, 1891-02-22
Practical STARTING POINT

trouted here with new conditions they
must be met and conquered 10 a new way,
for the old methods are not ayailahla
When 1t is considered that the amount Of
water required to i~rricate 800 acres of
land 10 crops Is more than three tune, the
quantity required 20 supply the needs Of a
city Of the population ami business OF
Cheyenne during the WiHt r months aud,
perhaps, half a million gallons a day more
than is used here ia midsummer, when so
much is required for city irrigatiuu
lawns, some adequate conception may be
had Of what confrnnts us IN a satisfactory
solution of this problem. ConsId,riBg
matters hom this practical standpoint. it
is scli-eyiieut that thymany small streams
in the state must eventually cut but little
figure m the agricultural history Of Wyo-
mini In q small way aud within circum-
scribcd limits they will prove valuable re-
sources Of the STATE. but before We take
our places ia the procession Of really great
agricultural states and become %seli.sul p
porting. as well as q base Of supplies for
other states. IRRIGATION must be rroi1 ted
on a scale only once hitherto attempted in
-. C.a
In a report recently made hy Mr. Jo-
seph Nimmo, the soyerumrlt -tlusiciau.
that gentleman strongly ady,cat'- the
granting OF the arid public lands to the
- 80 4, vbi,b ,b,v ,,s r,,,,e1
TLa 80. a., ,..,,,s arc rr,cti.,uy
,.I,.r... wi,. an, ,,tc, aud ,s tho ,oy-
am. I,s ..5cl ~ ,i,b,s d, tho v.,,r
:, tbc r,scs al Wyomi,, and Ij,b,. If
sb,,LI ;,y,s, IN ttc.c stats rho ovpcr.
sbi,ot r I,,5. and Ic,vc ,,b thom Tho
-,l.t "a .. t,.,r nr,bl,r, ubf,L.
,,c.rt. lion, H. .tr,,cIr maintains
H. ,,a sac, b,s ,.oyor heep
tho ,,t,cy Of III, g,vcrnmsp, IN mako
no,cy an, Of tb, s,ic nj pnblic lands lint
IN r.Iy mon M, indirect bcnc6t winch
INNS, ,crrpc from ,bcir reclamation and
rH.,.f,, S,,,e E,stor, ,,,ors not,-
bIv tho Now York sam. nave adoptcd
bis ;ds. fvbirb no belicrs oric,p,tc8 in
The fertile b-ain of S,s,e Engineer Nlead)
AMI the cne,tion ia NOW gradually finding
itsvoy b.core tho reople oi tbc country.
m,itor n, s,cb imno,,,nce IN every
;nd,yid,.li in Wvoming mari.s rroC,und
,,,entior Tho land coded IN tho state
no Tho General r,v.r,mont cannot be sold
e. loss ,h,r M nor aero This means
M, :, o,nno, T., s,ll a, al co. notody
rriu a. o..a, "a, s,,h , nr,oe Cor II and
vb.,.yor roycn,e ;s reol,zsd he rho STATE
or,,s v,ri,rs ,nbl;, irs,i,p,i,rs mu,t coma
f,om tEo nro,c,ds ot lo,.es No
i.-in.s,a.,h.n. l.roo 81, -
ora- go, 80 go,,o;,l s,,,oss II The
W, NJ, a., aunor.b;r FIJI La
u,. na, in .,u,, t,rds ,s ,ho orncr-
sbi, 81 Tho 60 ri,b, Ar.t,LLn,
,mnloot,L;s = Tho Ven, D,rol,n.
mon, o,mn,,,. IN ,to cnn.frrc,in, or
v~hasa t,ra.l -. and Ior.rnI. ,hn on
49, - Lie, ill., h..
hon So Pr,c,icauv ro.cb ma Cos
rra,.Ef.5 49,. ria e,n,l. 81
~ TT ,5,a,,,n ,,l t,n ,r,,s
r,a,l 80. .,a ,,,r,, vbi,b
.s,o,,lo. H., ub.ha5 NO c,itb !, tho
arr,uItnr,I -n,n,b1fros or Wy,mi,,
n, na4-it-.d5aa ~. ..r.tl. -
srnrl, nd .ne - o,,n ,~ss,,,s tho
s,bon1o bas rr,srn . f,,n.,,i ,a;I,rc c,r
No 49, IT, tlat H. nro;,,,,rs
b,vo hoe, I'D, d, s.,,,o ,itls 10 tho r,-
ol,imod L,,-9s ana ,brs oF,r r,r,h.
dn,ou,r,,t s,,-I.rs IN ,ate nm tb.;r
ro.i3on., ~
m W,au n,r,,,u,
.,b,r,o bowarTr hoe h.d ,Lo 49,, %
Jomars,r,t,n, d, tho vorl5 tho ia .,baF,y
If s,,b ov,o,sire Nam Of irri,,t,,r and
!, hos sho,,, ub,, ov-,r,ordi,,ry .r,r r,-
s,r,. -, so.,r,l he, rol;,blo I'D
,Js,,,,o - -, r,,,r +, L,s J,no
~ t. Z, h.. ,.,,.o uLoro;n L., ,La
we,tr,ss I'm. ,~-;.in,l s.beno Il hos
sboyr No., Ian, iIe =, rho land c,nf-
,,rs,s nm, ov,r,,- #,o,r ,i.ls or s;,t;.,,
,bs;r m,,og oy,, +, cntsrrris,s uIi,L
me-, H. - Oh, ,r,a,;,,l r,,uI,.
- =, II n.s .nl,,;...
,LanI5 - - - 80 ~. .t,t. =,
-. 80 -, e. 20, =, no
nroi..,ar. l.. rgaon, ,,ur.r,,on ui,L
S,,t, En.i,o.- Nj ,b,. .FonIcmcn cv-
rr..sod H. b,Ii.c ~ v-.on,ia, NJ.
~ Co.. 10 r,ain aorio,I,nr,i dor,ioom.,,
=, oh - IN M Pr, 49,