FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



January 



THE SIPHON ASCENDING A HILLSIDE. 



bench flume the water enters an inverted 

 siphon consisting of two parallel red- 

 wood pipes, one 30 and the other 32 

 inches in diameter. 



By this system of flume, siphon, and 

 cement-lined ditch the water does not 

 touch earth for the first eight miles of 

 its course, and where before 33 per 

 cent by actual measurement was lost 

 through seepage and evaporation, the 

 loss is now nominal. 



The cost of these improvements was 

 about $45,000, and will be entirely re- 



covered when the i , 200 new water rights 

 are sold. 



The water delivered to each farm is 

 measured over a Cippoletti weir, and 

 one cubic foot per second is allowed to 

 each 80 acres. The lands irrigated lie 

 on and near "Nob Hill," one of the 

 most picturesque irrigation settlements 

 in the Yakima Valley. Alfalfa, hops, 

 and most excellent apples are grown 

 and give profitable returns, even with 

 such values as $200 to $800 per acre on 

 the land. 



