Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-10-03

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s How different IS sucu practice from
that of disappearing mining
property? The result OF continue,
~llotation Of fraudulent mining com
e panies has been to render unattraetiv,
. to investors any mining venture O
I whatever worth. VIII not the resul.
. be the same in the settlement Of thi.
= vast areG Of land if we encourage
homeseckers to risk everything With
out a means of livelihood during UNI
8 favorable years?
The department Of agriculture.
through its office Of experiment sta
tons, realized the outcome of such
indiscriminate location upon these
lands, and aside from a thorough
study of the crops best suited to such
methods of farming, a made a very
extended study Of small pumping
plants as an adjunct to dry farming.
Unfortunately underground water in
the larger part of the scmi-arid area
occurs in small quantities, and at
varying great depths. Thus the cost
Of pumping is excessive, from S1j to
$50 per acre foot, and is, therefore,
not within the reach of the home
seeker of limited means, and while
the manufacture of alcohol upon the
farm, from crops high in starch
values, will undoubtedly solve the
pio0ieii' ~ - VII IN "i'" ~
y "i'"'" io"0" III
1t was suggested that wind power be
more extensively used and in view of
the cheapness IN FIRST cost, simplicity
and exceeding low cost OF operation
1t promised a ready solution to the
problem, and a thorough investigation
OF the subject was begun. FIRST, by
the installation of six mills of various
types and sizes upon one OF our eX-
pertinent farms and a certain area
devoted to diversified crop raising
under irrigation by windmill pumping
entirely, and, further, investigation
by a canvass OF hundreds Of plants
pumping water by wine power inns
investigation included nearly 3O0
plants used by various railroads be-
cause OF the reliable data that such
institutions afford II they
eXemplitled what could be expected
OF a mhl Whcn proper all nuol. was
given TO maintenance Inc result OF
Such investigator was most BIatliy-
ing n proved beyond q doubt the
appropriateness OF sueh lower III
sowing the question OF SINAI water
supply SlhsuIarIS' no oIheI part OF
the UNITED States IS so IaVlshly sup
piled with available power from
natures vast s~torchouSc OF energy
without the ana OF compleN traHstof-
NATIONS as inc great pIaii'S region
"A cheap power IS SO necessary
whether 1t be a coincidence or q fore
ordination IS OF no moment It Is
available ana here to serve the needs
man ana requires only TO De lniur
Of IN inc most clIlclcht manner
to meet ms most CNdcIihS require
mcnJs.
The windmill IN JUS earnest history
IN the ELEVENTH century was used IN
parts of Europc as q means OF power
aud even Tor pumping IN lioIlahu III
he fifteenth century ana IS even now
used IN the form OF the Ola DutcH
type as a principal power engine IN
many foreign countries nut the type
in the Unlteu states Is SUI $
pcrlor in many ways 10 me crude $
heavy, expensive y . IN use IN the !
past centuries. No u"upt even Ele"t- Z
,r advanccemnt would nave peeh I
in mill improvement were II I
lot for It's Landowner Tor the more {
forms Of primo movers the T.
steam ongine, a engine ana electric D
motor, which have the at e
cntion of eXpcrimenttrs win q view D.
O the attainment of sull greater ct- "
icicncy. IL
II is r that the mConstahcN OF {
Winds renders wind power unreliable {
lut the nature Of the water supply $
n this part OF the West would seem d
make this a desirable feature j,
athcr than otherwise, for n reason a
hat the small supply makes the use
f a small storage reservoir an essen Il
ia adjunct, and the excessive depth 81
rom which tine water is pumped linz IS
IS the size of the mill, which. II II r
we're larger ana the "'uu VI 0on q
lhuous h'sh F,'ocits, "ou'u p
aust lh' upp'E' '"c '""i','" VI %
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