THE IRRIGATION AGE 



VOL. XXVIII 



CHICAGO, JUNE, 1913. 



No. 8 



THE IRRIGATION AGE 



With which is Merged 



The National Land and Irrigation Journal 



MODERN IRRIGATION THE DRAINAGE JOURNAL 



THE IRRIGATION ERA MID-WEST 



ARID AMERICA THE FARM HERALD 



THE IBKIGATOK 



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A Denver exchange states that an in- 

 Lane terview with Secretary of Interior 



Promises Lane gave Jos. A. Simpson, well 



Broader known from his connection' with a 



Policy. number of large irrigation enter- 



prises, the impression that a much 

 broader policy would be followed by present secretary 

 than by his predecessor. Sacretary Lane told Mr. 

 Simpson that he was at present getting his bearings. 

 It is believed that the rules of the department as en- 

 forced by the various secretaries since Pinchot's idea 

 became dominant, would be entirely changed. Mr. 

 Simpson talked with the secretary in regard to a large 

 Carey Act project, intended to embrace ultimately 

 280,000 acres in eastern Utah on the Green river. The 

 project contemplates a dam on the Green river, and 

 the irrigation of tracts on both sides of the river be- 

 low. All of the preliminary plans are completed and 

 the undertaking, it is expected, will be pushed ahead 

 as soon as a favorable decision from the department 

 of the interior is received. Judging from reports of 

 this character, which reach us from time to time, from 

 the west, we get the impression that there is a re- 

 newed activity along the line of irrigation under the 

 Carey Act. This is a cheerful outlook and means 

 much for the west. 



The importance of the irrigation of 

 Census the arid states is illustrated by records 



Bureau of the United States census bureau 



Irrigation which show that the total cost of such 



Report. enterprises has increased about 300 



per cent in the last ten years. This 

 takes in the period since the passage of the Reclama- 

 tion Law. In no state of the arid region was the in- 

 crease less than 100 per cent. The final cost as esti- 

 mated nearly three years ago was about $424,000,000. 

 The last census shows about 160,000 farms, represent- 

 ing 14.000,000 acres under irrigation. Alfalfa is the 

 big irrigated crop. The last available census report 

 which covers the year 1909 shows that more than 

 2,000,000 acres of this crop were cultivated on irri- 

 gated land in that year, the value being nearly $60,- 

 000,000, or more than three times in value that of the 

 next most valuable product orchard fruits. The cen- 

 sus report shows that irrigation is being extensively 

 practiced in the growing of rice in Louisiana, Texas 

 and Arkansas where more than 95 per cent of the 1910 

 crop of this staple was harvested. From these figures, 

 it will be readily seen that the heavy investments by 

 the federal government under the Reclamation Law, 

 and the expenditures of individuals on private rec- 

 lamation propects are producing excellent results. 



