Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-10-24
IRRIGATION A SUCCESS.
Such Is the Case In South Da'
kota on One Farm at
Least.
Water Being Spread on Stub
BILE Land for Next
Crop.

BILE Land for Next
Crop.
Col. Siebert and son and B. P. Tilden
and an Alert man returnedT Thursday from
their visit to the Hunter Irrigated Farm
near Mellette, South Dakota. They
spent day at the place and Mellette.
The statements published in the news-
papers regarding the enterprise were
seen to be generally correct.
Mr.. Hunter joined the party at Aber-
deem, and gave directions for the FORE
man Of the place to show the workings
OF South Dakota irrigation 90 1t has re-
Gently been put into practice on the
farm. The party saw water beirg dis
tributed on land from irriRating bitches,
visited the reservoir of five acres sup
Piled from slx-lnoh we'll, saw the speci-
mems of corn and gsrden products that
have been raised, and took q general
view of the place which was Of great in
terest to owners of Dakots land. The
land irrigated is fiat, as is the entire sur
rounding country. This level character
makes it more difficult to spread on the
water radvsntsgeouslyt than on rolling soil.
There are several considerations to be
met IN the establishment of similar
plant in this county, but the unanimous
opinion of the gentlemen visiting the
South Dakota farm was that what has
been done there can be accomplished
here, with some additional expense in
the sinking of the we'll owing to the in
creased depth necessary to go. The
cost OF bitches and reservoir and the
actual irrigation Of soil is believed will
be less here, on our rolling land, than
where land is almost az level as floor
Col. Siebert made careful inquiries
into the cost and ia seriously consider
ing the project in all its phases. He
realizes the increased value it would add
to the farm property he now owns in
this county and which is practically Of
OF nominal value as an Investment. A
further account Of the methods by
which water ,s applied on the Hunter
farm and the results Of the experiment
as near as could be ascertsined by care.
full inquiry from various sources will be
given IN The Alert later on. Speaking
Of the visit of the gentlemen in Aber.
deem yesterday the News of that city
GAYS:
Col. Seibert and son, of Berlin, Ger
many, and W. R. Kellogg and
Civil Engineer B. P. T,lden, of James
town, have been IN Aberdeen, today
They spent Tuesday at the
Hunter. Ryerson irrigation farm neal
Mellette, and we're on their return north
Col. Seibert owns something over two
sections Of land seven miles north oi
jamestown, the cultivation OF which
has been superintended by his son. He
10 studying irrigation and its benefits
with view Of sinking an artesian well
or two on his farms and hereafter max
ing artificial applications Of water tc
hls growing crops. Practically the
same conditions obtain in bis part oi
North Dakota that rule here. The land
is more roll,ng than in these parts, and
the distance to water is perhaps 500 feet
greater. Otherwise, the undertaking.
would be much like the one at Mellette
The visitors have spent the day inter
viewing citizens and are quite we'll i'm.
pressed with the advantages which irri.
cation no doubt affords and which have
been 20 apparent the current season.
Mr.. Tilden made his headquarters foE
sometime several years ago iu Aberdeen,
and has numerous acquaintanoes here.
Col. Siebert is nominally resident OF
New York, and has the reputation Of be-
ing Q man of generous means. II be
goee into irrigation he is prepared to
make tie necessary outlay and reap the
very best results obtainable.
Pork vs.. Wheat.
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