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large qnantitios of grain, alfalfa, sugar beets, potatoes, tomatoes, 

 onions, and other vegetables are raised. It is said that this land has 

 produced, per acre, 15 to 60 bushels of wheat, 65 to 135 bushels of 

 oats, 50 to 95 bushels of barley, 6 to 8 tons of alfalfa, and 10 to 40 

 tons of beets. Apples, apricots, peaches, and plums are the principal 

 fruits raised. 



Madsen is only a siding and beet-loading platform. On the west 



is the cut bank of Bear River, which has carved a 



Madsen, 



Elevation 4,298 feet. 

 Ogden 33 miles. 



meandering course in the old lake bottom. 



The river 



is sluggish here, having nearly reached the level of 

 the present lake, though several miles from it. As the 



train approaches Dewey prominent lake benches are seen on the 



mountain side- 

 Three excavations on the hill a short distance back of Dewey were 



made in obtaining limestone for a million-dollar beet-sugar factory. 



Lime is used for removing various impurities from the 

 beet-sugar juice. The four smokestacks of the fac- 



Elevation 4,323 feet 



Population 292.* i- i i i m 



0g<ien3o miles. this sugar factory was the purpose of the branch raii- 



Dewey, 



tory can be seen about 3 miles to the west. To serve 



road from Brigham to Malade. 



Sugar-beet growing 



IS a large industry in this part of the valley, the area cultivated 

 being 5,000 to 7,000 acres and the average production per acre 18 

 tons of beets. The factory can handle 600 tons of beets daily. It 

 is on the edge of Garland, a village with a population of 800, which 



of the ditch above the vaUey bottom in- 

 creases downstream, and for this reason in 

 many ditches the water seems to be run- 

 ning uphill. As the upland inclines in 

 the same direction as the stream, it is pos- 

 sible, without using any hoisting device, 

 to locate the ditches so that water diverted 

 from the stream at a certain point will 

 flow out on the upland farther down- 

 stream — ^indeed, water can be carried in 

 this way from one stream over a di\'ide 

 and down into another A-alley. 



At the place where the water is to be 

 used an opening is made in the downhill 

 side of the ditch and the water is allowed 

 to flow out over the land. In grain and 

 ha}* fields care is taken to keep the water 

 spread out in very thin sheets, by throw- 



potato 



irrig 



On a i^erfectly level field it would be 

 ipossible to make use of this method of 

 igatlon, but western fields usually have 

 more or less slope, and hence it is possible, 

 by guiding the water in its natural down- 

 ward flow, to keep it spread out over the 

 land either as a thin sheet or as little rills 

 in closely spaced furrows. It is custom- 

 ary to allow the water to flow gradually 



until 



opening 



the ditch and make a new one near some 

 other place which it is desired to irrigate. 



squired 



downhill 



absorbs 



pathway 



urface 



the water shows a tendency to get deep. 

 In gardens and orchards the water is 

 caused to flow down fiurows between rows 

 so arranged that it does not flow so fast as 



much of it. 



lined 



wash 



The 



ictual practice the method of irri- 

 • is more complicated than that out- 

 here. According to the practice 

 generally followed the water is not taken 

 directly from the main ditch but from a 

 branch. 



