The Lamar register., 1891-07-25
IRRIGATED FARM,

" A..
people OF California 1t will be eou..,
without question that 1t is in the dsv,''
ment OF her agricultural and hor;ie.l,.'
possibilities that tho greatest ana
permanent sources of wealth and p-,,.-
ity in this State are TO be found. Nj
It Is true that many branche. n,
Industries mentioned have been ..,,.
fully pursued IN various localities ri,,
the aid Of irrigation, yet it must Ia III
ceded that development on those lire, IA
nearly IL not quite reached the u,laa.,.
tent OF which II is capable. F,-s,
progress TO any considerable extent =.
depend in a great measure upon the a.
ity with which land and water u,, Il
brought into tho closest RELATIONSHIP N
many years it was considered a rn.-. u
superiority for any particular locaa, /!
be able to claim that crops eoald ~
withoat irrigation Why tkls a.
have beea so is ono OF those thing,
passes understanding. When IL Is .s.s,k
ihat. through irrigation, tho slnsIe ~
elcmcui Of chance is eliminated frs- N
operations of the farmer, who Is ihs~H
made independent OF the freak,
Idfosynerasics Of tho weather and a,
abled to p.ow and plant to the sb,
certainty Of harvesting. whether tAe \
izl be liSht or heavy, oae woald azia-.
suppose that such boon would !.
sardod Is little less than prieclesa 3.
..a-H.- - a. ...raru frrsT.- -
what was tho greatest drawback Z.
which he laborcd, be would Assurslt,
ply tha,ii was the painful lrrcgulari;,
The rainfall, through which his ne.4a u
liable TO be Hooded ~ one time OF -
Up A. another, ard were se 10 be an.a
that an easily found remedy e1issel al-
for be uoaiI 80 70 any exisa; % I'd
himself thercof WiiAeut e1os,aa
wherever irrigation enterprises have >.
iaaugaratcd. iacru has been saI
growth 10th In population and pst-
Ta0asaHds Of acres Of hitherto vsrsss
lands have BccH converted iaio o-cAr.j
aad ytEey ards Of ph1zozsenal Fss5-s-s!
ness. Cities and tasas have spTssg . ]
an ainosi magical manner, rAiirozds ksp
been built ia every dluort.os. and gH.s|
has multiplied by teas % n!llisas. o. II
oiAcr hand, with feS eHusp;isas, the
irrigated soctloas have oiihar stss4 :.
OF have 9etaaLiy reirpsr4Ael fu7-ls--
, has tn many cases isllea %, weais ~
/ decrczscd zud -ererxl en-. Of sizns.zl
has set in The eld cEy of The lzef 9; \
costly for Irrigation has los; - tsrj
IL IA true IL ls sometimes hoAnt, hzi 4
question need 60 loaEur 30 disozissl
Is suniciaa; 70 poiai 70 the ua1sslas(
reooryis showiaE the comparative Fsvg=s,
OF irrigated and uuirElEAted ssSts,li
san Frsaeisoo Chr0Htcie-
penlar advise, state that iss 4
Graade Irrigaurg CoupAay's earss-|
have competed their WORK on The 3ilzll,
Aaa Dcmius canal And the eanfr8cszl 4
yro-zdHs in fgn foroe Aai cxpoo; . q
psete The canal 10 pC1ia< b. SeF,s,sa
- This line Is oaIy twenty-five :
Ioug and caH BE- eheaply and quickly 4
siruetea. The 0b.oct IN bplaing {, =
Is tha; The coapaay oAa show thc resld
o. lrrigailoa here sooner th4a a, II
other polsL however, they eo='i 81
sldor It's IziportAucs cqual 10 lie Sr.4,
system Of irrtrs;.sa which ihey hsss
build In the RIO Grzaao valley. Ia 4
siaesrs leave Dsnlng on the I7ia 4
AlbEqasrgue, where lhcy will At o=os :.
n Aeouncailng line from Alhuq1srgzs 4
Santa Cruz canon, whHrs engineer A.s=
son Of Colorado viii sHect thea CO "a
asd hand In bis estimates aud plaa, Z; !
dam a. Santa Crar, Aad also for iss =
section OF any miles on the ezs. sa.t
the river 70 a polH; opBcsiie AlbGqaerg
Construction begins as sooz As Ia
gineers are ready with plans Aza 80
cations
Oac Of the greatest attractions q
western section Of Colorado Is the sIi1
siye orchards aud the exoslieHi FsaAg
fruit .Fowa upoa the trees Old eaolsa
bear. The fruit crop Of this ss&s1a Y
surpass anything ever known TO Celaf.l
Thousands Of trees viii bear for TIE Z
time and thousands have bsel r-Ass
which ia few years will add the!r -
10 the eonsiAnty Increasing truli %
The ume is fast approaching uasa ?
amount of frali raised In western -
r1do will be sanicieatiy large 10 aszi
is being shipped over the range % E''-
In supplying the markcts OF the elss5
part Of the state. TIE home marEsi 2
tie mining cities aud towns will o1z''i
q greater portion Of the fruit for yesa
come but a small portion will h9t $50
9ut TO show TO The doabuHs -
that California frgIt cannot eoz'fi
with that OF western Colorado.
One OF tho largest concrete dams i
world was recently completed at -
loo, South Australia, having bees :
strueted by the government Of thai g.
to store water for Irrigation purpossa
was commenced In Isss, and the wg'l
been earned out mainly under the q
ton OF Mr.. 4. d. MOncrief, ensiae1
chief. Tue time OF construction Va
years and six months. About w g
yards Of cement concrete were Fei--
The height OF the welr IS 10 feeL as
width on top Is Il feet The .eas-
SO feet. The capacity OF the rssd
made By the dam Is about so0,0og,'N
Ions. The total amount expended u
irrigation works has been s4,ilo3"
dam itself having cost $4,000
Mr.. L. c. Teed OF Kansas City s -
TO begin the work OF completing tbe
.rado Irrigation Canal, ,Iu eastern Co.''-
MIR Teed is an expert at this worA