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waste water from an artesian well in Brule county 

 had formed lakes ten feet deep and covered four 

 hundred acres of land. This would be sufficient to 

 irrigate above four thousand acres. The farmers are 

 afraid to use the water from the well for irrigation, 

 owing to the wording of the present artesian well law. 

 To remedy this he suggests that the law be so amended 

 that every farmer whose land can be reached can use 

 the water to produce crops. 



A meeting of the South Dakota Irrigation Associa- 

 tion was held at Huron recently, at which the pro- 

 posal to borrow the school fund of the State for irri- 

 gating purposes was considered. 



Lyman county expects to have some artesian wells 

 sunk on the Sioux reservation for irrigation purposes. 



The Valley Land and Irrigation Co , of Huron, re- 

 cently closed a deal for fifty quarter sections in Ed- 

 munds county. 



The Legislative Committee of the State Irrigation 

 Association recently visited the farm of'T. A. White, 

 three miles north of Huron, where they found an ex- 

 cellent object lesson of the benefits of irrigation on a 

 forty-acre tract, irrigated by a three-inch well. 



TEXAS. 



There is a prospect of Concho valley being irri- 

 gated. 



The contract for the irrigation of 40,000 acres of 

 land in the San Jos6 valley was recently filed with 

 the county clerk. According to the plans, there will 

 be 130 miles of canals. 



In various portions of the State investigations are 

 being made as to the flow of water from the artesian 

 wells, and the possibility of largely increasing the 

 supply and using it for irrigation purposes. 



W. H. Rowe has a number of teams breaking up 

 land near Corinne and clearing it. The intention is 

 to seed about 5, 000 acres. 



It is proposed to build a reservoir in the mountains 

 and tunnel through into the Manti City creek. If 

 the project is feasible and is carried out, it will be a 

 very good investment. 



The Bear Lake and River Water Works and Irri- 

 gation Company's properties have been sold for $500,- 

 000. A new company has been organized to com- 

 plete the building of the canal. 



The Manti Messenger says the first duty of Utah as 

 a State will be to reclaim some of the arid land and 

 assist the people to build homes. 



WASHINGTON. 



Yakima valley is rapidly becoming known as one 

 of the best agricultural regions in the country. The 

 crops raised this year by irrigation are some of the 

 largest known. 



Senator Ide is interested in a proposed canal sixty 

 miles long, in the Yakima valley. 



The building of the middle Kittitas irrigation canal 

 is progressing rapidly. This canal will be of very 

 great importance, and will irrigate a great amount of 

 land now scarcely touched. 



The Wenatchee country is attempting to reorganize 

 the old irrigation district, and, should it succeed in 

 doing so, a canal will be built. 



The Kennewick cooperative irrigation district has 

 13,000 acres under ditch. 



North Yakima has another irrigation company, 

 which expects to irrigate about 3,000 acres, none of 

 which will be more than four miles from the city. 



EAST OF THE MISSOURI. 



The subject of irrigation for the rich and product- 

 ive land in the vicinity of Toledo, Ohio, is being dis- 

 cussed very freely. The gardeners and fruit-growers 

 are beginning to realize the immense advantages of 

 irrigation. 



George Graves, a farmer near Merrimac, Wiscon- 

 sin, has made quite a sum of money by utilizing the 

 water from a little creek to irrigate an acre and one- 

 half of potatoes. 



Three large drive wells were lately sunk on the 

 Wisconsin shore, opposite Eagle Point, by the Du- 

 buque Fruit & Produce Co., from which water was 

 obtained to irrigate fifteen acres of cabbages, five 

 acres of tomatoes and a number of other vegetables. 



The farmers on Muscatine Island, Iowa, have 

 driven wells in groups and intend to use the water 

 next year to irrigate their melon and sweet potato 

 crops. 



Williams Bros., of Douglas, Michigan, were some- 

 what delayed in getting their irrigation plant in- 

 stalled, and did not begin pumping until about Au- 

 gust 1, which prevented their realizing the full benefit 

 of irrigation this season. But the results of the exper- 

 iment were satisfactory. They use a No. 3 centrifugal 

 pump, operated by a ten-horse power traction engine, 

 the capacity of the pump being 650 gallons per min- 

 ute. Next spring they intend to draw a supply from 

 the Kalamazoo river, and will utilize the water to ir- 

 rigate sixty acres of fruit orchard. 



An experiment in irrigation has been conducted by 

 H. E. Bucklen on a twenty-acre farm near Elkhart, 

 Indiana. The water was obtained from a well, the 

 pump being operated by a windmill, and the results 

 have been very satisfactory. 



Mr. Orrville T. Chamberlain, of Elkhart, a gentle- 

 man owning a large quantity of land in that vicinity, 

 intends to adopt irrigation next year. 



Judging from the interest now taken in the sub- 

 ject, irrigation legislation will command a large share 

 of attention in many State legislatures within the 

 next twelve months, which have heretofore given 

 but little attention to the subject. 



Nevada has sixty-five or seventy artesian wells. 



The farmers of Umatilla county, Oregon, are con- 

 sidering the raising of sugar beets. 



In view of the proposed large irrigation works in 

 the Nile valley, the execution of which threatens 

 some of the most ancient and venerable relics of 

 Egypt, a memorial has been forwarded to Nuba 

 Pasha, by the Society for the Preservation of the 

 Monuments of Ancient Egypt, to prevent, if possi- 

 ble, any such consequences accruing. The memori- 

 alists observe that the monuments of Egypt are in 

 the interest of the whole world. 



