Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-12-31

AN Interesting Article lust Pub.
li>lled. From the Pen Ut -~
II. M. Wilson.

Tue following Il HE Rj>t OF MI nt;n4 .
uatIy interesting article on "'rht Irri>
gation Problem In the We>t," written
nv Fl, NJ. Wilson fnr tht laet j,'. III Of
th@ Engineering A. gszlnt:
'Fnrmihg with the 4td at irrigation
IN n.nre lucrative. thnngh more txptn-
1ls', than farming in he humid IT,
gtnn. without It. The fir,t t,u>t of h-
land without the water supply il DE-
pn'4d+ht very much Oh thu locality. 1t
rnuges from $i,23 per nrre. tb- eoveru-
tntt t'rtct whe1e laatt Ii abundant, an
In Montana. ldal q, A!izn a Ann gen.
erAliv through tr We-t.tc tnn1 $10
to ~ l'er ntr., Where she c,nps and
! land are tI.ofr Valuable, ~ tn Iurtifti-
| Of Eoorut!n, Uini4 aud ttn,rtrislA. Tht
! aVtrnRt tt,s, y r acre 1T tts+vs Inf'ink n4
| irrigation ul.ut ranger i1t.tN ten II ~
fttan", Montana and Washington. and
80 Il" $I5 IN utah, t'oit.rntl and Cali
'Nt:llH, a>t raging h},,ut: -. l,*r 'icE4 1ur
H. Atid rtgInl. Tile .vrrage annual
t eo>t t url1yIng water pr u:ft~~In
"th*r ortis, tn s:<unl4l AYR ~ w,ter
| ntal t.4'n t'y H. fnittI,.f--rdst,;~~ it,
tween - attt: 81, t*:nt*.s!.<tt II >utnt
Il nr,jnn* :tf -uut httn California u. !11utt
j! ~ $;lh ftrf -,:<.tc: ln+ .nst <tt rtrltAFH-
t titttl.uf t't lA,1H fs,rf u:ttvA it,='i, which
Ienl t,t An.ss tIrHritlg, tit1Wtt Il nnt. tt,,iI. :
Ing die: a.. II >t'stWrtn III attd $I1 ger
a"tr, thus Inak1NK, ac'.ss dug IT, tsat
! ctns&,s r~turtts, tbt HvprrEe value nf
t1,'+ irrigated land .,nr!'rt,ug t<u;l,t~
| iug~, ,anEt bt+t w+,4t, 3au and $40 t'tt
ac.r.. I+-s with tt,i> small rosi :nu,:h,
| California j.. valued sometimes ny high
| u. $l +i0u l!+r At.tr. AND: it1 U'ittr I'"f~
! in:>- If |tte W+>t it ls nj naS- +tetr~l
/ t,.n+r. tlt>~Arttlal to-f nf it, purchase
and rrrt1nr tlrtIs :. r II: " r.: : ::: 49,
/ II. Agsin~=:It IL rot VT iud Tint u q
4nuuaI aver r. V1.ltls*:f t: = tht tttAt'ntt~.
.'.:,a ~ &c lrtt..nNsd b l:.*>t ral>gtx l't
tatt.1 $13 ltl nt** I :t5r NJ, r1a a1.A "t>t>
| trn stAtn*. a.u*S-5 Il, wv },t+r nt'te* ~.
Utnh: fsd Al|urH HfI.*,tt fttn,I#= s5lt: * II. 4
| n ,Oh1 Or Htrs"in tAiift.riti4 tnt1 .&.nlf=h
+rtt Arjzntls: Tile :4t:ttlal ,ntt!As & tf*,=
et!lr"@ fftln rrjpntiuui> u!t,t.t. Ert'ttr
lin many cn*t*. 1t j. e,'tH'tll1fe@ le,,s
}~archr'ilng tst tte intelligence Atid en-
j *rrpri-t of t1,- :>ru1tiva'or. W. ltar
| :nAfvtinn9 tAlt* t,t HE vulut' 1T ntrh4rn
n1rd'rts ia southern tt4llfrri>ju. ye*
astounding at arr ,nany of these, rntnt'
of them are well within the Truth. It
il not Hi unusual thing tn +ee u we'll
| tended orchard rtnduce returns of
from $500 10 *n'0 per acre, while grain
and vegetable cror. In other parts ut
the west yield pr"portionattIy large
returns. tbs disparity bet w+tn irri-
gated aud non irrigated lauds srtnl at
frat glance too great, yet this dispar>
lty il result of the scarcity "f water
and &ta consequent value. We lind
land In California which Ia valued ut
from ~ to $15 per acre for sheep rails
ing purpose. when there IL no water
supply In rrospect. bu' let the same
land bs situated that there is pospi-
bility Of developing IA water supply.
and ita value |. found at once to be $25
Or even $50 per acre; add the water
supply and 1t IL worth from 5000 to
81 900 per acre. Such prices wuuId not
be laid and could not be asked If the
return. did Int warrant them. Cali
fprnIa is used as a single example. La
Montana land tint without water il
worth perhaps $3.50 per mere is wnr:h
with water from 30 10 $40 per acre.
Hud between these two extremes the
valUrs vary IN the arid w+st."