PULSE OF THE IRRIGATION INDUSTRY. 



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The Arkansas Valley Land and Irrigation Com- 

 pany expect to sow 15,000 acres of wheat along the 

 line of the A. T. & S. Y. R. R. from Barton county to 

 the Colorado line. 



The great Arkansas valley is a first-class region for 

 the pumping system of irrigation. 



Prof. Haworth, geologist of the Kansas State Uni- 

 versity, says that the soil of Kansas and much of 

 Missouri is bringing forth but a ^fraction of what it 

 is capable. The wind power is unlimited. Rain 

 falling on the surface even on the high plains finds 

 its way downward to a hard stratum which holds the 

 water, and it can be easily lifted to the surface by 

 pumps. 



The 32d Judicial District Irrigation Association at 

 Hugoton recently completed its organization by 

 adopting a constitution and by-laws. 



Under the auspices of the Barton County Irrigation 

 Association a test of the water supply at Great Bend 

 was made at the request of E. B. Cowgill of the Kan- 

 sas Farmer. The following was the result: Length 

 of test, 1^4, hours, continuous run; amount of water 

 pumped, 190,625 gallons; depth of well, 35 feet; 

 amount of gasoline consumed, 5*-^ gallons, costing 55 

 cents. Suction was through a six-inch drive point, 

 and at the end of seven and a half hours there was no 

 perceptible decrease in the amount of water pumped. 

 The Weber Gas and Gasoline Engine Company fur- 

 nished the engine. 



Dickinson county is taking great interest in irriga- 

 tion and many experiments are now being made. 



Western Kansas will ask the legislature the com- 

 ing winter to appropriate money to test the question 

 of the underflow and its extent. 



The Barton County Irrigation Company have be- 

 gun a permanent survey of an irrigation ditch that 

 will water 200,000 acres of land in the Arkansas and 

 Walnut valleys north of Great Bend. 



A large irrigation convention was held in Concordia 

 late in September. Four hundred people were pres- 

 ent, and there was much interest aroused. 



The Kansas State Irrigation Convention will be 

 held in Hutchinson, November 25, and an immense 

 practical display of all varieties of irrigation ma- 

 chinery is promised. There will be many prominent 

 speakers. 



The Second Annual Fair of Finney county, Kan- 

 sas, which was held in Garden City, October 3 to 

 October 6, was very successful, not less than 10,000 

 people visiting it. Garden City is the home of wind- 

 mill irrigation, and the display of pumping machinery 

 and appliances was complete in every particular. All 

 of the prominent manufacturers of windmills, pumps 

 and engines were represented and the display at- 

 tracted much attention. *| 



The agricultural and horticultural products on ex- 

 hibition show that Western Kansas is a veritable 

 garden spot, and capable of raising all varieties of 

 fruits and vegetables when irrigated. 



Let your windmill soak the ground with water this 

 fall. 



Garfield courity is actively interested in irrigation. 



Work was commenced sometime ago on the Farm- 

 ers' and Merchants' Irrigation Canal in Dawson 

 county. 



J. H. Wagner, of Wolbach, has invented a new irri- 

 gating machine. 



The late meeting of the Nebraska Bankers' Associ- 

 ation devoted considerable attention to irrigation. 



The people in the vicinity of Sidney are sinking a 

 number of wells to obtain the necessary water for 

 irrigating. 



The Lillian Precinct Irrigation Company, of Custer 

 county, Neb., have twenty-five teams at work on their 

 ditch out of the Middle Loup river. 



The Middle Loup Irrigation Company have fifty 

 team at work on the north side of the Middle Loup 

 river. 



The Nebraska Irrigation and Power Company have 

 commenced active work on a ditch extending from 

 one-half mile west of the town of Ericson, to the 

 mouth of Clear creek, eight miles down the Cedar 

 valley. This ditch will water 3,000 acres of land in 

 Greeley and Wheeler counties. 



Over 100 men are now at work on the Kearney ca- 

 nal in Nebraska. The new waste weir is being built 

 of solid masonry, and will cost about $20,000. In 

 addition to supplying all the water necessary for irri- 

 gating, this canal will furnish a water power of about 

 9,000-horse power. 



B. A. Jones' irrigation plant on the Lodge Pole 

 creek is proving a great success. With a windmill 

 and a deluge pump, invented by Mr. Miles, of Pax- 

 ton, water is raised from a big well near the creek at 

 the rate of about 400 barrels an hour. 



NEBRASKA. 



Center township, Buffalo county, is agitating the 

 irrigation question. 



Hayes county expects to take advantage of the 

 underflow from the Platte river. 



CALIFORNIA. 



The board of directors of the Modesto irrigation 

 district recently sold bonds of par value of over 

 $80,000 and the work of completing the canal will be 

 pushed rapidly. 



The annual meeting of the stockholders of the 

 Santa Ana Valley Irrigation company was lately held 

 and a new board of directors elected. S. Armor was 

 chosen president. 



H. J. Langdon of Oroville is now irrigating 180 

 acres, and pumps the water through 4,000 feet of iron 

 pipe and 1,500 feet of ditch. He estimates the cost 

 at $1.50 an acre. 



The money collected in taxes last year by the Ana- 

 heim Irrigation district, before Judge Towner's de- 

 cision enjoining the further collection of the tax, will 

 be returned to those who paid it. 



S. F. Leib of West Side in the Santa Clara valley 

 has a very large and fine prune orchard which he has 

 lately irrigated at great expense, but the yield has 

 been increased so much that he estimates it will be 

 but three years before he is repaid for the outlay. 



The excavations for the dam in Von Segern can- 

 yon, near Escondido, Cal., have proceeded sufficient- 

 ly to enable the men to begin masonry work. The 

 dam, when completed, will be eighty feet high and 

 will cost $85,000, but its completion will not be neces- 

 sary for the handling of flowing water the first 

 season. 



