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IRRIGATION FARMING. 





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87,840 

 61,920 

 31,680 

 180,000 

 151,200 

 64,800 

 31,680 

 254,880 

 174,240 

 100,880 

 71,560 

 40,320 

 47,680 





1U3 acres 

 86 acres 

 37 acres 

 18 acres 

 146 acres 

 100 acres 

 63 acres 

 40 acres 

 23 acres 

 25 acres 



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90 by 75 feet 

 90 by 60 feet 

 60 by 40 feet 

 50 by 30 feet 

 125 by^BO feet 

 90 by 75 feet 

 75 by 50 feet 

 65 by 40 feet 

 50 by 30 feet 

 50 by 35 feet 



acre sizes, holding from 8 to 16 acre feet of water. 

 I^arge reservoirs of one and two acre sizes, 8 feet deep; 

 banks 9 feet high, base 45 feet. A square acre is 209 

 feet on each side. A two-acre reservoir would be 

 209 X418 feet. 



The Wind Rustler. — A queer arid simple con- 

 trivance this, and quite common in Western Kansas. 

 One of these odd arrangements to attrac5l the curiosity 

 of the modern Don Quixotes of the plains is but poorly 

 illustrated in Fig. 77. In this machine the fans are 

 eight feet long and three feet wide, with their broad- 

 sides placed so as to catch the prevailing north and 

 south winds. The box is a trifle over eight feet square, 

 with the axle of the wheel resting on the top and sides. 

 The lumber had to be hauled fifty miles, and yet the 

 whole plant cost the maker but fifty dollars. The 



