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THE IRRIGATIOX AGE. 



brought under cultivation. The Se- 

 vier Land & Water Company has re- 

 inforced the dam and raised the crest 

 :;.-> feet. 



Miscellaneous 



The Reclamation Service is asking 

 for proposals for the construction of 

 about five miles of the north canal 

 and fourteen miles of laterals on the 

 Belle Fourche Project, South Dakota. 

 The work involves the excavation of 

 about 199,200 cubic yards of material 

 north and east of Newell. Bids will 

 be opened at four o'clock, April 15. 

 at the office of the Reclamation Ser- 

 vice, Newell, S. D. 



A. W. Lawrence is making prepara- 

 tions to put in an irrigation system 

 on his fruit farm near Sturgeon Bay, 

 Wis. 



The Central Oregon Irrigation 

 Company has been prohibited from 

 making any more sales of land from 

 its grant in eastern Oregon without 

 previously taking the matter up with 

 the State Land Board. The cause of 

 the action is based on the claim that 

 the company, because of seepage, is 

 unable to irrigate all the lands which 

 it had sold and held open for entry. 



Despairing of any large concern 

 undertaking reclamation of the set- 

 tled lands of the ceded portion of the 

 Wind River Indian Reservation, the 

 settlers of the Lost Well Butte sec- 

 tion of these lands have decided to 

 apply to the state for a water-right 

 covering 10.000 acres and to construct 

 a system of their own. The plan calls 

 for a main ditch about 30 miles in 

 length, which, it is estimated, can be 

 built for about $120,000. 



MEET FROST WITH HEAT 



Be prepared for late spring frosts. 

 A specialist of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, in discussing 

 orchard heating, makes the following 

 suggestions : 



"It is better to have many sources 

 of heat than few even though the 

 total amount of heat is the same in 

 both instances. The heaters should 

 be placed from 20 to 22 feet apart 

 each way in rows between the trees 

 rather than near to or under the trees, 

 and on the windward side of the or- 

 chard they should be about 10 feet 

 apart in a row, perhaps 15 or 20 feet 

 away from the first row of trees and 

 outside of the orchard. This outside 

 row thus has an extra number of 

 heaters because it must protect the 

 first row of trees and because the heat 

 from it is so much scattered by the 

 wind that fewer heaters could not give 

 the necessary protection. The heaters 

 are placed in rows to facilitate filling, 

 lighting, and extinguishing them. 



"The condition of the fruit buds 

 whether partly open, or wide open, 

 makes some little difference in the 

 danger point of the temperature, but 

 as soon as they first begin to open, 

 32 F. had better be accepted as 

 meaning trouble. While the buds are 

 still closed they will stand a lower 

 temperature and heating is seldom or 

 never done until they begin to open. 

 Good judgment is necessary at this 

 (Continued on page 184) 



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