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It is evident that transactions based on such vague terms can not. in the long run, 

 be satisfactory to either party. Provision must be made in the Salinas Valley, as 

 elsewhere, for a form of contract under which paj-ment is made for the quantity of 

 water used, and under which contract the quantity must be actualh- measured out to 

 the consumer in some reasonably accurate manner. The tenants of the Spreckels 

 Sugar Company- are not charged for water that runs through the factory, but the3' 

 are charged $1.50 per acre when the water has to be pumped directly for irrigation. 



IRRIGATION IN THE SALINAS VALLEY. 



Below are given abstracts of statements made b^- the owners of irrigation plants 

 in the Salinas Valley: 



Henry Bardin. Lot 8, Cocks Tract Rancho. Two 10-inch wells^ 20 feet apart, 190 and 196 feet 

 deep. Pumping lowers water level 20 to 22 feet. Pump, 8-inch centrifugal. Irrigates by flooding 

 6 inches deep. Checks, 60 by 70 yards. Irrigated 45 acres of alfalfa at a cost of $2 per acre. Irrigates 

 after each crop. Soil, sediment and sandy loam. Surface water at 6 feet. Does not know whether it 

 pays or not. 



J. G. Armstrong. On E. J of the SE. J of sec. 26, T. 14 S., E. 2 E., M. D. M. Two 10-inch wells, 

 197 feet deep, water rising to within 1.5 feet of surface of the ground. Pumping lowers water level 

 12 to 14 feet. Gravel at 115 feet. Pump, 8-inch centrifugal, throwing 2,000 gallons per minute. Irri- 

 gates by flooding 8 inches deep. Irrigated 80 acres of alfalfa for self and 300 acres for neighbors, at a 

 cost of $1 per acre; Soil, sediment and sandy loam. Ditch, 2 feet on bottom, 4 feet on top, and 3 feet 

 deej). Surface water at 6 feet. 



On lot 5, Las Salinas Rancho. From river. Pump, 10-inch centrifugal. Irrigated 70 acres of 

 alfalfa and rye gra.s8. 



At dairy on the Monterey City lands. Four 10-inch wells. Pump, 6-inch centrifugal. Irrigated 

 90 acres. Land doubled in value. "Money in it." 



Frank McFadden. El Tucho Rancho. Two sets of 10-inch wells. First set 178 and 187 feet 

 deep, water rising to within 5 feet of surface of gromid; second set 194 and 196 feet deep, water rising 

 to within 7 feet of surface of ground. Pumping lowers water 14 to 15 feet. P*ump, 8-inch centrifugal, 

 throwing 1,500 gallons per minute. Irrigates by flooding 6 to 8 inches deep. Irrigated 20 acres of 

 alfalfa. Can irrigate 365 acres of farming land. Good irrigation la.sts two years. Cost, $3 jier acre. 

 Soil, sediment and sandy loam. Surface water at 14 feet. Increase of value of land, 25 i>er cent. 



S. M. Black. On sec. 22, T. 14 S., R. 2 E., M. D. U. Two 10-inch wells 25 feet apart, 203 feet 

 deep, water rising to within 7 feet of surface of ground. Pumping lowers water level 12 feet. Surface 

 water at 17 feet; first water at 161 feet. Water-tearing gravel from 180 to 203 feet. Pump, 8-inch, 

 throwing 1,600 to 1,700 gallons per minute. Irrigated 50 acres of Ijeets and 60 acres of summer crop 

 at a cost of $3.50 per acre. Irrigates 4} acres in twelve hours, wetting ground 4 feet deep. Soil, 

 sediment and sandy loam. Increase of value of laud, 25 per cent. Increases crop two or three times. 

 "Good thing." 



Breschini. Las Salinas Rancho. From river. Pump, 5-inch, running at 500 revolutions per 

 minute. Irrigated 500 acres of alfalfa, using canvas hose aud allowing water to flow over the land. 

 Results very poor. 



Benjamin Hitchcock. Lot 42, Xacional Rancho. Two 10-inch wells 200 feet deep, water rising 

 to within 16 feet of surface of ground. Pumping lowers water level 15 feet. Thirty to 35 feet of gravel. 

 Pump, 8-inch, throwing 1,500 to 1,700 gallons per minute. Irrigated 35 acres of summer crop, 35 acres 

 of standing grain (result poor), 15 acres grain by flooding; water 6 inches deep. Whole ranch can Ije 

 irrigated. Cost, $2.50 per acre. Irrigated eighteen days. Soil, adolje and sandy loam. Increase in 

 value of land, 25 per cent. 



H. L. Davis. Lots 46, 47, and 48, Nacional Rancho. Two 10-inch wells, 150 and 151 feet deep; 

 water rising to within 10 feet of surface of ground. Pumping lowers water surface 4 feet. Pump, 

 8-inch, throwing 2,000 gallons per minute. Irrigated 387 acres of beets and jwtatoes 20 inches deep 

 in 3.5 months, at a cost of $3 per acre. Soil, sediment and sandy loam. Increase in value of land, 25 

 per cent. 



