, 1881-04-07
Droughty Lands Turned Into
Productive Fields by Artln-
cini Moisture.
Companies Which Arc utilistug tho Ar
kansas River for Agricultural
Purposes.
Cot Of This Wnter'sarply TO tho Farmer,
and What iie IL Enalled ~
Ilalsc.
Information as Ia Entry ot Lands In ihs
trtnab!o Distrlot-Tho Markets tot
Ils Products.

tR{UTEHlluH ~ ~ khN4 W k0HNS " klQ
trtlnab!o Disirlos-Tho Markets tot
Ils P5odaa.s.
spteat Correspondence ~ 1ns Chicago Tribune,
.tTorEKA, Kas., April 8.-Thoso are few
rcrsO,s who have ally Idea Of the amount Of
work tono III Kansna In tho way otirfigatlng
that portion nf the State known to be subject
to yearly slr0ugllts. Very little has been sud
In tho newspapers tn relation to the snhtect.
a. It has MT been Thought advisable to
clrculate statements calculated to Discourage
Immigration. But suyeral 1nsga lrrigating
corporations have buun formed, and nre now
in successful operation; and under tho now
otler ot things. with tho assurance Of an
abundant watcr-s,tpply, s0nlu Of the tinBst
trncts OF !ulut In tho Stata arc subject to
entry; so that tho fear of drought need no
loi,gcr deter a.,y one from settling III that
part Of Kansas heretofore avoided Oil that
aeponnt-
Tha iaadtng enterprise In artificial moisture
Iii KAnsas Is That Of %;
TUE si1SSEuA11A 1nnIoAriyd COMPANY,
all organization forInett by the general ofal-
GERS OF ths Atoliison, Topeka j. Santa Fd
Railroad and 0sher prominent cttlzens of
Kansas who have tnhle heavy Investments,
md are cvnidept Of success III reclalnlttG
the thousands t1f acres now lylng lille ou ac-
count Of tlleir LOCATION beyond the segl0t Of
rainfall. Tho Company states that 1t Is tho
experience Ut centuries that, wllurc tho soil
Inns beon artlticlaflY, ANU therefore
regularly and Systematically, moistencd,
tile surest and best results III Agriculture
alld Horticulture have bepn obtained. An
exteEsiya SYSTEM Ut irrIRatlng cnIlats Is nav
iii use In Southern Europe, lll Africn, and lit
Asia. Tllu catals Of India arc nn,0ng tho
engineering wonders Of tic aSa In their mag
nlt,sdc aid usefulness, 1wu of tlleln haye
nn aggregatn tungth of 945 miles, ntut rcstn,-
hc.Grent rivers lnura than trrtgatlng tlltcllus.,
II, California tile greatest success III furtnllg
mil fruIt-SrowlnR has bocn nttainmlh hy lrrlga-
tion. All tho crpus gaise.t fn Colorado. New
Mexico, 4Atlzona, al.d Utah aro from irrigated
telts. TAose Instancvs hAyo demonstrated
tho fnct That wl,urossr goptl uanrkot Ia ac-
cessibte, trrlgatIng will pay II tho water can
bo Furnished ut u cost of 81 per goro per
annum.
The average aM.onnt Of rainfall OF tho
United States east Of tho Missouri River cx-
cecds torty inc!lcs; yat tho History Ut fnrM-
Ing III all lhat rogInn sllnws TINT, rulwi,l.-
standing lts abundant rainfall,
qmorfAlLuNEs AKf FNEQuEgT,
Take, for Instance, tho eor',-crop OF tho
State Ut lllnnla In tho year 1880. BY refer
ring to tlle crop-eiraular of thu 6tatp l3pay,l
nf Agriculture Of TINT State, It will bu sem
TINT there were T,514. .545 acres pelntcd III corn
~ n,at yfsf ~ owinS to te tallYEA ot te
critical lerl0l In .tlit growth of the plant,
thu Yield Gf tho crop Of tko enttro Stata was
reduced ilys ; b4Shels W. per nero below thu nvor-
aee q lSfo. Thls makes total loss Of
tile yfEltl Of the previous war, anil Ii va1irj