IOO 



THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



struction in the field. An excellent departure from 

 the class-room routine. 



Grain hay is being shipped from Phoenix to Los 

 Angeles, Cal. 



Herbert Brown, of the Citizen, has donated to the 

 Arizona University a remarkable and very valuable 

 collection of 1,200 birds and a great variety of eggs, 

 illustrating the ornithology of the Territory. 



COLORADO. 



Boulder County farmers will contribute liberally of 

 seed potatoes, raised by irrigation, to the drouth- 

 stricken brethren of Western Nebraska. 



Montrose fruit growers are considering a canning 

 factory proposition. 



Abundance of water for the canals in all parts of 

 the State is assured for the coming season. 



The city of Greeley positively interdicts the "living 

 picture" performances. 



The Union Pacific last season hauled 214 trains of 

 deciduous fruits, 159 of oranges, and 8 European spe- 

 cials. 



There is active rivalry among the ditch companies 

 taking water out of the Arkansas. The time is close 

 at hand when storage will have to be provided, or 

 there will not be enough in the dry season to go 

 around. 



It is possible that the Colorado Legislature will 

 provide by law for an artesian well experiment or 

 two, on demand of the irrigators. 



IDAHO. 



The Weiser Signal favors the indorsement of irri- 

 gation district bonds by the State to secure the ben- 

 efit of better credit and a lower rate of interest. With 

 proper restrictions and supervision it mightbe permis- 

 sible, but it would give opportunity for serious abuses 

 without. 



The Legislature has passed a joint memorial pray- 

 ing Congress to appropriate 8125,000 for surveys in 

 the State to assist in carrying out the provisions of 

 the Carey bill. 



NEW MEXICO. 



A letter from Santa Fe says that it is not likely any 

 material changes will be made in the irrigation laws 

 this winter. The present law is working very satisfacto- 

 rily. Two or three bills on the subject have been de- 

 feated. The snows are very heavy, and plenty of 

 water is assured for the coming summer. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Spokane Chronicle insists that the public sur- 

 veys should include at least a million acres in this 

 State for the present year; that actual settlement is 

 in advance of the surveyors. 



The great Nez Perces Reservation is soon to be 

 opened to settlers an opportunity for home-seekers. 



WYOMING. 



The immigration boards have failed to meet ex- 

 pectations. The public interest has not been suffi- 

 ciently aroused. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



C.K.Howard, on the Cheyenne river, has just finished 

 three miles of ditch, has put in a 20-horse power 

 engine and centrifugal pump to raise 2,200 gallons 

 per minute 18 feet high. This is to irrigate from 300 

 to 400 acres of bottom land, to be planted to alfalfa 



as an adjunct to cattle ranching. He will use the 

 alfalfa to give his calves continuous growth through 

 the first winter. 



NORTH DAKOTA. 



Cattle are reported as doing well on the ranges. 



Diversity of crops is a subject claiming the special 

 attention of farmers this winter. Wheat is getting 

 too low in price to depend on for an only crop. 



TEXAS. 



Irrigation from wells by windmill power is being 

 practically introduced in many places. Some gar- 

 deners in Hale County have produced a large crop of 

 celery by aid of windmill and pump, which will yield 

 them a handsome profit. 



E. H. LIBBY. 



Mr. E. H. Libby, having ceased to be connected in 

 any manner with THE IRRIGATION AGE, is now 

 engaged in promoting irrigation enterprises, and also 

 devoting considerable attention to colonization work 

 with the expectation of being successful in the attempt 

 to provide settlers for some land in Washington. 



A NOVEL ORCHARD PLAN. 



I. R. Beery and several associates at Payette, Idaho, 

 are arranging to develop a large orchard property 

 in the Payette "Valley on lands in the neighborhood 

 of the Plymouth Colony tract. They will plant this 

 land to peaches, pears, apples and prunes, and sell 

 stock in the Orchard Company. It will be conducted 

 under the California method of iirigation and culti- 

 vation and it is hoped that the stockholders will 

 realize good dividends as a result. 



The conditions for the enterprise are most favor- 

 able. The soil, climate and water supply are the best, 

 as the success of other orchards in the neighborhood 

 amply demonstrate. Such a company in such a 

 locality, with thoroughly competent management and 

 a conservative basis of capitalization, ought to prove 

 a good investment. There are great possibilities in this 

 line of business, and it would seem as if they might 

 be realized in the case of this enterprise. We would 

 suggest that another good feature of the plan would 

 be to make the stock good for the purchase of tracts 

 of these fruit lands and improvements, so that in- 

 vesters who might desire to make their homes upon 

 the lands at some time in the future would be able to 

 do so without further investment. The outcome of 

 this enterprise will be watched with great interest. 



The New York World says : "Art Idols of the 

 Paris Salon " is a quarterly publication begun by the 

 White City Art Company, Chicago, which will num- 

 ber in all 100 plates, about 15x20 inches in size, re- 

 producing the masterpieces of French art for 1894. 

 The January number contains six plates. The repro- 

 duction is admirable in its mechanical execution, 

 and the six plates are six gems. 



POULTRY AND EGGS. 



A very pretty little catalogue has been issued by 

 the Le Grand poultry ranch of West Riverside, Cal., 

 descriptive of their breed of single-comb White Leg- 

 horns. It is illustrated by many fine engravings of 

 the fowls and their houses. This ranch makes a 

 specialty of eggs for hatching, and has been very 

 successful in building up a trade. The catalogue 

 will be sent free on application. 



