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Utah since 1905, and water has been secured in the 

 most unpromising localities. The most remarkable 

 instance is perhaps the finding of water at a depth of 

 about five hundred and fifty feet in the unusually 

 dry Dog Valley located some fifteen miles west of 

 Nephi. 



Pumping ivater 



The use of small quantities of water on the dry- 

 farms carries with it, in most cases, the use of 

 small pumping plants to store and to distribute the 

 water properly. Especially, whenever subterranean 

 sources of water are used and the water pressure is 

 not sufficient to throw the water above the ground, 

 pumping must be resorted to. The pumping of 

 water for agricultural purposes is not at all new. 

 According to Fortier, two hundred thousand acres 

 of land are irrigated with water pumped from driven 

 wells in the state of California alone. Seven hun- 

 dred and fifty thousand acres are irrigated by i)ump- 

 ing in the United States, and Mead states that there 

 are thirteen million acres of land in India which are 

 irrigated by water pumped from subterranean 

 sources. The dry-farmer has a choice among several 

 sources of power for the operation of his pumping 

 plant. In localities where winds are frequent and 

 of sufficient strength windmills furnish cheap and 

 effective power, especially where the lift is not very 

 great. The gasoline engine is in a state of consider- 



