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Options on land near Devine, Texas, have been taken by 

 J. Miller, representative of a stock company that has been 

 formed in the North for the purpose of irrigating a large 

 tract of land in that section. The company, it is stated, 

 is capitalized at $4,000,000. It is their intention to pur- 

 chase between 25,000 and 30,000 acres of land and sink 

 several wells that flow into a reservoir, which, with the 

 aid of three dams, will impound many million gallons 

 of water. 



Private capital will irrigate an 18,000-acre tract of land 

 near Plainview, Texas, and subdivide it into forty-acre farms. 

 The names of the promoters have not yet been made 

 public. 



F. MAYER BOOT & SHOE CO. 

 Milwaukee, Wis. 



IRRIGATION STATISTICS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. 



The total acreage irrigated in 1909 was 63,248 acres, 

 against 43,676 acres in 1899, an increase of 19,572 acres, or 

 44.8 per cent. During the same period the improved area 

 on farms increased 40.2 per cent, showing a very slight 

 increase in the per cent of improved land irrigated from 

 0.39 per cent in 1899 to 0.40 per cent in 1909. 



The total acreage which all enterprises were capable 

 of irrigating in 1910 was 128,481 acres, an excess of 65,233 

 over the area irrigated in 1909, showing that the present 

 irrigated acreage can be doubled without the construction 

 of new works. The acreage included in projects now com- 

 pleted or under construction is 201,685 acres, an excess of 

 138,437 acres over the area irrigated in 1909. This indi- 

 cates in a general way the acreage which will be available 

 for settlement within the next few years. 



The number of independent enterprises reported in 1909 

 was 395, against 188 in 1899, an increase of 207, or 110.1 

 per cent. This per cent is much higher than the per cent 

 of increase in the acreage irrigated, indicating that the 

 newer enterprises are smaller than the older ones. Many 

 of the new ones are reservoirs and artesian wells irrigat- 

 ing single farms. The length of main ditches in 1909 was 

 631 miles, against 223 miles in 1899, an increase of 183 per 

 cent. This high percentage indicates again the decreased 

 size of enterprises. The number of reservoirs reported is 

 314. Most of these are small, irrigating single farms, or 

 small parts of single farms. 



The total cost of irrigation systems as reported for 

 1910 was $3,043,186, against $270,018 in 1899, an increase 

 of $2,773,168, or 1,027 per cent. The average cost per acre 



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