The indicator., 1897-04-17
DEVELOP IRRIGATION METH
DDS
National Association VIII Give Attention
to Practical Suggestions.

Topeka. Kan. April l2.-The coming
mecting of the national irrigation con
,ention at Lincoln, Nebraska, promises
To he the most practical In the associa-
tlon'4 history. The effort will he to Sc
cure returns on actual work accom-
plishcl. aud to this end the executive
committee. with headquarters AT
Great Bend, this State, has determined
TO offer prizes for papers or essays de
voted to the reclamation of arid lands
The prizes are TO he awarded by the
chairman of the committee ana TWO
other experts and are as follows;
For the best paper. 800; for the see
ond. ST5: for the third, SO The com
petition is open 10 persons from all
parts of the United States, east or
west The subject of the essays shall
pertain to any matter intimately con-
ncctcl with irrigation practice or en-
ginceriug The following topics are
suggested. hut others may be selected:
Methods of applying water.
Irrigation of garden. orchard and
field crops.
Irrigation by means of wind mills.
Cost of pumping water for irrigation.
Canal and ditch construction, cost
and values
Water storage. construction Of rcscr-
voirs and sale of stored waters
Underground waters, their develop
mcnt and use.
Measurement and division of water
by weirs or modules.
Quantity of water required for irri-
CATION.
! Scepagc waters from irrigation.
| Quality of water silt alkali, etc.
| Sewage irrigation.
Water power and irrigation.
| 1t is especially demanded that the cs.
says shall give practical and actual re-
suits
The substance of the papers should
consist of discussion of facts and not
| Of opinions. Political and sociological
| questions should not enter, but the
matter should he written for the infor.
/ nation and instruction of men of fair
degree of education and common sense
who may desire to know about irriga
tiUn, giving plain statements of meth.
ods and results in n clear. accurate
and concise manner. Published matter
or compilation from books will not bC
accepted and the origin of all informa
| tion obtained from public documents
| reports journals. pamphlets and Other
| printed material must be clearly indi,
Gated and full reference given by title
and page.
The scope of the papers should ht
| limited To one or two main points. moi
| attempting to cover the whole field oi
| irrigation. hut going into full details
of single matter under consideration
In short each paper should b. unit
| by itself. The papers should not hav,
| fewer than 10000 words nor rore thar
10000. Each paper should % accom-
panied by suitable illustrations. photo
graphs, maps or drawings. The latter
can be crudely done If nteiiigible. ar
tistic finish not being essential Pho
tographs should be of moderate siZ,
and clear. SO that they can be repro
dnced.
The competition is open IA engineers
water supcrintcndcnts. canal or ditcl
builders, irrigatorS. farmers, and, IN
fact. to any man or woman who cai
stale intclligibly some new os valuabl.
fact. 1t is not open. however. to hy
drographers of the geologicai surve,
or other salaried employees cf Che ma
tional government. Preference will h,
given 10 clear statements OF elperi
ments or Investigations carried 90. b,
private enterprise TO test the prac;!ca
bility of various methods of appie'n:
water either in the arid or humid re
gions. In all eases full statcmer
should he given of areas. dimensions
and especially of cost of constructlo,
of applying water and the value of tin,
returns.
The papers must reach the cxecutiv.
committee ut Great Bend Kansas h,
July LIST and the winners will he an
nounced at Lincoln at the meetin:
next fail. The committee SAYS tha
TOO much theoretical work has beer
done in the past and it now proposes I,
get at the facts.