The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-29
KANSAS WIND PUMPS.

Goodland, Kan. Sept. 2S.-No late
western agricultural development has
been so prompt and prolific in its results
so replete with hope realized and
promise fulflled-as has the applica ton
of wind pumping irrigation to this fer
tile soil of northwestern Kansas. The
doubling experiment of scarce two year
since the fullhedged and pronounced
success of today, and ransomed and
redeemed, delivered from drouth and
buttressed against restitution Sherman
county sees fair before her a new flu
ture Of ever increasing scope and pros
perity.
Sherman county has nearly 600 900
acres Of tillable land. nearly every
acre of which is susceptible to success
{ul wind-power irrigation, as the coun-
ty is underlaid everywhere with ex-
haustless deposits Of sheet and under
how water.
The depth OF the water runs from I
to us feet. the maxim depth being as
effectively reached and utilized by the
wind power pump as is the minimum
depth
OF the 900 or 1000 farmers now in the
county. at least half have pumpace
IF constant addition. These plants
with irrigation capacities running from
TO 20 acres. can be put in. according
TO the water depth to be reached. for
from SIS to $500. inclusive of reservoirs.
Cnimproved land sells for from 81 to
rs an acre and improved land for from
- to $40 an acre, terms in either case
being one-half cash and the balance on
hve years time. The Rock Island rail-
~ $H4
which Goodland is located. has taken
most active and effective interest in
wind power pump irrigation. and appli-
cations by mail 10 Mr.. c. L. Calvert
viii promptly elicit detailed iuforma-
fion in this direction.
In the suburbs of Goodland itself
Mr.. A. B. Montgomery has. under the
auspices OF the Rock Island road. a
WIND power pumpaee plant under which
ne mas cultivated this year nine acres
dve acres in alfalfa and the rest in gen
eral vegetable products. Mr.. Mont
Eomery's plant taps forty feet Of water
at depth Of 14o feet. and comprises a
b-inch pump with a 1e-foot wind mill
and a reservoir holding nearly 500 600
gallons OF water. This plant. which
cost 1915. will irrigate fifteen acres next
year
The county wind pump plant on the
a'iS water VEIN ano same water depth
as the Montgomery pump has accom-
pnsned excellent work this wear.
Goodland has also one of the Kansas
state pumpage power experimental
Farms. the irrigahle area being the req
uiation forty acres. The water depth
mere is Us feet. the plant consisting OF
e-inch tubular pump. the motive pow
er being gasoline engine. This mower
however, is shortly to be exchanged for
WIND power. with a e2-foot geared mill
and additional reservoir capacity TO
make total water storage of over /
eW.ooo gallons. Irriga ton is now in
active process on this farm.
typical demonstra ton of the re-
suits or wind power pumpage in Sber-
man county is found in the farm q.
IA. b Iomlin. located three miles north
west OF Goodland. Mr.. Tomlin's miami
CONSISTS OF 5-inch tubular pump with
ic-toot wind mill and a reservoir ca
pacity OF 100000 gallons, the irrigahIs
capacity being ten acres. of which eIvht
nave been cultivated this season
The crop distribution of ,hesa s;c,.
acres included three and a half acyas
Of potatoes: 500 sweet potato n,an.s.
1000 celery plants: 600 tomato nIsn,s
5000 cabbage plants: 1000 onions. nne'
half acre OF melons; one-ouarter acra
OF sweet pop corn. a considerable arsa
or sugar beets. pie plant etc. together
With . thrifty young orchard Of frui,