The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-08-15


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Big Ditch Scheme by Hazelwood.
Most of the people in the northwest
have heard of the Hazelwood farm,
which is located near Spokane, and
upon which are raised some of the
finest Jersey COWS in this part of the
country. The dairy industry is the
leading speciality of this farm and ex-
pansion is constantly going on here.
The farm raises it's own forage and
maintains herd of pure blood cattle,
whose progeny is scattered through
the whole northwest. David Brown
is one of the chief stockholders in the
enterprise, and John L. Smith is the
manager of the farm. Recently the
owners decided to increase their hold
ings of land by the purchase of some
1000 acres additional of land adjoin-
ing the original farm. They did this
in order to have an acreage sufficient
to warrant the putting in of an i'm
mense ditch system for irrigation.
This system is to consist of huge
electric pumping plant, with ca
pacity of 40,0000O0 gallons day, the
construction of an immense reservoir
and the digging of an extensive ditch
system. all of which will cost between
s15OOO0 and 5000 900. To~increase the
productiveness of their farm the
Hazelwood people found they needed
irrigation. but their acreage was not
large enough to warrant such a sys-
tenn as they wanted, hence the pur-
chase of additional land The new
holdings extend toward Silver Lake
and give the Hardwood people some
1000 acres in all. The water will be
taken from Silver Lake, and to get it
to their land they found it necessary
to install a huge reservoir up in the
hills to the north of the lake. To get
the water from the lake to this reser-
voir pumps will be used, four or these
to be installed, each with capacity OF
ten million gallons per day. The hrst
pump is now in course of construction,
and Mr.. Brown expects to have 1t IN
operation by the first of October. From
the reservoir the water is to be dis
tributed over the farm by means OF
an extensive irrigation system as men
toned above.
While the Hardwood people expect
to use all the land for their own needs
at present, it is not impossible that
thew will ultimately sell some OF 1t and
thus realize on the water for irrigation.
One of the difficulties they have en-
countered on the farm has been the
raising of sufficient alfalfa for feed
for their dairy stock They are now
able to harvest but one crop OF hay
each year, but with irrigation they
will be able to cut three crops. They
intend to put portion of the new land
in alfalfa and in many other ways in
crease the productiveness per acre or
their farm. At the present time they
make about $40 to $12 per acre per
wear. but Mr. Brown is satisfied that
with all the water they need they can
secure from $50 til 500 per acre each
season.
Irritation from Snake River, Idaho
Recently the irrigation and drain
age division of the office of experiment
stations, of the department of agri-
culture, issued circular No. 60, en-
titled Irrigation from Snake River,
Idaho" The territory discussed in
the circular lies along the Snake river
from St. Anthony, near the eastern
line of Idaho to where Salmon river
enters approximately that part of the
Snake river plains, which was in geo.
logic times covered with lava. The
report deals with the reclamation OF
about 10000 acres of land in the
Snake river valley, which, with many
local differences, are alike more or
less heavily covered with sage brush.
1t contains information as to the cost
Of 1and and IRRIGATION in the valley