The Globe-republican., 1894-05-18

abundant In the unde4aow to which
these wells penetrate. that very few
pumping plants have been able to affect
the supply in the slightest degree. In
almost every case, the same pumping
outfit. At least by adding slightly to its
capacity. could b nade to ifrigase tracts
ranging in size from . vegetable garden
and small orchard, for home supply, to
arsas Of ssver.l acrss, capaSie Of furnish
ing an estirs and ample support to the
average family. In proof of this state
ment, cite the following instances:
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE.
W. R GTsee's fonr-acre tract, just east
OF and less than half mile distant from
Garden City depot, is we'll known. He
has, fer the past four years, supported a
family of nine persons on the proceeds
of that tsct, except that for the year
just past, he enlarged his operations to
include IN adjoining tract, not clearing
moro money, however, than he has at
times on the smaller area. His irrigat-
ing outfit consists of 5-inch and q f.
iL,h pump, actual. Il b! walking hsm
ruu by . tep.f,ot Windmill, giving \
pampiag capacity of % gallons per
miuute. lie has reservoir, IS by 150
fs.t. Trade - all the reservoirs in this
vseiaits are, by sceoping out the soil by
,n-ans Of An ordinary twokosse scfaprr,
a.sl buiIaing bauk with it. lis reser-
vsir il about four feet deep. 1t cost la
Dor which would amount, at regular
rat. 9, to about SIS; the mill and pumps
cost $las; total, Sf47 for the whole in
stslIstion. Although he irrigated but
four acres for the hrst three years, it WAS
because heceuM not get more land to han
die. He Gays that he will undertake to
irrigate ~ much as twenty acres with his
present installation. He has made from
800 to Sis per acre esch season OF
his land, growing garden stuff and fruits
and has his reservoir stocked with fish,
which will add materially to the returns
from his plaA&, eventually.
John Sinon's pomping plant, on the
tract adjoining Grsce's, is very similar,
10th IA capacity and cost, to the one just
described. he has used 1t principally to
irrigate his fruit trees, watering from
ten to fifteen acres per season, but has
had very satisfactory returns from vege-
tables also. The first season he used it,
he produced $3.50 worth of fruit that he
would not have had without its use.
E. J. Johnson's pumping plant, by
means of which he irrig&tes block OF
ground, three minutes walk from the
post. flee, il another of the pioneer es
tabiishments for irrigation b. pumping.
His installation consists Of 4-inch
pump run by a 1G-foot mill, costing $1e5.
and . reservoir 45 by 1c0 feet costing
$25; totsi cost of plant, s.5s. This has
been in use for the past three yesrs and
ihe three and half acres irrigated have
furnished q living for Mr.. J0hnson's
family OF four persons. He has made
ish culture q specially and now has
twelve hundred German carp in his res
ervoi,, ranging from small fry up TO
3-Ir,nnd fish He also finds bees very
profitable addition to his resources, the
the patches and fields of alfalfa growing
everywhere about the city furnishing
unlimited "bee pasture" which yields a
quality Of honey unsurpassed by the
finest white clover honey.
HUNhING BUZZ IN PARENTHEs1s.
Parenthetically, predict that "Gardea
City alfalfa honey" will become, in time,
as noted as "Vermont maple syrup" or
"Oneida butter" if our people but take
pains to provide themselves with the
bees to gather the sweet merchandise
from the alfalfa fields; and unqu.st:on-
sbly Thousands Of dollars Of profits may
be gathered annually by our citizens
from thu source.
J. c. Allen hes plant similar to hoa>
already described, except that he has no
reservoir - yet. He watered last season
ten acres Of fruit trees and vegetables
sad ezpecAs 70 enlarge the practical c.
pacity Of his plant by constructing 4
reservoir oi suitable Size. His returns
per anoun, hsretofore, from seven acres
Il fruits and vegetables have averaged
$1,000, gross.
4. g. Pssseas he's, for the past two
Seasons, irrigated his 5acre tract just
west Of town by tho use of two ordinary
finch cylinders run by IN 8-loot triple
gsarsd steel mill; ressRvoir, Is BY %
feet He has sasdeued, principally, but
~ done sou.ething in the line Of smaa
fruit culture. having produced as he
n4s Of $4,000 quarts Of strawberries per
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