The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-18

the Rocky Ford district we visited the
canals and storage reservoirs north OF
tenn of irrigation in the country The
canals are 265 miles long and are fed IT from N
available. which is usually until about the
Wei matuTed. After After that PERIOD only
moderate quantity Of water Is re-
Wben the D riner 0 Becomes am too low and
water is no longer available from that
source they fall back upon their d Immense lns
amer aRd Ig 900 aere of iand With water one
foot foot deep tss AS only about 10000 acres OF
land comes under this proposition the
storage supply is at all times more than
1.-The company guarantees "A inches OF
water. which, in addition to the rainfall.
assures every farmer all the water that
is required for successful farming. The
average annual rainfall is IA inches, that,
company, assures an annual water supply
of IS inches. evenly distributed during the
year giving the farmer rain (by irriga
tom just when he needs it, neither too
much nor too little. but just enough and
Under such perfect conditions farming
must be success II the farmer does ms
and abundance of water will produce
plenty of everything
and, considering the matter in every de-
tail desire to ask the land company
proposition before the Society of Friends,
with view of locating our people in this
1.-The location that impressed us very ia
vorably is tract of 5000 acres, all in one
about one and a half miles from the sta
ton of Grote. Prowers county, Colorado.
be bought for $40 per acre, carrying a
perpetual water right, the only expense
not to exceed so cents pere acre, which. is
for maintaining the bitches. which in
viii decrease to 25 or 80 cents per acre
Water lies near the surface. Artesian
water of a superior quality is obtainable
Nearly all the land in this particular
tract lies so that it can be irrigated and
is directly under the Amity canal, which
is the finest in the district.
1.-The beets grown here test as high as
and it is our judgment that the land here
possesses all the advantages they have at
Rocky Ford. where land is valued at from
$75 to $500 per acre.
THE beet sugar company contemplates
the erection of another factory somewhere
near this locality to take care of the large
crop that will soon be grown in this part
be tsi are ali shipped by freight to the
factory at Rocky Ford, the company pay
equal advanfa ges over the entire valley.
We would recommend our members or
others, who might for any reason desire
to change their location. to investigate
the merits of this proposition. We believe
able opportunity is offered that the ad-
vantages of securing home should be
considered in preference TO remaining as
perma nent renters in their old districts
and where the probabilities of acquiring
The nrivations incident to a new country
need not be endured here. as day and
night you are within sound of the engine
on the main line of the Santa Fe railroad.
while the telephone will soon be in every
farm house. The school system is the
very best and constant improvements are
being made in that direction
20 l So " eenerai i'm
migration agent of the Santa Fe; Topeka;
Kan. and David GrieSt, for advice and
assistance through all of our investiga-
lions.
JOHN L. THOMAS,
''PendTeton, Ind.
EDWARD COALE.
Bloomington, Ill.
MORRIS A. WILSON,
Magnolia, Ill.,