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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



THE ROOF-TREES GROWING. 



L L. Doty, east of the city, irrigates a thrifty orch- 

 ard and grows vegetables by the aid of an eight-inch 

 pump and twelve-foot mill. Across the way, A. 

 Bartlett has vineyard, orchard and garden, and the 

 roadway between is shaded by three rows of trees, 

 one on either side and one row down the middle, 

 making a beautiful twin avenue. Among others who 

 are pioneers in pump irrigation are W. R. Grace, 

 E J. Johnson, John Simon and J. C. Allen, each ot 

 whose homes, with the methods pursued and results 

 obtained, would furnish material for an interesting 

 separate paper. 



Another grower has a great field of melons, grown 

 for seed, for the house of D. M. Ferry & Co. Seed 

 growing by irrigation is developing into an important 

 industry, and the seedsmen tell us that the seeds are 

 equal to the best, while the yield is comparatively cer- 

 tain and large in quantity. 



It would be impracticable to give, off-hand, any- 

 thing like a complete list of the persons in this local- 

 ity who are employing pumping plants for use in 

 irrigation. There are upward of seventy-five in- 

 stallations now in use, and the number will be 

 largely increased the coming year. At many other 

 points in Western Kansas, notably at Goodland, 

 Sherman county, at Tribune, Greeley county, at 

 Larned, Pawnee county, at Great Bend, Barton 

 county, and at Dodge City, Ford county, pumping 

 plants are already in successful operation and lead- 

 ing to the establishment of very many more. Oddly 



enough, by far the most expensive installations for 

 irrigation in the State have been put in place the 

 past season in the humid half, the largest of all being 

 that of G. M. Munger, of Eureka, Greenwood coun- 

 ty, in 'the southeastern portion of the State, whose 

 installation costs in the neighborhood of $15,000, and 

 is designed to irrigate at least 500 acres of land, 

 though it has capacity for more. 



FISHY, VERY FISHY! 



Among the by-products, so to speak, of the wind- 

 mill and reservoir system of irrigation are the pro- 

 duction of ice, which may be carried to the extent of 

 being a great aid to dairying and to the cold storage 

 of perishable products, and the production of fish. 

 The fish pond, by the way, may easily be made to 

 rank above the old cow and the poultry yard as a 

 reliable and prolific source of food supply, judging 

 from the present shape of development here. The 

 German carp has been tested most extensively, so 

 far, but the black bass, channel cat, mud cat, and a 

 few other varieties may be found in some of the ponds. 

 In the spring of '93, E. J. Johnson " rented'' seven 

 carp to L. L. Doty on shares. They were put into 

 Doty's pond in May, and in the fall the water was 

 drained off, and Johnson received back his original 

 seven " head " and eleven hundred young fish as his 

 half of the increase of the plant. Doesn't that beat 

 h h henneries! The remarkable fecundity of the 

 finny tribe renders it an easy matter for any one who 

 has a small pond to soon have it fairly teeming with 

 fish. If well fed, they grow rapidly; if a pond is over- 



A PUMPING PLANT AND CABBAGE FIELD NEAR GARDEN CITY. 



