Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-15

ffilt.ly luIe 10 ufGdiu. Inc climate Is
saluhrious. the soil Is FREQ from the disad-
v~nntages that make the iife OF the agrl-
c%ulturist q burden In the east and, under
favorable weather conditions. II is capable
Of rewarding the toll 81 tn. husbandman. in
proportion 20 the labor expended. with more
rich returns than the soil OF any other land.
Tho presence q sunshine Is a necessary
and Indispensable factor ir vegetable growth
and, other things being equal the constancy
and abundance Of that factor is an index to
the probable rapldity and perfection Of the
same. Careful records kept for the past seven
years show that the sunless days seldom
number above ten for the entire calendar
year. a very large percentage OF the time,
both winter and summer, the sky is apt to
he almost entirely clear. When the rainfall
is abundant, as In 1891, when the somewhat
abnormal amount Of thirty inches fell, the
results are surprising. So b|ountiful were
the crops that season that many of the farm
ers who were almost hopelessly in debt came
very nearly paying for their farms from the
proceeds OF the harvasts OF a single year!
Unhappily, however. the rainfall is often
much below the above amount and when, as
In the season Of 1894. tht dsssiccating winds
set In from the south with a temperature OF
100 and upward, under a spotless sky and a
fierce and relentless sun, is II to be Won
dcred at hat struggling pastures left dry
at the close Of a snowl5 50 winter should fade
and fail, and that fields OF already dropping
corn should wither and fade within a few
NOufs during tue prevalence OIL THESE nOt
Winds water exposed in a glass vessel four
feet from the ground showed a maximum
evaporation Of one aud three-tenths inches
per day and reached a total of nine'esn
inches during the month OF July alone. Is
irrigation capable of warding off a repeti-
tion Of this dr. adful visitation? We answer:
Yes. In the very midst OF the sirocco it was
found thai irrigated vegetation remarkably
fourished; corn ;huS 'reated was not only
uninjured. but made a growth Of three to
/ fIItr ia NOS 1nu
THE LOUP EXPERIMENT.
Az IN VIVA, 100 NAV evnect frop, irriyatio,
,a far AZ least as central Nahrasko is con.
! cerned we are M longer comneiled IN rplv
On visionary thcorias or mo nerbans mnre
or Ices biased renorts NJ i,tsrested nartias
IN otbsr SAFES where the systsm Of tilIaes
has been long in vogue, In the winter of
1893 a number of the residents of North
Loup became interested in the subject of
irrigation and met together to discuss ways
and means to secure, If possible, absolute
immunity from the embarrassments inciden.
to occasional scanty harvests by supplement
ing the rainfall by artificial water. The
efforts thus made eliminated in the incor-
p%oration of the North Loup Irrigation and I'm
pTovemsnt company, the object of which was
to build an irrigation canal, taking water
from the North Loup river twelve miles
above the town and distribute the same over
q territory some 10000 acres in extent. As
this was the pioneer enterprise in central
Nebraska IT may be important to record a
few facts In relation to the same, which
premise to be OF benefit to the people of
othsr portions OF tn stat. contempla'1ng irri-
gauon where similar conditions prevail The
Iuea OF l'rlsatlns SO lar east as the geo
srapnlcai center OF ine STATE was at hrst met
WIN ituicule anu uerislom, ou- tIe expert.
nhIht, IL ~ IL may ps Calisu, III richness OIL
Iesu,ts nnule nan uinl.Su Tue eNpecta'iohS
W a. fo naa s,inbtiv p praa.ar sor Viii W.
aanaa" ZOO 49, 81. So, ~ ;ne SsoMtns
H. not ~ "
could have bean aes;rsd nae
in deficient crops Tbou,b rs
nnn,iootian 80 u,.or ~ ,ho san -
new ~ all ~. farmers who nsad =, ~ ~ s s'
ina tboir srst sa,son no rasrIts ~ ~
evcention,lIv sotisf,ctorv ana Tho rat,rn,
Voc In direc, nronortio, to tho o.rs .nd
intaI,igenca evnnndnd In tho ua,orina and
on,.irstiou thne noi,.a,u h-s Nv ~
s s. tnat ,,t h't ,,ts nusta. e .ml .ne
a aiS un'r roi"a V' nns ,,u rr ~ ne u a
XIV, ro Is ,ha nramnn - ss WI
~ ~ y ~ pIVpei d ~ a.
on.s a. ! 'ns To- unatoIs ahu III
couias'ns ~ II nioae inuas'rious. AS d
anip. y - 80 80. A. " mas ~
Few cases when might be multiplied indet-
raTI ,,,.,ds asahtoor hmnhai. 20 No aor
90, s,,r TIA. ~ ;rrtnotoa - u,.hh
sama nma,;;v ~ ,and and idan.taoi ill., ~
othar 9 rasncoto nioids anu tor.n s''t hts ts''s Iii II
80 - -
$40 a aeaSui n ~ .s.'' - 10y = -
usn. W ! M ~ netus aeeIaseu
a INV az =. wv -. i'sa. ooi nas
peen nusNins GuL pul teh ous"eis y
II aure; ue .'sa'eu ,on n"S, M I'M oases'
nleaeu.eu elSnts " ~ D.se y
us ssaSou liios u ~ ~ M u uioh
yieiueu eAcelenti! where wen THEA alu soine
my cars "ete so1u Wy lailns'o !. tu,s VlGin-
NY anu shlppeu out ny ran wv otnei",se'
AS u the Iesults y l'iis"'ioh WIN a'liia,'
sarusn Vesetaoles, etc.' ~ Is, perhaps gun,
clsht 10 say that Tue nan mas no. peen 'oiu;
lhese results, De IL rehielnoereu' we're on
'aineu by men having no previous experience
with the use OF water III some casss Apply
ing II IN a hail-hearteo way aonpiui OF ls
benehts, derldeu by ttsir heiehpors ana COM
miserated by their friends. onder these new
and raw conditions we ought not OF course
TO expect all to OBTAIN maximum results. AS
to the success OF the system. however, there
Is no longer the shadow OF a doubt. The
strongest objections OF the former most radi-
cal ants are no longer heard. The land
lying above the ditch Is OF no less actual
value than It has been In past years, but
the lands lying below are four times NOR
valuable for all purposes OF tillags and the
home.
VS..
With the eXDerience Of the mast To warn