St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-11-21

occa sional years originate locally. That
is to say, local to sections of country In
these states, possibly the greater part
of both states, as against the theory
that they come from some remote re-
gion. The hot summer sun pouring
down day after day on extensive dry
prairie rarifes the air near the sur
face and this air rising makes a partial
vacuum for the reception OF tne' color
air from above and this RAPID contlnu.
Gus movement causes a gentle wind OIL
high temperature which blightS Vege-
tation wherever it is not sustained by
moisture from below. 1t has been found
that the hot winds which seriously IN
jure vegetation on the dr1er SOIL nave
but little deleterious effect on the veg.
citation growing on the moist tracts OIL
lands. .interspersed through the dry, open
prairie stretches. 1t is the experience
on irrigated farms in South Dakota
that where the soil and supsoll so da nao
instances when the water had been ap-
piled two, or even three years preVl-
ously, that the hot winds in a dry sea
son which seriously damaged crops a on
caused but little, if any, injury to the
crops growing on irrigated fields.
This was fully demonstrated on
farms in the same vicinity during
the last crop season. The yields on
farms depending wholly upon the rain
large as on farms which had been
thoroughly irrigated, some fields two
and some three years before. Inc re-
duced yields on the drier farms were
caused by the destructive hot winds
of July and 5. From these practical
results the conclusion is reached that
If the lands generally were supplied
with sufficient moisture there would be
no failure of crops from hot Winds.
ARTESIAN WELL CONSTRUCTION
Artesian we'll construction in the
Dakotas is farther advanced than is
generally understood. 1t is difficult to
obtain full records of all of the com
pleted wells. There are, from the best
Information obtainable, about. 500 ar
tesian wells in successful operation in
the great. artesian belt stretching
through these states. Most of them
have been put down by towns for water
supply and for electric lighting, or by
mills for motive power. The sinking OF
artesian wells for irrigation has not
yet progressed as rapidly as for other
proposes. But the results from arte-
sian irrigation in recent years have
been so gratifying that a. number of
wells have been constructed especially
or irrigation, and many more are be-
ing put down by farmers.
The first deep artesian well put down
in the DakotaS was completed in
March, 1882, at Aberdeen, S. D., at a
depth of 955, and at a. cost of 8, 300, by
the chicago, MllWduKee oS St. fduI
Railroad company. Following closely,
in June of the same year, the second
deep artesian well was finished at
Tower City, N. D.. at depth of 716
feet. costing $500, by the Northern Pa
cific Railroad company. Three others
were put down in South Dakota that
year, one by the city of Yankton, one
by the city Of Aberdeen and one at An
dover, by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad. In 1893 the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad
put down a well at Ashton, S. D., and
in 1884 we'll was put down at the town
of Ipswich. Since then the sinking of
artesian wells has gradually increased
from year to year, until now there are
about 500 deep artesian wells in opera
ton in the two states, most Of them To-
Gated in South Dakota
The depth of the wells in this ar
tesian belt varies in localities, ranging
from about 600 to 1,500 feet. The size
of the bore at the bottom Of the tubing
is generally from three to six inches,