repoi't that in ordinary years they have 

 doubled their crop by watering it, that they are always sure of a 

 crop, and that it will be first grade when water is used. The farms 

 are now in the hands of tenants, who know nothing of irrigation and 

 do not care to bother with it. 3Ir. Everett reports 30 bushels of wheat, 

 75 bushels of oats, and 40 bushels of corn per acre from his land. 



J. M. Miles, of Redfield, irrigates about 15 acres with water from 

 the city hydrant. It is entirely in garden and orchard, and he can 

 irrigate but a small portion each year, as he has but little water. He 

 intends to sink a well on his land and work more systematically soon. 

 He reports large yields of garden vegetables, but nothing in detail 

 except celery, which yields him about 1,000 dozen bunches per acre, 

 which, at 50 cents per dozen, brings him $500. 



The H. F. Hunter farm, section 4, township 110 north, range 64 

 west, and adjoining sections, is equipped with a 0-inch well, l,0ti5feet 

 deep, flowing 1,250 gallons per minute. It has a 5-acre reservoir and 

 about 5^ miles of main ditch. The water is not used for 1003, as the 

 season has been so favorable that the moisture remaining in the 

 ground from previous irrigation has proved sufficient for the crops. 

 During the years when this farm was irrigated the yields of small 

 grain were just about double that of unirrigated grain in that locality, 

 while potatoes and garden crops generally were increased threefold 

 or more. It requires the entire time of one man to keep ditches in 

 repair, clean ofC the grass, and direct the water when irrigating. Two 

 other wells in this vicinity were previously used for irrigation, but 

 they ceased to flow some time ago. 



Among the counties in which irrigation has been attempted are 



