IRRIGATED PLACES. 
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out irrigation. I found grapes bearing at Peter J. Nicholls’ 
garden and also at Joseph Schrock’s. Grapes found in bear¬ 
ing at Janies Howell’s place had received some extra water. 
Ornamental Plants —We have found roses doing well 
without irrigation at several places. 
IRRIGATED PLACES. 
John Rose, who lives five miles northwest of Seibert, has 
been the most successful with a fruit garden of any one we 
have seen. He began by irrigating only a few trees and a 
few rods of garden. He extended the plat to include about 
one fifth of an acre which was watered from one well. The 
water was pumped by wind power from a well eighteen feet 
deep. Later, he dug another well and built a reservoir and 
extended his patch so as to include nearly two acres. We 
attribute his success to his ability to begin on a small scale 
and slowly enlarge as he learned how to handle his water 
economically, and as he found profitable market for his prod¬ 
ucts. We shall file photographs* of an apple tree and a 
plum tree as they appeared in his orchard in September 1900, 
also a photo of his reservoir. Charles Blake and James H. 
Priest who live in the same neighborhood are making a suc¬ 
cess of their irrigated fruit gardens also. All raise apples, 
plums, cherries, gooseberries, currants and strawberries. 
Mr. J. C. Cope, at Cope, has a good fruit garden which is 
irrigated from a well. 
But the most successful irrigation where deep wells are 
used, is that of Peter Eckert who lives about four miles 
southeast of Thurman. His two wells are each one hundred 
and twelve feet deep. The water is pumped by windmills 
into reservoirs for storage. The pumps run day and night 
to water about two acres and supply water for a large herd 
of cattle. The place is located on a hill. All the ground 
irrigated is nicely terraced so as to use the water to the best 
advantage. One part of the place is laid out for ornamental 
plants and a vegetable garden, another for fruit trees, ex¬ 
cluding apples, another is the apple orchard, and the other 
is planted to grapevines. Hail and wind has prevented the 
production of much fruit of any kind. But the place is well 
kept notwithstanding the fact that it does not give large 
financial returns. The owner loves his trees and vines as he 
does children. He is too feeble to work in the field, so he 
spends nearly all his time with his trees and his garden. 
A few who live around the south fork of the Republican 
* Not suitable for reproduction. 
