New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
MAKE BIG MONEY.
WATERING THEIR CROPS
Long Island Farmers Buy CT,
Water to Irrigate With.
lFrom me tribune Bureau. !


Washington. July 29.-That a farns- e.
afford 20 pay a tenth Of cent cubic Ia. =,
water, invest $50 an acre in an Irritating -.
20 distribute the water and then farm 49,
worth 81. 900 an acre in Queens County !.
large profit will probably strike the svs-,,,
urbanite as almost preposterous. and YET tss.s
precisely what Is being done by Bender Bros..,,
Of Queens County. and they make IL paw bs-s
sonely. They trrigare seventeen acrss ".
water which they buy from the Bows-v b.
Improvement Company at 81 for loo gss.
feet, they have invested approximately SSoi-
piping and hose for distributing the water. az
they apply s125 worth OF water a year q q,
seventeen acres. making the cost for watsrs an.
81 35 cents an acre. And the proprietoTs of s5
up-to-date farm say that the irrigation do1s--
the value Of their crops
Nor are the Benders the only enterpri.-s
farmers on Long Island who have come % a.
preciate that irrigation has more uses than tt
reclamation Of the arid and serni-arid Tssiclso,
the Far West John Schumacher trrigatss f-.r
acres with city water. and uses 500 worth q
water a year TO do it. August Plengs tTiss.ss
four acres with city water and pays 500 a YER
for the water. B. H MohlenhoR irrigates thrs.
acres with city water. while numerous Othsr sr.
terprising truck growers and farmers On In;
Island irrigate more or less extensively. us-s
city water or that pumped from driven wells e.
the purpose.
In the estimation OF the irrigation experts q.
the national government the greatest dsVsl's-
ment OF irrigation for the future viii be n Nsu
York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania and IN Aeu
England, where the pioneers are already rsag1s
handsome rewards for their enterprise IN irs;a-
ling expensive irrigation plants and vatsl1s
their crops whether the weather man does q.
showers or drOuths-
In the estimation Of the experts the eaT Is n;
far distant when large portion Of New 4o,1
state will be under irrigation, ana t1e Ia-l,.
will water ED " II it rains. by HTisalll Z
not as one Of them put II recently, M,s-s-,
farmine, has long been preached % the 1-EI-ls
OF America, and Europeans who rels9 eno5l =
crops by the expenditure OF an e1sFao0---a.
amount Of cheap labor have been held W as ,s
anDles hut they are examples which the A1-.-
can farmer is IOath to follow Analysis Q, r.
intensive farming Of Europe almost mseE-1--
shows that 10 is accomplished by Ine 1@.n'-.s
working his wife and his young chilaIsn y =.
fields. The American farmer Is unWulns 80 &
that but he has in many instances nlo-e - -
Offset by his enterprise his unWilllIlen7-S u
NIT his wife and children TO DO the n4F@5s- -
~ work and in no instance more strial-
has he done so than on those farms n1al -. -
consuming centres. where he mas p9s ~ - 81 -, -
tO-date irrigation plant. connected ns S L-- 49,
the city mains and irrigated his crops WIEN ~
needed IL regardless Of the weather
with a view to ascertaintng how Tar ~ s,. -.
Of irrigation pays. the Department o. @ $50 :,
ure has made some interesting lnNestl5e
a result OF which IL announces that a lalIse -. -,
her Of instances investigated showed ulae =.
average value Of the crops gathered IIon- L-. -
gated land was 81 OSO an acre, OF Wnee 49, ~ -.
- f,rjaa4ors estimated that at least $50 ~
SI1s 70 irrigation In other words. tnat HL--
ton even when practised under the PC. : -,
sive circumstances. increased the value y ~
crops AZ per cent, although some y 80 ~ -
oV,cCoadad in attaining increases or OniS ~ =
The cost Of irrigation IN these regions y. -, -
from $50 to 500 an acre. but the s1pS-C- S,s.s
4tst II is safe TO anticipate an average ~, +
IN fhe value OF crops OF 800 an acre W. ~ -
eCr1e Instances the increased value haS -
known 20 amount to $500 an acre.