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THE IREIGATION AGE. 



BRIEF NOTES FROM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



Washington 



A movement was inaugurated SOUK- 

 months ago for an irrigation project 

 for the Kettle river valley of Wash- 

 ington. The plan is to utilize the 

 waters of Curlew lake for the pur- 

 pose. The department of the interior 

 sent D. L. Redmond, an engineer, to 

 look over the project. He says in 

 his report: 



"The project is recommended as 

 being feasible. It is thought that the 

 cost should not exceed $30 per acre, 

 and irrigation would at least double 

 this value to the land watered. 



"The project can be handled best 

 by the Indian service on account of 

 the percentage of Indian land in- 

 volved. The white land owners could 

 form an irrigation district under the 

 state law and all business with the 

 Indian service carried on through this 

 organization." 



The decision of Clay Tallman, com- 

 missioner of the general land office, 

 to attempt to save for public use the 

 Lake Wenatchee water supply will 

 be good news to those who have 

 spent labor and money in the effort 

 to finance the Quincy valley irriga- 

 tion project in Washington. 



The advantage of putting under ir- 

 rigation the vast area in Central 

 Washington covered by the project 

 without question will outweigh in 

 public good any other use that might 

 be made of the water of the lake. 

 The voters of the state were unwill- 

 ing to assume the burden of financ- 

 ing the project, but if there is a pos- 

 sibility of saving the resources so 

 that the project may be realized in 

 the future it should be done. 



Judge Frank Rudkin, in federal 

 court at Yakama, Wash., reduced the 

 minimum price which may be ac- 

 cepted for the property of the Han- 

 ford Irrigation & Power Company, 

 estimated to be worth $1,000,000, by 

 Receiver Benson when the property 

 is next offered for sale March 20, to 

 $45,000 cash. The former minimum 

 was $380,000, of which $45,000 to 

 cover receiver's costs was to be in 

 cash and the balance might be in 

 bonds of the company. While the 

 assets are large the purchaser is 

 bound to fulfill, contracts with water 

 users which are considered a heavy 

 liability, as $100,000 must be imme- 

 diately expended in improvements. 

 The company has an indebtedness in 

 bonds and otherwise of $900,000. 



Kansas 



There is never a scarcity of water 

 on a 640-acre Broad-acre ranch, five 

 miles west of Garden City, Kan. Al- 

 falfa is the leading crop, there being 

 400 acres on the place. The live 

 stock includes 250 hogs and 356 head 

 of cattle, largely Herefords. \V. !I. 

 Wheeler is general manager and part 

 owner. 



Three systems supply water. From 

 the Arkansas river by a direct ditch, 

 from the river through a reservoir 



and by pumping the underflow, water 

 is received. The ranch owns stock 

 in the Garden City ditch, which leads 

 directly from the river, and this water 

 is used when it is possible. Water i> 

 available from this ditch much of 

 the time. 



Another system, the Great Eastern 

 ditch, is used to supply water when 

 it can not be obtained directly from 

 the river. A reservoir furnishes this 

 water. Sometimes both systems fail 

 to supply the wim-r net-tied. The 

 pump is then started, and the water 

 is lifted directly from the underflow. 

 This pumping plant, on account of 

 its huge size, has attracted much at- 

 tention. 



The plant consists of a battery of 

 twenty-three wells connected to one 

 pump. This is a No. 2 American 

 pump, with 12-inch discharge pipe. 



state appropriation of $500 for the 

 purpose of constructing a dam across 

 the Walnut river near Ness City, for 

 use in irrigation experiments. 



Senator Paul Klein has introduced 

 a bill in the Kansas legislature for a 



Schuyler Jones of Wichita. Kan., is 

 such a firm believer in the advantages 

 of irrigation in the Arkansas Valley, 

 that he has placed an order for an- 

 other irrigation outfit. Mr. Jones 

 put in a tine irrigation plant on his 

 alfalfa farm near Valley Center a 

 year ago last fall. It was such a 

 success that he cut twice as much 

 alfalfa from it last year as was cut by 

 his neighbors on land not irrigated. 



He owns a Co-acre farm just north 

 of Wichita along the Little Arkansas 

 river and he proposes to put this all 

 under irrigation in time to insure a 

 crop this year. 



"You may tell the world for me 

 that I am a firm believer in irriga- 

 tion," said Mr. Jones. "I believe the 

 time will come when a majority of 



International Harvester 

 Engines for Irrigating 



WHEN you put in an irrigating plant 

 of your own, the most important 

 thing to get is an engine that will run 

 your plant at any time you want water. 

 Make the safest selection and buy an I H C 

 oil and gas engine Mogul or Titan. 



An I H C outfit delivers the most power 

 on the smallest fuel consumption. It uses the fuel 

 that is cheapest or most convenient for you to buy. 

 In case of accident you can get repairs in a few 

 hours. 



The same engine may be used for running a saw, 

 Cream separator, feed grinder, hay press, or auy 

 Other machine to which power may be applied. 



I H C engines are made in sizes from 1 to 50-horse 

 power and in styles suitable for every form of 

 irrigating outfit or for general farm work. 



The 1 H C local dealer near you should be able to 

 show you I H C engines. If he cannot, write us, 

 and we will tell you who handles them. 



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