The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-13
AN IRRIGATION TALK.
What Farmers Can DO With Creek Bnnl,
u Lands.

What Farmers Can DO with Creek Bank
u Lands.
To tho Editor of THE Post.
white gold and SILVER pngs arc crawl
ing around, trying 10 tell tho dear people
WHEAT to do and how TO ge, ani keep
more silver aud gold in our land, | want
TO tell the brother farmers how 10 n axe
and keep in circulation what gold and all
yer we have among US today.
If you have a small creek rlnnlng
through your land that is thirty feet
wide and fifteen feet deep N thanpel.
you have both a gold and silver mine
at your door II you win only develop IT,
just huili Won dam Of slly or dirt across
the channel of check, 80 as - lialc YOU
nNc o. Xix teci uI water, ihcn project
the dam with q plank or pugri break
w4'"r. Sci IN front OF v ii m Ingle of
say, As degrees. with an apron -unnirg
back over The top II ;he dam. 10 that
a. ne wafer comes down. Ara IL VIII
pass the break water asIfI IT the dam
until the water inside risns cnou.tn 10 fun
over the top. Then The apron viii rarr, The
water oNer ana prevent thc washing away
OF the dam. Now, afUer You have secured
the uoht irrlPHting water IA the World
tpure rain wa err, then prepare oar or
more acres of land "a tho link Of tho
creek. by thorough blowing. .tc., ana put
ditch on the highest part Of he llnd
up ans down the creek ~ po 7.1hlA. Then
procure the htst HuI cheaurst pune Won
can hnd on the II, rket ana. oi'ber by
hand or mule aud lever Power, hoist The
water into this ditch an1 then plalt your
truck raich OF tomrtpes, tnhhpgc, hrt NJ
poas onions, celery and wtiCTmr,uns ia
rows generally Mt righ' angles iron the
course of the creek Dnd Inc water VIII
flow nicely down caeh iot CT wntcr
furrow \ little patience and cXp.~ttg1 NJ
ing viii show you how many water fur
rows you need TO wet the ground in one
might mis- Hltrlara irFlasNafnp mn
always be dore IN the first par. NJ tho
day.. Start the Mater ls SOON AZ shade az
timber covers The ground. or u no tim
her on Yves. side, walt until the sun IL |
about down, then start the water out OF
the large ditch into the water burrows. |
Experiment with burrows twenty feet
apart until you learn how far the water |
v III penetrate the soil on either side |
of frrrow in, say, ten hours run. Thea |
afterwards. put In more burrows. n twen-
~ feet apart ~ not close enough Farm
ers OF Ellis county this year are gathering
A half bale OF cotton from one aero OF
creek hank lands, making sl5 to $50 for
use OF acre this year. This same acre In
above explained will sell IN .,nnls for
1850 10 500, marketed In one-:hir1 OF half
pushei baskets. Ennis 10 eating Wichita.
Kan. irrissrs q groEn tomatoes now
Three hundred bushels OF rcd or white
potatoes can be crown every
rall on such an acre Of iibd ani can be
ma Will bring 81 per bushei for curing
planting one acre in celery - Florida
brings 1920 10 the grower and 80 on. and
10 on.
Let Texas farmers who own creek lot
oms start 10 irrigating In 4 sim Ie way
me to I'VE acres OF creek bank soil ind
row only enough cabbage, J'otEtCes,
,nions and celery as is consumed by our
titles and towns and our townpcople viii
certainly be glad the money don't go out
4 the staAe but 20 their neighbors, who