Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1904-03-19
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
Douglass County Farmers Setting an
Example in Irrigation.

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Example in Irrigation.
That the Douglas county farmer is
prosperous, there is no denying; that
he is progressive, the fact is evident.
There is not a season but that some
new and up to-date improvement is adj
ded to the forces of the people up the
valley.
Included in the freight of yesterday
that arrived on the local was cou'-
pie of big gasoline engines that are to
be put to work on pumping for water
in order that the farmers may utilize
water where the bitches do not do the
work. The engines are consigned to
the DRESSER ranch, where an extern
sive pumping plant is to be installed.
There is no question as to the ef!ici-
ency of the engines or the pumps.
as that was tried out and proven by
people in California several years ago.
When the plant up the valley is
in working order it will place many &C
res Of land that is above the ditch
lines in bearing condition.
The same thing should be in pro-
gress in this valley. An engineer who
has surveyed, experimental and in
stalled plants in California was look
ing over the situation here yesterday.
In a drive about the valley, he pass
ed the ideal land this side of Empire
and at once centered on it as an ideal
section to start pumping plant The
ground is ten feet deep and would
raise anything that is placed in it.
Water is close to the surface, as a
number of springs come to the sur
face, yet there is not cultivated acre
within half a mile of the favored
ground. The engineer took one looS
at the electric wires that pass over
the ground and expressed an opinion
about the residents of this valley that
would not look very fatterig in
print
AS was explained by him that the
ground offered an opportunity for one
of the finest farms in this valley. The
water is near the surface The power
near at hand and a ready market for
everything that is placed in the ground
or raised. At the present time there
as a stream of water running through
the section of land that would furnish
water for a dozen farms In the sum
mer months. This water flows into the
Carson river and only helps raise the
surface of Carson Sink, where it does
no one any good. There is considerable
reservoir room in the section above
and this water with the help of a small
pumping plant would furnish living
for a number of families.
The example that has been set by
schould receive a following here. The
conditions are almost Identical. AS the
land is the same and both places
would depend on the same market tc
make the wealth. The farmers of Dol
glas county are the most prosperous
in the entire State and it all comes
from the result of thrift and applica
ton. The land is no better than it is
here, but by irrigation land that was
formerly sold at IS an acre and ne
one wanted it is now listed at $500
an acre and none for sale. The lands
of this valley that offer just such al
: inducement can be bought for the
first mentioned price and would ne
just as much as that up in Dougla:
county. The spring should see the in
PRODUCTION of the modern ways ani
the first individual who has the hardi
hood to take up the matter and throw
down the Knockers" who are in tn,
road of every improvement, will no
only enrich himself but will show tina
this country is capable of making
homes for a score or more of families
and on ground that is now turned ove
to the jackrabbits and the free pas
ture for the wandering sheep man wht
doesn't pay taxes.