The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-04-24

by the dyaiu.rr canal will reduce tbs
level of the lakes tp such an extent a.
To- interfere with navigation by The
largest lake ,teamcr,. in rain 81 ST,
inches which recently fcll over thc,e
lakes the quantity of water added 10
them wn. l0spGl1l5G 600 cubic feet
10 would tai.c seven years Tor the Chica.
20 drainage canal 90 Withdraw this
qunutitv of wntor This "drainny,.
canal b really o. great ship canal. and
by tapping 70 here and there ciup. v.iIi
De- aided a. make cargOcs for those
ships
Hut this is matter Of the future
For the immediate present, pumping
plants will convey water from neigh.
boring streams. MS ut kanlulsce. and iu
this farmer, eau a-,peiatc Themselves
together here and there and divide the
expense. Reservoirs and lakes will be-
made in different sections. and vurioua
means will ho employed In pumping
the winter Two irrigutions season
will prove sufficient in Illinois gas
engines ON engines and perhaps cleo.
tricitv will furnish the power and II "a
likely thut Windmill- will cut q bio
fgurc. with gasoline engine o pump
aud u reservoir small patches can be-
indie pendent IT amy general irrigation
cpmpnnlrs though Thrust be- confessed
that the latter have proved great
benefit in the far west. rcclaiminfr
thousands ~ acres ~ barren lands and
transforming them into farms that pro-
ducc not only one, but several crops a
SEASON.
During the recent meeting ~ the n.
liuois state horticultural society at
kanhal,ee. one hundred Of the mem.
hrr. in attendance. with their wives.
visited the irrigated farm Of the Illinois
Eastern Hospital for the Insane. ON the
invitation ~ Dr. Gnpcn. the supcrin.
tcndcnt and the reported wonderful
crops ~ the past season were investi.
gated 10 their entire satisfaction.
That many Of these farmers will irri.
fntc their orchards and gardens goes
without the saying. Certain Il is that
u large number ~ them said they
didn't propose to wait on the rain any
more" Hat corn, and everything that
grows, cuu be- irrigated. aud, even In
the most fertile regions Of the rain belt.
crops will be- fuur.fold greater with ir-
rigation than without H.
bit of Intelligence which n Of i'm.
portancr Ia Illinois farm owners can be
conveyed herewith. II ~ that q com.
pauy has recently been Incorporated NJ
Springfield ITO buy and sell farm lands
In Illinois. which intends nothing less
than the buying up Of farms Just now,
when farmers, al Is supposed, are DIS.
courugcd and will sell cheap. put In ir.
rigutiuu plants aud then sell them on
80 .stlt f.st.s.s. Tho
uf this company "a now In Chicago,
but the gentlemen have heretofore
been operating In the same way further
west. The southern colonies, made up
~ farmer, In Illinois and Indiana. win
make their operations very profitable
There u much uufaynrublo comment
Ia u quiet way, and Il h charged that
one uf the men connected with this
company ~ the prime mover In GER
tain southern colony and that, through
other parties. he actually bought,
chcnply, the farms ~ two men whom
lac personally induced to so south. hut
the poiut here l. that this company,
even In legitimate buying, see chance
for making big money 10y improving
the farms through irrigation and sell.
ing them again. n this company can
do this, the present owners can do the
same, and thus bring up the value OF
their holdings.
The plan nat many farmers viii
adopt = wind power pumps and rcser-
voirS or lakes The bottoms and sides
~ these artificial lakes only require
pudding. After this has been done
the secpaRc viii be- no greater than the
evaporation A mill that will only
pump enough water to irrigntc one
mere when applied direct from the
pump, viii irrlgatc from ten 10 twenty
acres " the water IL applied from the
outlet Ia the reservoir. The advantage
gained II found In the pushing power
~ the water when rapidly discharged
rom the reservoir at rate Of from
tNo Ia three cubic feet second, or at
the same rate In gallons Ut from
fifteen To twenty-five gallons a second.
Nv this method but little water is lost.
The land lying aquarter Of mile from
the plant viii receive almost as much
~ the tract directly adjoining the mill
When the reservoir I, nearly empty the
gate II closed, aud II N filled by the
same process aud repeated ON another
portion % the farm.
Verify, the agc Of prayer for rain has
been rclegated TO the dark past. .-lrri'
CATION Age.