FARM MANAGEMENT ON IRRIGATED FARMS 
Table 2. — Agricultural development on Sunny side and Wapato irrigation divi- 
sions, 1918-1928 
Sunnyside division 
Wapato 
division, 
total 
area 
cropped 
Year 
Farms 
Popula- 
tion on 
farms 
Area bu- 
reau pre- 
pared to 
supply 
water 
Area 
actually 
irrigated 
1913 
Number 
2,450 
2,447 
2,450 
2, 553 
2,682 
2,740 
2,810 
2,905 
3,065 
3,138 
3,181 
Number 
7,322 
6.900 
7,270 
7,844 
8,000 
8,255 
9,477 
10, 929 
12, 080 
12, 332 
10, 128 
^4cres 
80, 607 
81, 306 
81, 807 
89, 250 
97. 285 
98, 537 
100. 130 
100, 732 
101, 509 
101,339 
101, 329 
Acres 
62, 800 
64, 100 
67, 000 
71,400 
80, 500 
84, 650 
90,000 
93, 610 
94, 500 
95, 000 
95, 000 
Acres 
32, 831 
1914 
38, 385 
1915 . -. - .- -- 
40, 605 
1916 
1917 . . _ ._ .. _. 
48,123 
57, 707 
1918 - 
66, 481 
1919 
68,500 
1920 
1921 _-. . -. -- . - 
72, 658 
74, 344 
1922 
1923 
79, 520 
80, 767 
1913 
1914- 
1915 
1916 
1917 
1918 
1919 
J 920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
SUNNYSIDE DIVISION 
ATFALTA CORN SMALL GRAIN5 
1 * THOUSANDS OF ACRES ►' 
15 20 25 30 35 40 4-5 5 10 5 10 15 20 
WAPATO DIVISION 
ALFALFA CORN SMALL GRAINS POTATOES 
* •■ THOUSANDS OF ACRES ►* * 
20 25 30 35 40 45 5 10 5 10 15 20 5 
ORCHARD 
I 
5 10 15 20 
B Bearing 
I I Young 
Fig. 4.— Acreage of important crops on Sunnyside and Wapato irrigation divisions, 1913- 1923 
Fruit growing is an important enterprise on the bench lands on 
the Sunnyside division where good air drainage is available. Apples 
are by far the most important fruit crop, representing 77 per cent of 
the bearing orchard area in 1923. Pears arc next with 13 per cent, 
peaches 7 per cent, and primes 3 per cent. 
