department, is b3^ drilling or boring a well and raising the 

 water "by means of a windmill or pump. A deep well of from 

 150 to 300 feet, such as is common in the Texas Panhandle re- 

 gion, complete with windmill, truck, troughs, etc., represents 

 an investment of about HI, 000, and should easily supply between 

 250 and 500 cattle daily. No well is complete, claims the de- 

 partment, without a reservoir with a capacity large enorgh to 

 carry the stock dependent upon it over a long calm spell. The 

 cost of a reservoir holding approximately 200,000 gallons of 

 ,er should not exceed hlOO. 



The best kind of trough for holding water derived from 

 T :;ells and springs, thinks the department, is the ordinary metal 

 one used by stockmen, It is light in weight, will last a long 

 time, and costs little. However, where the materials are readily 

 available and the cost of cement is not prohibitive, the depart- 

 ment recommends concrete as better than any other trough material 



rr ork has been done on the national forests to improve 

 ':he water facilities on the range lands. L:, all, a total of 

 t?6 separate water improvements projects have been developed, 

 329 by the users of the range themselves, 172 through cooperation 

 between the Forest Service and the users, and 175 by bhe service 

 dlone . CO-' r.'.t-se 676 improvements, 378 are springs or seeps, 

 286 are reservoirs or tanks, while the rest are wells, trail?-? , 

 anu the like . 



