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T II K I I? H IGAT I O N A (i K. 



71.8 per cent. United States Reclamation Service and 

 Carey Act works are to be turned over to the water users 

 for operation and maintenance as soon as they are paid 

 for. Including these, 91.8 per cent of the acreage irri- 

 gated in 1909 was supplied by works controlled by the 

 water users. 



Streams supplied 1,113,774 acres, or 98.3 per cent of 

 the total acreage irrigated in 1909; lakes supplied 120 

 acres, or less than one-tenth of 1 per cent; wells supplied 

 139 acres, or less than one-tenth of 1 per cent; springs sup- 

 plied 5,008 acres, or 0.4 per cent; and reservoirs supplied 

 .14,261 acres, or 1.3 per cent. 



UTAH'S IRRIGATION STATISTICS. 



The total number of farms irrigated in 1909 was 19,- 

 7CT9, against 17,924 in 1899, an increase of 1,785, or 10 per 

 cent. Within the same period the number of farms in 

 the state increased 11.8 per cent. The per cent of the 

 whole number of farms irrigated in 1909 was 90.9. In 

 1899 the per cent was 92.5. 



The total acreage irrigated in 1909 was 999,410 acres, 

 against 629,293 acres in 1899, an increase of 370,117, or 58.8 

 per cent. The irrigated area extended more rapidly than 

 the improved area, which increased during the 10 years by 

 32.6 per cent. The total acreage which all enterprises 

 were capable of supplying with water in 1910 was 1,250,- 

 246 acres, an excess of 250,836 acres aver the area irri- 

 gated in 1909. The acreage included in projects either 

 completed or under construction in 1910 was 1,947,625 

 acres, an ex-cess of 948,235 acres over the area irrigated 

 in 1909. This indicates the area which will be available 

 within the next few years for the extension of irrigation, 

 and shows that the area irrigated can be almost doubled 

 without the construction of additional works. 



The number of independent enterprises reported in 

 1910 was 2,472. The total length of all ditches was 7,562 

 miles, of which 5,764 miles were in main canals and 1,798 

 miles in laterals. The length of main canals reported in 

 1899 was 2,838 miles, showing an increase in the 10 years 

 of 2,926 miles, or 103. 1 per cent. The number of reser- 

 voirs reported was 482, having a combined capacity of 

 588,317 acre-feet. The number of wells pumped for irri- 

 gation was 27 and the number of pumping plants 70. The 

 engine capacity of pumping plants was 1,833 horsepower. 

 The acreage irrigated with pumped water was 2,859 acres. 

 Flowing wells supplied water for 4,10'0 acres. 



The total cost of irrigation systems reported in 1910 

 was $13,844,943, against $5,722,306 in 1899, an increase of 

 $8,122,637, or 141.9 per cent. The average cost per acre 

 in 1910 was $13.85, against $9.09 in 1899, an increase of 

 $4.76, or 52.4 per cent. The average cost of operation 

 and maintenance per acre in 1909 was 65 cents, against 24 

 cents in 1899, an increase of 41 cents, or 170.8 per cent. 



The acreage irrigated in 1909 has been classified ac- 

 cording to the state and Federal laws under which the 

 works were built or operated, as follows: United States 

 Indian Service (various acts of congress), 11,520 acres, or 

 1.2 per cent of the total; Carey Act (act of congress, 

 August 18, 1894), 5,000 acres, or 0.5 per cent of the total; 

 irrigation districts, 8,455 acres, or 0.8 per cent; co-opera- 

 tive enterprises, 681,760 acres, or 68.2 per cent; commer- 

 cial enterprises, 70,227 acres, or 7 per cent; and individual 

 and partnership enterprises, 222,448 acres, or 22.3 per cent. 

 The United States Reclamation Service is now engaged in 

 the construction of a large project, which will ultimately ir- 

 rigate an area of about 65,000 acres, and will take over 

 about 20,000 acres which in 1909 were irrigated by co-opera- 

 tive or partnership enterprises. Carey Act works are to be 

 turned over to the water users for operation and mainte- 

 nance as soon as they are paid for. Including these, 91.8 

 per cent of the acreage irrigated in 1909 was supplied by 

 works controlled by the water users. 



