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water. The first application was made May 10, the 

 last September 10, giving the consumer all the water 

 he could handle without waste, regardless of amount he 

 was entitled to. 



"In 1906 this same lateral used seventy-six one- 

 hundredths of an acre foot in thirty-one days of irri- 

 gation distributed from May 12 to Sept. 1, the increa&e 

 of quantity being caused by continued dry weather dur- 

 ing June and July. The land irrigated is heavy choco- 

 late loam, underlaid by clay, and is rolling prairie, af- 

 fording perfect drainage, no alkali being present in 

 quantity. 



"We deliver water from small reservoirs located 

 conveniently to the land to be irrigated, opening the 

 valves at 5 a. m. and closing at 5 p. m., giving the con- 

 sumer water during the whole day and thereby stopping 

 the waste which would be caused by allowing the water 

 to run both day and night. 



"In one lateral delivering water to fifteen consum- 

 ers, we found that from April 15 to Nov. 1, a period of 

 200 days, we delivered water for 120 days, amounting 

 in all to seventy-eight one-hundredths of an acre foot, 

 .the quantity delivered ranging from a quarter to three 

 cubic feet per second, giving consumers all the water 

 needed to keep their crops in good condition. 



"We find that in laterals delivering water to a 

 number of consumers, it is necessary to run only about 

 one-third the quantity the ditch is entitled to, as not 

 more than one-third of the consumers use water at uhc 

 same time. Assuming that the average depth of water 

 needed to soak ground thoroughly is one-fifth of an 

 acre foot, and that three to four irrigations are needed 

 during the season, taking four as an average, then at the 

 above rate eight-tenths of an acre foot is required to 

 mature a crop, leaving two-tenths of an acre foot for 

 loss in seepage and evaporation, bringing the depth of 

 water down to an acre foot for each acre irrigated. By 

 close application, and as the consumer learns the proper 

 amount and time for application of water, I think that 

 this duty can be further increased. I will briefly de- 

 scribe the system by which we make this high duty of 

 water possible : 



"1st, by reservoirs, storing water during winter 

 months and floods. 



"2nd, by running water to subsidiary reservoirs, 

 located near the land to be irrigated, during early spring 

 and late fall, thus avoiding excessive loss from evapora- 

 tion during the hot summer. 



"3rd, by delivering water only during the day time 

 from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m. whenever the consumer finds it 

 necessary for his growing crop. 



"4th, by delivering no water on Sundays, during 

 and after a rain, and by having all consumers working 

 to the common end of using as little water as possible 

 to mature their crop." 



Mr. Jones has been in the employ of the company 

 about four years, having taken charge in the fall of 

 1903. When he came there were some twenty-five set- 

 tlers on the property. Most of these removed during 

 the fall and winter, because through some mismanage- 

 ment they had not had sufficient water to mature their 

 crops. But three families remained. Today there are 

 sixty families in the colony, all of them prospering. 

 The farms in the colony average only twenty acres and 

 it opens the eyes of the "down-east" farmer when he 

 learns what can be done on these small tracts. The life 

 of the superintendent of irrigation on a property such 

 as this is by no means an easy one and the position re- 



KING DAVID APPLE 



The propagators of this apple say: 



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 to expect quality absolutely best, surpassing 

 Jonathan, Grimes or Spitzenburg; color beauti- 

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 a blending of the shades of Jonathan and Ar- 

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 We cannot see how either tree or fruit could 

 be improved; a strong, vigorous spreading 

 grower, large, heavy dark green foliage, a re- 

 markably young and heavy bearer." 



One of these King David Apple trees will be 

 sent to you by mail, free, on receipt of 81.00 for 

 one year's subscription to Irrigation Age. If 

 you are now paid up, you can renew and se- 

 cure a tree. 



Or we will send you one tree for your own iub- 

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 one tree will also be sent to each such subscri- 

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quires a man of intelligence and faithfulness. Mr. 

 Jones is one man in a thousand and it would be diffi- 

 cult to find another who could attain the same results. 

 He says that this proposition he is managing is one of 

 the best in the world and we can readily see where his 

 judgment is based. The soil is absolutely free from 

 alkali the bane of the irrigation farmer and is pro- 

 ductive almost beyond belief. The company is contem- 

 plating the construction, this fall, of another large res- 

 ervoir, near the Clark Reservoir and several smaller 

 basins and with added facilities for the construction 

 and application of water the property will be worth 

 many times what it is now selling for. 



One of the chief users of water from the Arapahoe 

 Canal is Mr. Rufus Clark, after whom the colony is 

 named. Mr. Clark has made a fortune truck garden- 

 ing on land to which the Denver Suburban Homes & 

 Water Company Jiow holds the title, having purchased 

 the property last spring. He is known throughout sev- 

 eral counties and in Denver as "Potato" Clark, because 

 of the small fortune he amassed in one year in the cul- 

 tivation of that vegetable. In the October issue we will 

 give some of results attained by Mr. Clark in his gar- 

 dening of from 125 to 150 acres, and we promise that 

 the figures will astonish the readers of the IRRIGATION 

 AGE. 



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