Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-25
Some Things You Want to Know
The Irrigation Congress

was valued al Ghgs. az compared with
H068 in Wisconsin. and 30 on down the
scale for all the middle western states.
For barley the per acre yield was valued
at Sls.I2 a. compared with Sass for Wis
consin. and for hay il was SO a.. against
NA14 in Wisconsin. the best yielding state
In the middle west
There will be many interesting lessons
Of the posi- bility OF irrigation shown in the
big exposition that Is a part Of the Irr1ga-
ton congress Colorado will tell OF a po-
tato yield Of ss7 bushels TO the acre In the
san Luis valley, and a Rocky Ford caute-
lope yield the profits Of which would make
Meas seem a pauper in comparison. Wash
ingron viii exhibit products from the finest
orchards IN the world. and Nevada New
Mexico. California Utah Montana, Idaho
and other states viii illustrate by photo
graphs and By products what a great agent
irrigation is in empire building Then there
vii be an exhibit Of every kind Of irr1ga-
don machinery the world has 70 offer
ditch digEers, water raisers ana many other
appliances thai aid the and 70 make Won
derful yields.
There aSe many projects 10 be under
taken, awaiting the word Of the federal
congress. A $4,000 acre tract in the Sacra-
Colorado river, Doe Go8 acres in Lake Basin,
Montana, 3ea3ao-aere rract IN the san
Joaquin valley. California. aad a similar
sized one in Oregon; 5aaO10 acres in Nevada
to say nothing OF many projects OF 10o.105
acres or less. call for asgregals apprOpT1a-
tons amounting 70 more than 81. 0so 90
IN addition 10 these, there are about IA
1ia go acres which are 70 be pun under irr1-
CATION b. private enterprise, half Of II
within the next i've years. When the
present plans are carried cut the private
project IN the Horse Heaven country,
Washington via be The largest private en-
terprise In The Cnired states. with An
acreage OF s8a 100 ana a cost Of approx
mately E800aGa-
But ambitious as these projects seem,
they are a. nothing compared With the
visions u the future as seen b. s-ch men
as former Governor Adams OF C0i0rado.
De states thar sumo day q modern ses0E-
uis OF Memorandum VII rlse up aud
has first step viii be 70 tap the upper Mis-
sour. bring irs floods down through me
Dak0lzs. Nebraska Kansas and Texas.
making the canal that carries these waters
a grear highway of commerce and a fer
uility carrier 70 Millions o. acres q land
And then be sees every foor OF irrigable
and even IN the nunarld regions OF the
United States. irrigated by tire waters II
rivers ana crsks, supp ant-ng the supply
from me sk-es. and thus transforming the
entire farming region OF the nation into a
garden OF Dienty
OF course such a program lies many
years In the tuuIrs. put a. TIE population
muiupliss aist0ry viii repeat Itself Wher-
ever population has grown So dense among
? agricultural people ulat ordinary farming
E methods would aot suffice irrigation has
/ been ussortsd To- We read 1f the country
around Babylon being a network q irriga-
I non dirches long before Rome and Arhens
ana rhelr cilivlEati0ns Wsne dreamed Of
IN ESypt China Italy, lndia--W hersE e.
unusual demands have been made upon the
land, the irrigation diteh has become TIE
constable rnal has collected these drafrs
Even In TIE days when Hsrodotus visited