THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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BRIEF NOTES FROM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



Utah 



The Utah legislature has passed 

 an act creating a commission on irri- 

 gation and water rights; an act pre- 

 scribing the duties of the state engi- 

 neer on the completion of work on 

 irrigation and reservoir projects, and 

 an act regulating the amount of com- 

 pensation to be paid water commis- 

 sioners. Governor Spry has signed 

 the measures. 



Farmers under the ditches of the 

 Realty Bond & Share Company, near 

 Brigham City, Utah, have decided not 

 to accept the offer of the company 

 to sell its system for $100,000. 



The Draper Irrigation Company has 

 begun the construction of a water 

 works system that will produce about 

 1,500,000 gallons of water a day. The 

 water will be piped from an intake 

 in Big Willow Creek east of Draper, 

 Utah. The system will be large 

 enough to supply eight small towns 

 besides Draper. 



An innovation in reclamation work 

 is to be launched by the Millard Coun- 

 ty Richlands Irrigation Company. The 

 company will open a tract of 10,600 

 acres, just west of Deseret and Hinck- 

 ley, Utah, to cultivation and irriga- 

 tion this spring. Past experience has 

 shown the danger of over-irrigation 

 in the fertile tracts of Millard county. 

 Therefore, this company is installing 

 a complete drainage system under the 

 supervision of the state engineer. Clay 

 tile pipe will be used in the construc- 

 tion of the drainage system. Drain 

 pipes will be laid at a minimum depth 

 of five feet, and the outlet of the sys- 

 tem will be in an old course of the 

 Sevier river, which affords the neces- 

 sary fall. Those interested in the 

 venture feel that while they are 

 launching the pioneer movement of 

 its kind in forefending damage to the 

 land by the irrigation necessary to 

 its cultivation, they have hit upon a 

 sure solution of the problem. It is a 

 Carey act project. 



The directors of the Kaysville Irri- 

 gation Company, of Kaysville, Utah, 

 have been authorized by the stock- 

 holders to bond the company for $30,- 

 000 to $35,000 on the best terms ob- 

 tainable, the funds to be used to 

 liquidate the indebtedness incurred in 

 the construction of the large reser- 

 voir that is to supply water for much 

 of the semi-arid lands outside of 

 Kaysville. 



Kansas 



The Kansas legislature has voted 

 to abolish the state irrigation com- 

 mission and has created the position 

 of commissioner of irrigation. There 

 is a revolving fund of $50,000 to con- 

 tinue experiment work in the state. 



An irrigation plant with a capacity 

 of 1,000'gallons of water a minute has 

 been installed on the fruit and truck 

 farm of G. B. Smith, near Wichita. 

 Kan. S. E. Brown, residing one-half 

 mile north of the Smith fruit farm, 

 has also installed an irrigation plant. 



For the purpose of finding out 



whether sub-irrigation is a success 

 when used to beautify a lawn, the 

 county commissioners of Wichita, 

 Kan., have caused to be installed a 

 small system in the lawn west of the 

 Soldiers' and Sailors' monument. 

 This part of the lawn has always giv- 

 en trouble to ground-keepers, as grass 

 withers and dies during hot summer 

 days. 



A 700-gallon pumping plant has 

 been installed for Mrs. Charles Mc- 

 Connell on her property adjoining 

 Holcomb, Kan. This well will be 

 used in developing forty acres, and it 

 is Mrs. McConnell's intention to di- 

 vide her holdings into tracts of this 

 size, placing plants on each and put- 

 ting them in shape to meet the de- 

 mand, which is steadily growing, for 

 the small farm equipped with ade- 

 quate well irrigation facilities. 



Finnup & Wonn have closed a con- 

 tract to put in and equip a 2,500-gal- 

 lon pumping plant which will be used 



in irrigating 200 acres of their sweet 

 clover land southwest of Deerfield, 

 Kan. 



Peter Marks, who owns 105 acres 

 east of Garden City, Kan., has or- 

 dered a 2,000-gallon irrigation plant. 



J. W. Lowe, of Ness City, is putting 

 in a 2,000-gallon irrigation plant. 



Washington 



Representative farmers of the Bona- 

 parte valley and McLaughlin flats met 

 at Tonasket, Wash., recently and took 

 the initial step toward forming an ir- 

 rigation district. A petition asking 

 the county commissioners to call an 

 election in the proposed district was 

 signed. 



Nearly 800,000 feet of logs, board 

 measurement, have been cut in the 

 hills near Loomis for flume lumber to 

 be used on the Whitestone irrigation 

 project in Washington on which con- 

 struction is to commence this sum- 

 mer. A total of a million feet is 



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 any 

 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 I 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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