10 GUAM AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



bare needs of the station's live stock, but also the water obtained was 

 badly contaminated. Irripiting directly from the well had become 

 impossible, and almost all of the water used on the garden and trees 

 durino- the dry seasons was hauled some distance. A reliable water 

 siij^ply was, therefore, of the greatest importance. About March 15 

 work was started on a new well in the bed of the Masso River, where 

 in normal seasons during about five months of the year there is no 

 flowing water. The digging was continued to a depth of about 21 

 feet below the surface of the ground, or 11 feet below the bed of the 

 river. A recent test show^ed that the well would supply at least 

 0,000 gallons of water each 24 hours. To prevent contamination and 

 caving in, the well was inclosed with a 6-inch concrete wall, with a 

 concrete slab on top. The new well has an almost inestimable value 

 to the station. The live stock is assured of pure water, and during 

 dry seasons light irrigations can be given to the orchards and gar- 

 dens, and possibly to the hog pastures. Since the well has given such 

 large supplies of water at the end of a dry season of exceptional 

 intensity, there would seem to be no doubt but that the water problem 

 is solved for the present. 



In order to pump the water into the station's concrete reservoir, of 

 about 20,000 gallons capacity, situated on a hill about 85 feet above 

 the well, a 2-horsepower engine, directly connected to a pump, was 

 installed and a 2-inch direct pipe laid from the pump to the 

 reservoir. 



Almost all of the fences on the station farm were rebuilt during 

 the past fiscal year. The posts, of native timbers, were badly rotted 

 and the woven-wire fencing was being tw^isted and ruined. New^ 

 fence posts were obtained from forests near the station and from the 

 Cotot stock farm. Past experience has served to show, however, that 

 the native-timber posts, commonly used, last only about 2 years. 

 To overcome the necessity of replacing fence posts, the station com- 

 menced to use reinforced concrete posts during the past year. Con- 

 crete posts cost about 40 cents each, and this low cost, combined with 

 their proved durability, makes them especially desirable. About 100 

 posts were made, and as the w^ooden posts in the permanent lines of 

 fence rot out they will be replaced gradually by concrete ones. 



During the year 3 new pasture lots were provided. A hog pasture, 

 embracing 2 lots and containing about 3 acres of productive, w^ell- 

 drained soil, was fenced with galvanized woven-wire fencing on posts 

 set 8 feet apart. The lots will be planted to Para grass and annual 

 pasture crops. A goat pasture of 2 lots was inclosed on high, well- 

 drained timberland, which has proved satisfactory from every stand- 

 point. The third pasture was fenced for the station mares. 