Streams supplied 957,359 acres, or 95.8 per cent of 

 the total acreage irrigated in 1909; lakes supplied 1,671 

 acres, or 0.2 per cent; wells supplied 4,400 acres, or 0.4 

 per cent; springs supplied 35,412 acres, or 3.5 per cent; 

 and reservoirs supplied 568 acres, or OM per cent. 



WANTED A REAL PARCEL POST.* 



Do you know, reader, that in carrying packages by 

 mail our government actually discriminates against its 

 own people in favor of other nations? Such is the case 

 and here are the facts: 



Our post office department at Washington has "con- 

 ventions," or agreements, with 29 other nations by which 

 it carries packages weighing up to 11 pounds from any 

 post office in this country to any post office in those 

 countries for 12 cents per pound. For 12 cents a pound 

 you can mail from your post office packages weighing up 

 to 11 pounds to London, Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm, Rio 

 Janeiro, Valparaiso, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Tokio, Peking, 

 Mukden and to more than 10,000 other foreign post offices 

 scattered all over the globe. But a package mailed to the 

 next town in the United States must not exceed four 

 pounds in weight and the carrying charge is 16 cents for 

 each pound. 



And as though these discriminations were not enough, 

 our postmaster-general has made arrangements with Brit- 

 ish post office authorities recently whereby mail packages 

 up to 11 pounds are carried from any post office in Eng- 

 land, Scotland, Ireland or Wales to any post office in the 

 United States for the following charges: 



Up to 3 pounds, 30 cents. 



Up to 7 pounds, 55 cents. 



Up to 11 pounds, 79 cents. 



By this agreement a British subject can send 11 

 pounds in one package from his post office to your post 

 office for 79 cents; while you wishing to mail matter 

 weighing 11 pounds to your nearest post office in this 

 country must break it up into three packages of not over 

 four pounds each and pay $1.76 postage a discrimination 

 of 100 per cent against you. 



As allowed by law, the postmaster-general is steadily 

 extending these special postal privileges to foreign na- 

 . tions. This is right and best for all concerned. 



On the other hand, the only change congress has 

 made in carrying parcels for our own people during the 

 last fifty years is that in 1875 it raised the postage on 

 parcels from 8 to 16 cents per pound, i. e., doubled the 

 cost. 



Several parcel post bills are now before congress, and 

 the senate committee on post offices and post roads, Jon- 

 athan Bourne, chairman, is hard at work gathering all 

 available information on the subject. It is reasonable to 

 believe that ere long, when the data have all been gath- 

 ered and duly considered, the senate committee will an- 

 nounce a new bill, acceptable to all who desire a reason- 

 able parcel post. 



Congress should provide a parcel post service some- . 

 what as follows: 



(1) Carry packages originating and ending on the 

 same rural route at a nominal cost, because the income 

 therefrom would be nearly all profit to the government. 



(2) Establish parcel post zones, or circles, of 50, 200, 

 etc., miles radius from each post office. Make a low car- 

 rying charge within the first zone, because of the short 

 haul and the large volume of business that would result. 



(3) Enlarge the weight limit on parcels carried on 

 rural routes to not less than 25 pounds, and elsewhere to 

 not less than 11 pounds. 



DO IT NOW. 



Remit $2.50 for the "Primer of Hydraulics," cloth 

 bound ; it is ready now. 



A HINT TO COTTON GROWERS. 



Cotton importation has shown a steadv if not rapid 

 growth, especially during the last 20 years. Prior to 

 the Civil War the quantity imported seldom reached more 

 than 1,000,000 pounds per annum. During the war the 

 quantity imported was quite large, ranging as high as 

 3f ,000,000 pounds in 1865, but dropping to 6,000,000 pounds 

 in 1866, and less than 1,000,000 pounds in 1867. By 1870 

 the total importation of cotton was 1,670,000 pounds; in 

 1880, 3,500,000: in 1890, 8,500,000; in 1900, 67,000,000; in 

 1910, 86,000,000, and in 1911, 113,750,000 pounds. 



*By W. A. Henry, formerly dean of College of Agriculture, Madi- 

 son, Wis. 



