IOO,CX)0 ACRES ARE IRRIGATED FROM THE IMPOUNDED WATERS OF CACHE CREEK. A SPLENDID SYSTEM 



or CAJSIALS DISTRIBUTES THE SUPPLY 



Irrigation 



This is the age of irrigation. For years it had beer^ the practice of 

 successful farmers to rely entirely upon the seasonal rainfall, which was 

 regarded as ample for grains, horticulture, and all branches of agriculture, 

 and few failures were ever recorded. But long since it was determined that 

 both yield and quality of fruits of all kinds are improved manyfold with 

 the aid of irrigation. Besides, the irrigating ditch full of water or the well 

 harnessed with electricity are absolute safeguards against possible drought, 

 and they also give assurance of the proper amount of moisture at the exact 

 time it is required. 



Government engineers unhesitatingly have declared that the topographical 

 and hydrographical conditions in Yolo County are such that irrigation by 

 means of a canal system can be developed and maintained here better than 

 anywhere on the Pacific Coast. The Yolo County Water and Power Company 

 system now covers approximately 100,000 acres, and is capable of being 

 developed to double its present capacity. This company takes its supply 

 from Cache Creek, in Capay Valley, and distributes it by means of first-class 

 canals. There is always sufficient water when it is required. 



The reclamation of overflowed lands is another feature of development 

 that is under way in Yolo County. Within a very short time fully 100,000 

 acres of this very fertile land will be available, and the diversity of crops 

 that may be grown on this soil will astonish a person not familiar with this 

 rich land. 



Throughout the county there has been no difftculty in tapping an inex- 

 haustible subterranean water supply, and, w4th the certainty of electric 

 power for pumping purposes farmers everywhere are availing themselves of 

 this inexpensive method of irrigation. One company, which had planted 

 sugar beets, requiring a large amount of water, irrigated 2,000 acres from 



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