THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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mistakes made; and the rain farmer needs 

 a great deal more. An ounce of experi- 

 ence that is paid for is worth more than a 

 carload that some one else paid for. 



IRRIGATION AND THE ORIENTAL 

 TRADE. 



The most striking addition to Oriental 

 trade literature is the recent address of 

 William M. Bunker before the United 

 States House Committee on Irrigation. 

 Mr. Bunker discussed the interdependence 

 of irrigation and the Oriental trade, and 

 demonstrated the inevitable absorption by 

 the Orientals of any possible food-stuff 

 surplus of the far West. He said the 

 Oriental demand for American food-stuffs 

 is steadily increasing; the Orientals, in 

 several localities, prefer flour to rice, and 

 the increased tonnage in the trade between 

 the Pacific Coast and the Orient will de- 

 velop an immense market for our food- 

 stuffs. With this unlimited market at our 

 western doors, any increased food-stuff 

 output resulting, through the re- 

 clamation of the arid lands, will be ac- 

 tively absorbed. 



Having visited and crossed Asia as the 

 representative of the Chamber of Com- 

 merce of San Francisco, in order to per- 

 sonally study the Oriental market, and 

 that he might gauge the influence of the 

 trans-Siberian railway on Pacific Coast in- 

 terests, Mr. Bunker is thoroughly equipped 

 for the discussion of his vital subject. 

 His commercial story is more than inter- 

 esting and instructive it is tremendously 

 suggestive. It mirrors, with obvious fidel- 

 ity, a situation that hitherto has been only 

 imperfectly seen. After grasping the facts 

 and figures of Mr. Bunker's argument, and 

 noting the actual increase in Pacific ocean 

 tonnage, even the most casual observer 

 must realize that the surplus food-stuffs of 

 the far West will naturally and necessarily 

 represent a large portion of the freight 

 forwarded to the Orient. Mr. Bunker pre- 



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sibilities of American trade on the Pacific, 

 and shows that irrigation will contribute 

 largely thereto. Incidentally, Mr. Bunker 

 shows how fuel oil is cheapening Pacific 

 ocean transportation. 



WHAT IS BEING DONE AT HINS- 

 DALE. 



W. M. Wooldridge writes as follows re- 

 garding the new colony which the Great 

 Northern railway is establishing at Hins- 

 dale, Mont.: "A co-operative canal is 

 being built which will reclaim 2,600 acres, 

 at a cost of $21.000, nearly wholly in work, 

 at the rate of '$4 per day for man and 

 team, and $2 per day for man alone. This 

 is government land which has been entered 

 under the homestead act. If a title were 

 secured I could readily sell this land at $10 

 per acre with the water right in this canal, 

 to the settlers now coming in. This would 

 be $96.000 dedicated to the $21,000 of 

 cost, leaving a net profit of $75,000 for 

 these settlers for this year's work, which 

 is not a bad crop of itself, assuming that 

 the earning capacity of this land is $10 

 per acre per year, it means that $96,000 

 per year will be put in circulation in this 

 vicinity; heretofore I believe that this 

 was a very conservative statement." 



CONSTRUCTING AN IRRIGATING 

 PLANT. 



Our reservoir at present is under con- 

 struction. It will be about 110x50 feet 

 and will hold a little over 30,000 gallons 

 per foot of depth. We contemplate 10 

 feet of depth, though we are not likely to 

 need such a depth, as we have quite an in- 

 flow all the time. Have 1,000 feet of two- 

 inch pipe about 550 feet running south 

 and 450 running north of the pump, which 

 is a rotary (Rumsey) No. 5, capacity 100 

 gallons , per minute, with engine running 



250 revolutions. Our engine ,is a Charter 

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