Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-11
IRRIGATES BY PUMPS.
Texan Tells How His People Water
Their Farms = Prosperous Times.

nTexas is not worrying so much about
notifies as she did; times are too good y
That was the way w. NJ. Robertson o.
Marshall, Harrison county, in the Lone
Star state. put It today as he chatted
about Texas. Mr., Robertson come here
a month ago from Texas to study irri-
gatIon methods. He has Travelled over
the state extensively and gained much
knowledge OF irrigation from his in
spection Of the bitches Of Colorado, says
the Denver Post,
Texas will bloom as the rose when
she gets irrigation down fine And we
are learning fast from Colorado ranch
ers. In our state we irrigate fully as
much as you do In Colorado as far as
area Is concerned. We would do more,
but many OF our people do not know
how II Is done or the value OF II. From
the Panhandle south TO Beaumont,
where the rice fields are, IL a great
stretch of country with irrigated places
here and there. Along the Pecos river
Is another strip. This strip extends as
far north as Roswell, N. NJ.
I'VE irrlgate great deal by pumping.
We have no mountain streams as you
have here and we must put in current
pumps and do the best we can. The
best is pretty good. though. / have
seen q ranch of $500 acres all irrigated
by current pumps and doing as we'll as
any field under bitches.
In the Beaumont rice fields we use
the pumps altogether, but on the Pecos
river we have fall that permits of
bitches. The Advantage of pumping The
water is that you put 1t where you want
It. Here you waste great deal Of the
water Down In Texas we would be
ruined il We allowed as much water to
go to waste as the ranchers do In Cole
RADIO.
1.-THE irrigation has been going on in
Texas for about 10 years We learned
II from Colorado. We raise cotton, corn,
alfalfa. fruit and vegetables by irrlga-
ton.
our cotton crop Is good this year. We
VIII have about 3,250000 bales of cotton
IN the state. The average crop for us is
about 100000 bales We raise one third
OF the cotton produced In the country.
1t Is sent TO Galveston and New Orleans
70 market. The price in these markets
WIZ be better than last year. September
cotton is now selling for liz cents. Last
year " was away up. July cotton sold
Tor IL and IA cents. The corner on the
market run by Sully was the cause. The
cotton IN New Orleans and New York
Was bought at Is cents fiat at times.
IeAas Is prosperous. The corn crop
Is good and so Is the range and the
forage crops The country for 100 miles
" e,ach direction from Dallas cannot
oe peat anywhere. There is lots of
Immigration to that section of the state
Inc eastern part of the state Is the az
rCulural region and the west Ia devoted
Principally to grazing We will irri-
su'e the whole state in time and IL win
ne me greatest country ever known
an ihe future Of Texas under irrigation Is
dazzling bright. '''''" 10
GoRMAN TEXANS CHOICE.
Our politics is not what thew used
90 20 oe' We viii likely 20 to the Demo.
vlaHc convention asking for the nomI.
n nS OF Senator Arthur Pue German
y, Maryland for president. w, ]. Brvan
70 lot so well esteemed now as he was
We We Will not follow him away from the
pose German" eS :" up