The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-08-10

small stream from the discharge pump
supplies vat IN which the jars of milk
stand. He exhibited on stand fruits,
vegetables and alfalfa. The Coffman
pump was on exhibition at the reser-
voir, it works on a balance beam, and
raises two streams of water.
In the afternoon the party went out
to the farm of J. N. Dunn, who irri-
gates with the Mitchell steel mill, u
foot wheel, well 20 feet deep, 8inch
! cylinder, 10inch stroke and raises %
| gallons. He irrigates 10 acres.
| The state experiment station adjoins
! this place on the north and has reser-
voir 100 feet square in process of con-
struction. It has a 16-foot Aermotor
triple gear, and two wells Sc feet deep
which will furnish a Finch cylinder
and will irrigate about 10 acres. Mr..
Frank Dunn is in charge under Profess
sor Failyre of the State Agricultural
college.
The party passed the farm of James
Craig, who has 160 acres under ditch
and nearly all in alfalfa. He settled on
his land in 1879. He is now a well TODD
farmer.
Adjoining these irrigated farms was
bare buffalo grass prairie.
On the place of D. j. Bell, who was
excavating a cayed-in well, alfalfa roots
had gone down % feet to water. Mr..
Bell lives six miles north of Garden
City.
The next place visited was that of
the Inge brothers. They have Won
der pump in dug weI1-in the bottom
of which they have sunk drove wells,
and they expect to find an abundance
of water by going down 40 feet. They
have 16-foot triple gear steel wind
mill as power. The wind being light,
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pump displayed. The party passed the
Illinois main ditch, which was flowing
full and carrying an immense volume
of water.
The next place visited was that of E.
L. Hall, two miles northwest of Garden
City. He has a splendid place and his
superb orchard is the principal attrac-
ton. His place was raw prairie in 1886,
and measurements of orchard trees
2414 inches in circumference, set out
in 1888. His farm consists Of 10 acres
under irrigation from pump and reser-
voir, with two l0-foot windmills, eight
| feet to water.
Among his cherry trees was one
years old, 10 inches in circumference.
His apple trees are set % feet apart,
with rows set to break joints. One of
the interesting features of the visit to
Mr.. Halls place, was feeding of the fish
in his pond, which came at his call. His
pond is 65x125 feet, and black with
young fish when coming for feed. He
put in five fish last spring, three females
and two males. Mr.. Hall said that the
old ones were three feet long.
The party drove by the poor farm
which consists of 14O acres, Is acres in
peach trees.
The "World Farm was next visited,
Fred Richter, proprietor. He has 60
acres in orchard, which is a sight to
see. Peaches, plums, apples, etc, iii
profusion. This orchard was set out in
1881. He has an immense reservoir
150X75 feet, fed by pumps. One run by
a Halliday, one by Mitchell and one
by an AermotOr. He had several acres
in sweet potatoes, the vines completely
| covering the ground.
Several other places were visited, but
it only would be repetition on smaller
scale to describe them.
One thing the writer wishes to men
ton and to emphasize. It is this: An
avenue Il miles long running in a
northwest direction graded by road
N 4chine all the way at county expense.
Garden City is the county seat of
Finney county, and what it has done
in one direction all the counties of the
state should do when settlement justi-
fies, and that is diagonal road run
ming to every corner of the county.
Outside of the land under irrigation
the prairies are utilized for pasturing
of cattle.
Cattle are brought here in the fall
and fed on alfalfa until shipped out as
| feeders or as fat cattle.
The excursionists left Thursday
night for Colorado Springs and Mani
tOu and arrived at Goodland Saturday
morning.