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plant on this farm kas fallen into disuse that it has fallen into the 

 hands of tenants, usually men from the East unacquainted with and 

 afraid of irrigation, and who make no effort to use water. Ills own 

 success while operating the farm leads him to speak very enthusiastic- 

 ally of the possibilities of irrigation in f at section. 



J. W. Mullen, on section 24:, township 105 north, range 66 west, 

 conducted an irrigated garden with success several years ago; but the 

 well has since failed, so irrigation is not practiced at present. 



John Davis, on section 12, township 105 north, range 65 west, has a 

 l:^-inch well, 924 feet deep, flowing about 60 gallons per minute. He 

 has irrigated trees and has been able to grow them successfully where 

 before he could not make them grow. He runs the water direct from 

 the well. Mr. Davis has attempted gardening with varying success. 

 His great difficulty arose from the fact that often just after irrigating 

 a heavy storm would come, thus making the soil too wet and injuring 

 the crops. A crop of watermelons was spoiled in this manner. Mr. 

 Davis intends to arrange ditches so it mil be possible to use the well 

 for irrigation when needed, but so far he reports an abundance of 

 moisture for his small grain and no need of the extra water except for 

 his trees and garden. 



Mr. C. L. Mott, on section 15, township 105 north, range 64 west, 

 14 miles north of Plankington, is conducting a farm which, though 

 not irrigated, strictly speaking, is, to a certain degree, receiving the 

 same benefits. He has three wells on his farm, all 2-inch wells at the 

 surface, finished below with l:^-incli pipe. They are 840 feet deep 

 and flow, respectively', 100, 72, and 15 gallons iter minute. Mr. Mott 

 is developing an orchard. He has 15 acres of 2 and 3 year old trees 

 just beginning to bear, and 6 acres more set out this year. The 

 orchard contains apples, plums, cherries, pears, and peaches, the last 

 two being experiments, but he thinks they are going to succeed, 

 especiall}^ the pears. Mr. Mott does not apply water directly to his 

 land, but he has ditches and pools filled with water, and the seepage 

 and the evai^oration seem to fully supply the defieiencj^ in the natural 

 moisture. The wells are finely located for irrigation, and if a series 

 of dry seasons occur he intends to use the water directlj', if necessary. 



A. D. Dougan, living on section 21, township 104 north, range 63 

 west, 8 miles northeast of Plankington, has a 4|-inch well, 523 feet 

 deep, which flows about 80 gallons per minute. He has a natural 

 lake bed on his laud from which he can irrigate about 30 acres. He 

 irrigates his orchard and garden from the well, and is having good 

 success with his trees, though they are still young and have just 

 begun to bear. Mr. Dougan has been well pleased with his irrigation 

 of potatoes, having raised 230 bushels per acre. He has never used 

 the water on small grain, and did not use it at all this season, as there 

 was plenty of rain. 



Many farmers in this county having small wells for stock purposes 



