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longitude. ‘Their vast capability and adaptability for 
making secure an agriculture always rendered uncertain 
under high temperature has become a matter of general 
understanding.’’ Here, as at other places, much waste is 
taking place. Inthe Dakotas, the Texas artesian basin 
has arival. I have a tabulated list of some 83 artesian 
wells, the depths varying from 500 to 1,900 feet, with flows 
varying from 10,000 gallons per diem to over 4,000,000 
gallons per diem, and with pressures up to 177 Ibs to the 
square inch. 
The individual records of some of these wells are worth 
mentioning: The Day-Harrison Well, depth 847 feet, flow 
700,000 gallons per diem; 320 acres under irrigation from 
the well. Richards’ Well, depth 917 feet, flow not stated, 
but 480 acres are irrigated by its flow. Springfield Well, 
540 feet, flow 1,184,400 gallons per diem; water used for 
power to run a flour mill. Beard Well, depth 1,050 feet, 
flow 1,526,000 gallons used for irrigation. Woonsocket, 
depth 775 feet, flow used to drive a flour mill. 
South Dakota last year took her place at the head of the 
column of States for the highest general average, taking 
them together, of crops, including corn, wheat, oats, flax, 
barley, rye and hay, as a result of the present system of 
irrigation. From the most reliable information obtainable, 
the wheat crop in South Dakota this year is estimated at 
39,000,000 bushels. The oat crop is the largest and best 
the State ever produced. Barley is shrunken a little, but 
is unusually bright and harvested in fine condition. Rye 
and flax will yield well; the latter is not yet matured, but 
is doing well and is fast filling. The hay crop is enormous, 
so great that thousands of acres will not be harvested or 
otherwise used. The corn, it is believed, will not fall far 
below 100,000,000 bushels. The reason why South Dakota 
has not suffered as much from drought as its neighbours is 
