THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



gated farms should be well assured that 

 such is the case, crops are sure and the el- 

 ement of chance largely eliminated. 



2nd. Statistics show that the crops on 

 irrigated lands, year in and year out, aver- 

 age about double those produced by "Pro- 

 vidence farming," while to quote from the 

 Wyoming Agricultural Experiment Station 

 Bulletin, "an increase of two bushels per 

 acre more than pays the cost of irrigation." 



3rd. The quality of the product is also 

 better under irrigation. This same wheat 

 weighed 66 Ibs. to the bu. Oats from the 

 same fertile valley, exhibited at the 

 World's Fair, weighed 56 Ibs. per bu. Al- 

 so the prize barley at the World's Fair, 

 which also came from this valley, was pro- 

 duced by irrigation. The average potato 

 yield under irrigation is also more than 

 double that under ordinary conditions, 



Feeding sheep on alfalfa. Five 



This same bulletin gives the yield of wheat 

 produced at the station at Saratoga, North 

 Platte Valley, Carbon Co , Wyo , at 40.2 

 bu p<>r acre, at a cost of $7.80 per acre, 

 yielding a very handsome profit, especially 

 at the present price of $1.35 a bu. This 

 yield is not exceptional, but under irriga- 

 tion may be duplicated each year without 

 fear of failure or damage. It is also no un- 

 common tiling to cut 5 tons of hay per acre 

 in a single season to supplement an exten- 

 sive free stock range. 



tons per acre raised K y irrigation. 



with nearly all of a marketable size. 



4th. The hay and grain are also harvest- 



ed without fear of damage by storm-* in 



the harvest season to beat down or rust the 



grain or sprout the shock or spoil the hay. 



5th. On account of the limited area in 

 the arid regions which it is possible to ir- 

 rigate and cultivate, and the demand at 

 the adjacent mines, a demand which must 

 ever be in part supplied by products from 

 the East, the prices of products rule high. 



For example, the following market quo- 



