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(Continued from page 23) 

 Vegetables, fruit and cane 17,783.00 

 Elephant Butte Cereals, hay, grain 



and forage 749,698.00 



Vegetables, fruit , 



beets and cane 1,103,389.00 



Total $2,271,878.00 



And this return was made an entire year before 

 the completion of the Elephant Butte project, which 

 is the largest storage reservoir in the world, irri- 

 gating 180,000 acres of land, 110,000 of which are in 

 the state of New Mexico. Of course these projects 

 simply conserve the waters of established streams, 

 which are augmented annually by flood waters from 

 the many arroyos hereinbefore mentioned, but the 

 dams and reservoirs are so constructed as to con- 

 serve any amount of excess water and control its 

 distribution, thereby avoiding overflows and 

 drouths. 



From what has already been accomplished in 

 New Mexico in the way of conserving these flood 

 waters in remote districts where Government 

 projects would be difficult to secure, and where but 

 a comparatively small area is affected, it is safe to 

 assume that a more systematized method of con- 

 structing community dams and reservoirs, lessening 

 the cost per capita, ultimately will prevail, and these 

 erratic flood waters then will be led through green 

 fields and verdant pastures under restraint of diver- 

 sion ditches, to become a blessing to mankind. 

 Where now vast tracts of land are practically with- 

 out any water, then shall they blossom like the rose 

 and give forth a rich abundance of foodstuffs for 

 man and beast. 



New Mexico is a big state with wonderful possi- 

 bilities, awaiting the magic touch of a golden wand 

 that will waken her to new life and greater activity, 

 and in many ways the conserving of these flood 

 waters will tend to hasten her material develop- 

 irent. 



SPRAYING DOES PAY 



The subject of spraying fruit trees and small 

 fruits has been thoroughly discussed and written 

 up in all its details and different phases in fruit 

 growing periodicals and agricultural journals. More- 

 over, every fruit-growing state has its own experi- 

 mental station, agricultural society or college from 

 which bulletins are issued free to its residents on 

 application. These documents give results of prac- 

 tical experiments, different formulae to be used for 

 fighting all kinds of insects and enemies of tree 

 and plant life in the most approved manner. They 

 also contain complete information descriptive of the 

 appearance and habits of insects and fungous 

 growths, the formula best suited to combat them 

 successfully and how to apply it. Further than 

 this there has been enacted in some states and pro- 

 posed in other compulsory spray laws compelling 

 owners of fruit trees to spray them between certain 

 seasons of the year both for the extension of the 

 fruit-growing industry and the protection of those 

 possessing valuable orchards. 



All of these conditions have established be- 

 yond question the fact that spraying does pay and 

 is necessary to insure perfect fruit. But, to make 

 a success of spraying, much attention should be 

 given to the spray outfit, being careful to select the 

 best adapted to meet the particular conditions that 

 may exist. 



Myers' Spray Pumps, Nozzles and Accessories 

 are the result of years of experience and experiment. 

 They have been developed with spraying itself, in 

 line with spraying needs and have withstood the 

 test made of them for service and reliability. More- 

 over, the line is complete, consisting of knapsack, 

 bucket, barrel or power outfits that will meet every 

 requirement, also having many patented and advan- 

 tageous features. 



The IRRIGATION AGE calls particular attention to 

 the excellent catalogue which can be secured on re- 

 quest, by addressing F. E. Myers & Bro., of Ash- 

 land, Ohio. 



NEWS NOTES FROM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



OF THE COUNTRY 



California 



Jefferson J. Graves and Walker C. 

 Graves, Jr., have purchased approxi- 

 mately 2,000 acres of land in the sec- 

 ond sub-division of the Kings River 

 Thermal tract. The land lies in 

 Fresno county, and the original item 

 of consideration of the property was 

 about $130,000. It is understood that 

 the improvements planned will cost 

 about $100,000 more. A modern sys- 

 tem of irrigation has been planned 

 and modern machinery with electrical 

 pumps will be supplied for irrigation 

 purposes. 



Thos. H. Means of Berkeley, an ex- 



Cert on irrigation, has been engaged 

 y the directors of the Anderson- 

 Cottonwood Irrigation District to fig- 

 ure on how much money will be 

 needed to complete the system. Ow- 

 ing to the great advance in the price 



of materials, notably in reinforcing 

 steel, the money realized from the 

 sale of $480,000 in bonds will not be 

 enough to complete the system. 



Some of the farmers in the vicinity 

 of Bishop are considering the organi- 

 zation of a drainage district. Hun- 

 dreds of acres once requiring irriga- 

 tion are being greatly changed and 

 some of it reaching the stage of use- 

 lessness, due to seepage from irriga- 

 tion of higher lands in some cases, to 

 overuse of water in others. The use- 

 able acreage can be materially added 

 to by systematic drainage. 



tors Securities Company of Los An- 

 geles purchased the $1,000,000 in 

 irrigation bonds at 97 and accrued inter- 

 est. At the present time only $600,- 

 000 of the bonds will be issued, suffi- 

 cient to pay for the proposed system 

 of deep wells and diversion works for 

 which the contract has been let. 



W. A. Kraner, a San Francisco con- 

 tractor, has been awarded the con- 

 tract for the construction of the first 

 unit of the Terra Bella irrigation dis- 

 trict, to be completed by July 1, 1917, 

 at a cost of $376,000. The Contrac- 



The Dixon Irrigation Bureau, in 

 behalf of the proposed Irrigation Dis- 

 trict, has filed on all the Putah Creek 

 water rights in order to protect any 

 future needs by the farmers of North- 

 ern Solano countv. While efforts are 

 now centered on organization of only 

 a 20,000 acre district, it is believed 

 that the area will have to be widened 

 in time. 



Surveys for a $1,000,000 irrigation 

 project have been started by a com- 

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