El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-18
WEST TEXAS PUMPING PLANTS
FOR IRRIGATION SUCCESSFUL

| wells, windmills and surface tanks
the finding of this supply of water and
! the means of utilizing it made this al
once the most ideal stock country in
| the state Of Texas, and Of course with
| the coming of the stockman and his
! vast herds of sheep, cattle and horses
! the land has become more and more
valuable. Titles have been acquired to
it and it has advanced steadily from
practically nothing TO Its present value
for stock raising and farming pur-
poses.
Agricultural Development
Modern pumping machinery will be
at once a greater aid to agricultural
development than the we'll drilling ma
chine and windmill were to the deveI-
opment of the stock industry 1t is
true this country in its natural state
with the usual amount of rainfall and
without irrigation, is not a failure
1t has been proved that cotton, milo
maize, kaffir corn and kindred forage
crops will make good average annual
yield and with proper cultivation and
an intelligent conserving of the meis-
ture many other crops can be grown
successfully. 1 believe the man who
Will do, in connection with farming.
some stock raising, can make and ac-
cumu1ate money, but the man who
would farm exclusively and has not
the means to uphold himself during
the protracted periods Of drouth, to
which We are sometimes subjected,
will find farming without the aid of
irrigation.S rather hazardous expert
ment and an uphill undertaking. For
this reason. and only as an aid IN times
OF -drouth, to augment the natural rain
fall. would advocate irrigation.
The method of irrigating from wells
by the use of powerful pumps is now
conceded to be the most successful
the most practical and the most feast
bic means of irrigation for the follow.
ing reasons: =
The water can be easily controlled
and conserved and put upon the ground
with less waste By the use OF sfhe
gravity system, long bitches and lat
erals are necessary and the loss OF
water from seepage in transit is enor-
nous Then again, each man can own
and control his own irrigation plant
There is no water right in common
out OF which so many controversies
and law suits have grown. Then
again, in a country like this. where.
under normal conditions we have suf-
ficient rainfall for crops, it is only
necessary to irrigate in extraordinary
seasons, and as a means to supply the
water at the proper time, as guaran-
tee of success every year. Hence the
water would only be pumped when
necessary and at a minimum cost The
supply would always be at our com
mand, being stored by nature in her
own deep reservoir, no breaking of
artificial dams, no destructive waste
water in sufficient quantities to irr;-
gate large areas will not be foun5 in
every locality, but water in sufficient
quantities for more or less limited fr-
rigation can be obtained most every
where in the Midland country. and In
fact all over the south plains
Demonstrated Success.
Many pumping plants are being oper-
ated successfully now in the Pecos
country and in the vicinity OF pecos
They are not an experiment. thsy are
a proved success. Hale county has re-
Gently been added to he Est IT irri-
gstien possibilities, because of the
bringing in of well that WIN flow
by means of the Centrifugal pump 1000
gallons OF water per minute, called
the Perry WELL MANI irrigation wells
have been put II. IN portions of New
Mexico. One well has been brought in
at Lubbock, Texas. from which 1850
gallons are pumped per minute.
We have water in Midland in suffi-
cient quantities to supply city of
10000 inhabitants, but we have no run
ming streams nor artificial tanks
wherein the rainfall is impounded, nor
natural lakes from which to take the
supply, but We have the supply lust
the same and in abundance. 1 believe
that it will only be necessary in the
Midland country to install centrifugal
pumps and other pumping plants that
can be put in at comparatively small
cost, to bring vast areas under irriga-
ton on the south plains that cannot be
surpassed in the world for the growing
of all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
The western people are just begin
ming to appreciate their boundless re-
sources, and because of their abund-
ance, have been the most WastefuI
people on earth. In fact, it has often
been said the American people waste
enough each year to support a nation
with three times the inhabitants But IT
is human nature not to take account of
these things until the want is begin
ming TO be felt and the necessity for II
arises, SO the drouth after all NAV
prove a blessing as it has been a factor
in bringing about the necessity of find
ing the means of irrigation which we
have discovered and the modern meun.
DDS of pumping.
For bowel complaints in children al
ways give Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil.
1t is certain to effect a cure and when
reduced with water and sweetened is