Kansas City daily journal., 1895-08-03

| many of us have spent ie best years OF
| our lives here aud don't Ike that ending.
80 , we have been trying tisolve the prob
| gent class OF our clti2ensfeel that they
have, found It in conservatn OF moisture,
| tensive cultivation, tree plating impound-
ing of water, etc. Any one these pres.
ent subjects for many papers and have. in
fact, been eXhaustively discused
But there is one branch thaseems TO me
10 have been neglected. Forthat reason
] wish to call attention 10 Il. some OF us
1t continues to prove TO he therood thing
we think It will we desire tit ali can
have the, advantages OF i. 1t sub-irri-
cation. 1t has been partly connmned i'm
the West, but the criticisms the, are not
applicable here, because our so is alto
being so important factor in Kasas, we
in this system OF irrigation. feel tat Il is
the ideal way, only requiring, as cnpared
with surface irrigation, one-fourth o. ono
third as much water and about oh-tbir1
as much work 20 keep the ground p,perlv
mulched and free from weeds Th,thor-
tirahle TO use fertilizer freely, esptially
haruNarl manure, thereby giving pilUr
yields No storage ponds are needed the
earth Itself proving 20 be the best ofrcs-
ervoirs into which YOU can pump 1ur
water the year around. regardless OF ,ro
or iorrid weather The efeguye stong
ing winter. when The highest winds ~
vail requires but little additional watern
lle summer 10 mature your crops. W M
us 1t gives results beyond the most sa-
guine expectations. ana relatively muc
better than surface irrigation. with "a,
the advantages enumerated above the *
ira expense is no considerations For S2-
You can put IN an eight foot steel wheel
and tile two acres. and with $50 to $50 per
acre more, you can add to your area. run
ming up to probably five acres. ! have no
hcsitation in saying that your 500 plant
viii make more money than the average
quarter section in Central and Western
Kansas
Aside from the relative value OF this sys-
tenn OF irrigation it has value or the
greatest Importance. not only TO Western
Kansas, but TO all sections OF the country,
for the purposes OF the disposal Of sewage.
IN small towns and country residences.
which probably can be best illustrated by
my own plant I carry the water OF a
hathtub. washhowl and kitchen sink
through a two inch galvanized pipe to the
back part of my town lot ana connect with
three rows OF tiling, laid level, thirty
inches below the surface. twelve feet apart.
This arrangement at the same time dis
poses Of my sewage and irrigates "A gar
den thirty by fifty feet doing away with
the expensive and foul. death-breedinE
cesspool The amount of water usei rs
about equivalent to what "A family Of same
size throws out at the back door, creating
the unsightly, ily-breediuE pool that we
too frequently see. The results Of that
small quantity of water are marvellous. |
have. a family. Of seven and 1t has given
all the vegetables that we can use since
the LIST of May and will continue to do SO
until the hotbeds OF next spring come into
use. Heretofore II was impossible to get
good vegetables. the price high. quality
p99r. To be brief, it has cut my grocery
bills in two
greater than our expectations. and II 9TH
er sections Of the state should wish to eX-
pertinent, my n"ighhOrs or myself Will
gladly enter into the details Of expense,
depth. etc. in some future number of the
Kansas Farmer