Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-26
ARfESIAN WELLS.
Further Description of the Wells In Tu-
iare County.

! iare County.
The following letter to the San Francisco
! Post, giving additional information to that
! already published, concerning the artssian
wells of Tulare county, will be of interest,
as it is well.known to all that the success.
ful introduction of the necessary water
supply to the lands of the San JOAQUIN
valley is the only requisite to make that
section the very garden and most produc.
tive portion Of the State. The correspond
ent continuing, from letters heretofore
published, says
Some three miles from Miss Smiths
well-of which l presented you sn elab.
ors te description in my last letters that
of J. A. Carey, late of Illinois, and one of
the superbest fellows | have ever met with
anywhere. His well is eight inches in size
and has a flow of three and a half inches,
It is 43S feet deep, and is situated in sec.
ton %, township -, range u Mr.. Carey
got his well on May 20, 1883, and at once
prepared thirty acres of corn, some of
which he was Smelling as drove up few
days ago. There's corn, " he said, chat
would make the Illinois production
ashamed of itself. l raised corn in that
State good many years, but never saw
anything to touch this" MIR. Carey has
already the finest reservoir in the country,
and is saving every drop that runs from
his well. This reservoir covers two and
half acres, is circular, and four deep. He
expects, by thus outstanding his water, TO
'irrigate $50 acres of land the present year,
100 of which he will put in alfalfa. He
also calculates to put in forty.five acres to
fruit and raisin grapes. Carey's place is
about four and half miles southwest
from Upton station.
THE WHEELER WELL.
About half a mile west of Mr.. Carey's
well is that Of Fred Wheeler. in section
%, township -, range "a This well is
$50 deep, seven inches in size, three-inch
flow. This is another one of those wells
which makes farmers eye water to look
at, for he can snap his fingers at rain snd
irrigatiBg bitches st one and the same
time. "No riparian nights business in
mine no sitting GA 6 fiume all night with
a dout c-0arreled shotgun to ges half
head of water 5ix hours month for your
uncle - exclaims Mr. Wheeler, IL ecstasy.
Tnis farmer only had fifteen acres under
cultivation LAST year, as he did not get his
well until long after time 10 prepare his
soil He expects, however, 10 harvest 100
acres OF wheat in June next.
MRS. sTUDEBACKER' WELL
About one and hall miles east of Mr..
Carey, in section II, township %, range
"a, is Mrs. Studebocker's well, which is
$40 feet deep, has flow of four inches,
and is eight inches in size. The happy
possessor Of this well also has 100 acres OF
excellent land, and IS widow.
What has been said Of the wells partic-
ulady descrb in these four letters, and
also Of the lands, character OF soil, health
fulress of the country, etc, may be said
OF al, except that the scattering oaks,
when may be seen near the T6!are C.5y
wells, give wsy tt more trseiess sweeps Of
south Of Tule river and Upton,
The following is complete
LIST OF WELLS N THE rULAEE COUNTY
AErEsIAS BELT DECEMBER Il, 1883.