The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-06-12
IRRIGATION MATTER


while those conditions may never again
exist, they are liable 20 occur at any
time and in view Of such possihili-
ties tho farmers Of Dawson county
have taken stops 20 fortify against re-
curing disaster " their crop indus
tries,
II may be asked, can this be donc7
answer. MS FAR as Dawson county IA
concerned 10 can be- avoided. But
SOME may ask, will IL pay TO irrigatc,
seeing we have only an occasional
druuth. Now ! wish to say that have
lived in Dawson county for ten years
and out of those ten years we have had
four failures. ia 800. 90, 'pi, and we may
say 'pi. For while we did have some
thing. yet nothing compared 20 q fun
crop, There has been only about one
year In the ten that we could claim n
full crop. That was 81. The only
reason that this county does not pro
ducc good. full crop every year Is be-
cnusc Of % lack OF moisture. And no
soil In America Is rs productive ~ this
with as little labor. Yet no man ought
10 gcxpcct TO raise n good crop any
where without proper cultivation In
view Of oil this. will Il pay 20 irrigateP
lam told by the best Of irrigation
farmcri that they can produce a third
more in any year by applying plenty OF
water. II this be the fact, and be-
licvc Il Is, Il certainly viii pay TO irri-
gate, and In doing so there Is no worry
ing over the Thought Of u failure.
There can be no failure n man has
thc'watcr and will apply Il.
But In rrignting let me suggest that
n you undertake. to irrigntc ON large
scale, especially In the start, You are
sure 20 be disappointed. II will take
practice and experience 20 make u suc'
cess In this, as well as anything else.
So commence by taking u small acre
age, and as you become familiar with
the work of irrigation, add 10 your
acreage by pructicing You Will soon
find out how much you can irrigutc
with profit, and after you have found
this out, " YOU have more land than
you can successfully irrigatc, dis
pose of Il. and give some one else u
chance. by 40 doing you will not only
be making success for yourself but
you will build up the country by add
ing To it, population and increasing
your ncighbors, and bring them closer
toyou. IL would be far better To have
"a small farm, well improved and out OF
debt, where YOU can be insured OF
plenty, than TO have n large farm, Va
| debt. paying all YOU raise la interest "a
somebody else. Nothing makes man
40 happy as hnvinga home, surrounded
with plenty, aud being out OF debt
Now az 20 the cost and facilities oi
| irrigation. We have In this country
four quite extensive systems of irrign
tion: The Farmers aud Merchants
Cozad Irrigation company and Gothcn
burg Power and Irrigation company
besides two other small bitches, which
nrc local and from eight To ten milci
long. Then there II another large
ditch company. known ~ the Lincolf
aud Dawson County Irrigation com
pany, which N now In process Of con
struction. This Inst ditch, no doubt
win be completed In time to irrigat'
the coming crop. The Cozad ditch tap
the Platte river near Gothcnburg. IL
head gate Is lightweight feet wide
the floor Of the head gate Is two fee
wide below low water mark, Its working
capacity n $50 cubic feet per second
which, ut the rate of one cubic foo
per second for each eighty acres, will
water 40,5OO acres. Land under thi
ditch has n gradual slope from mort
10 south OF five To ten feet TO the mile
and from the west 10 the east OF nbou
seven feet.
This company has u peid up capita
OF $4,000 and Is under the manng,
ment OF Nc Barnett, who Is dom
everything In his power 10 advance IN
interest not only Of the company, bu
It's patrons The former management
Of this company was In hands that ha
not worked 10 the best interest {
either the company or its patrons. an
this retarded the success that Il othel
wise would have had. hut under II
present manager, and the trentmcr
now offered TO the farmers under III
ditch, there IL no reason why every on
should not be satisfied.
The GothenburR Power and IrriPI
ton company hns under It's ditch nbot
$4,000 TO $4,000 acres that can be irr
gated from it's system. This ditch
twenty-cight miles long, besides 4
sublaterais. The head gate Is sixt,
four feet wide, and gives AN ample sui
ply 20 irrigate all the land under u
ditch. This county Is managed by Nj
s. X. Wnmbold, and from every ind
cation Is giving good satisfaction.
The Farmers and Merchants IrriR
tion company taps the Platte river ju
south OF Cozad. Its head gate
. ninety feet wide, capacity GOO cub
feet per second. total length OF can
md latcrals, ninoty-eight miles, abol
| hnlf OF which are now completed. q
, rest viii be crowded 20 completion th
, spring, and when completed will Ira
, gate about o. 900 acres. This compaI
/. seems 20 be giving good satisfactio
r and Is managed by Mr.. H. w. lnrto
D It's vice-presidcnt, who ~ u very plea
! ant man 20 deal with, and who !
doubt win treat the patrons OF u
company In every way that viii ga
their confidence.
/. The Orchard and Alfalfa Irrigati'
A company IA owned by home capital. M
/. Is managed by T.. II. Zany, who owns
}. farm under the ditch. and who b
Q worked with untirinR energy 10 mai
4 success OF this home enterpris
o While this county did not get wat
4 turned into the ditch until about in
= last, yet those that availed theinsely
e OF the water supply, even at that Ia
y day. made Il pay. Tho main canal
twelve miles lonp besides It's lntern