The herald., 1897-04-05
IRRIGATION COMPETITION


Mr.. e. r. Moses. chairman Of the ex-
ecutive committee of the National Irri-
cation congress. has completed arrange
ments by which he offers the following
sums for papers or essays relating to ir-
rigation: For the best paper. 500; for
the second, SIS. and for the third, $50.
The competition is open to persons from
all parts of the United States. east or
west. The subjejct of the essays shall
pertain to any matter intimately con-
nected with irrigation practice or en-
gineering. The following topics are sug-
gested, but others may be selected:
Methods of applying water" "Irriga-
tion of garden. orchard and field crops"
Irrigation by means of windmills;"
Cost of pumping water for irrigation;
Canal and ditch construction, cost and
values" Water storage, construction
of reservoirs, and sale of stored waters;"
Underground waters, their develop
ment and use;" Measurement and di-
vision of water by weirs or modules;"
Quantity of water required for irriga-
tion;" "Seepage waters from irrigation;"
Quality of water-silt, alkali, etc."
Sewage irrigat tion;" Water power and
irrigation"
The papers should be based as far as
possible upon the experience and obser-
walton of the writer, and should contain
new facts of general value. They should
not be historical or legal in character,
nor contain references to the develop
ment of irrigation in foreign countries,
except as illustrative of local conditions,
but should be devoted to topics of live
Importance to the people of the present
day, giving especial attention to costs
and values.
The substance Of the papers SHOULD
consist of discussion of facts, and not Of
opinions. Political and sociological
questions should not enter, but the mat
ter should be written for the information
and instruction of men of fair degree OF
education and common sense, who may
desire to know about irrigation, giving
plain statements of methods and results
in clear, accurate and concise manner.
Published matter or compilation from
books will not be accepted, and the ori-
gin of all information obtained from pub
lie documents, reports. journals, pamph-
let's and other printed material must be
clearly indicated and full reference given
by title and page.
The scope of the papers should be linn
tied to one or two main points. not at
tempting to cover the whole field of ir-
rigation. but going into full details Of the
single matter under consideration. In
short, each paper should be a unit by
itself The length of the papers should
be not less than 10000 words, or over
10000. Each paper should be accompa-
MED by suitable illustrations, photo
graphs, maps or drawings; the latter can
be crudely done if Ineligible, artistic
finish not being essential. Photographs
should be of moderate size and clear, so
that they can be reproduced.
fe % n~tr
water superintendsnts, canal or ditch
builders, irrigators, farmers. and, in
fact, to any man or woman who can
state intelligibly some new or valuable
fact. 1t is not open, however, to hydro
graphers of the geological survey or
other salaried employees of the national
government. Preference will be given
to clear statements of experiments or
Investigations carried on by private en-
rious methods of applying water either
in the arid or humid regions. In all
cases full statement should be given of
the areas, dimensions, and especially of
cost of construction, of applying water,
and the value of the returns.
The manuscripts should preferably be
typewriter, but not necessarily, if writ
ten in a clear, legible hand. They
should be sent to Mr.. E. r. Moses Great
Bend, Kas., before July l, 1897. On that
date he, with two other persons, will be-
gin to examine the manuscripts. The
results will be announced at the Lincoln
(Neb.) meeting of the National Irriga-
ton congress. The right is expressly
reserved to reject any and all manu-
scripts II accepte/, the money will be
paid at or shortly after the Lincoln
meeting. the authors surrendering all
further claim. The papers will probably
be published later under the name of
their authors, and with full illustrations,
a short abstract being read at the time
of the congress.