RAISING THE WATER 343 
Lovett, and Scott, who worked under New Mexico 
conditions, have reported that crops can be produced 
profitably by the use of water raised'to the surface for 
irrigation. Fleming and Stoneking, who conducted 
very careful experiments on the subject in New 
Mexico, found that the cost of raising through one foot 
a quantity of water corresponding to a depth of one 
Fie. 94. Dry-farm vegetable garden. Dawson Co., Montana. 
foot over one acre of land varied from a cent and an 
eighth to nearly twenty-nine cents, with an average 
of a little more than ten cents. This means that the 
cost of raising enough water to cover one acre to a 
depth of one foot through a distance of forty feet 
would average $4.36. This includes not only the 
cost of the fuel and supervision of the pump but the 
actual deterioration of the plant. Smith investi- 
