Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1912-01-07
PROGRESS OF IRRIGATION
1bonsanIs ~ Acres - Land Mad.
terrible ~ 1912.

SAN ASrosio. Tex Jan o.
The psA yeaf haa peea che moai eon-
dertul ~ me vort ~ irrigation lu
Tesas 81 any year 90 the history o.
the development ~ the state The
tai. ~ that which has been aeeom
piished reads SAC page from tho
Arabian Nirhs
Noi since The ancient Egyplana.
toiiing on the banks Of the Nlls near
the then omnistod Pyramids nn
I'D the satsfa % that sroam Nuh
crude watef~heeln 90 ihs foriile land
above aud made ii abe garden spot OF
The aneiout world has 10 many acres
he'n made culiisaDlo Va one year b.
ihe usu ~ water a. in 1871. aud 81 ali
tbe states of the Union Texas has
ahown the LARGEST percentage 81
growth ia Irrigated acreage
IN the year lus, closed $1,000 acres
of land we're made ready fur crops
and b. the end 90 the prosant year n
IL esilmaiea that lgo oeo acres uore
all be added 10 the total Projects
a." nov bsing nnhnecd which ~iil add
silll another goo. zoe arf-a TO the 1ola!
lrrleAteJ acreage within the nest
three ycafa. aud thsso nrufos DO not
Include the nnlsli projects which lrri.
Ea,o from iba ~ n0o acres ~ land
90 which IN many caaes no report n
ever made 10 The United states man
agor 81 irrigation for the state
When h Do au acknow lodged fact
that tho Irrigated land will average
IN value $3.50 per acre. some Idea ~
~hat this tremendous Development
means 10 Texas may be- Eaincd
Within the Wide boundaries 0f ths
state every method OF Irrigation that
h kaoeu 90 the Science d psaeticrd
ia the lower Rlo Crando district
Era,ltY systems With Tbs water arp
piled hy streams h tho method Ia
sensfal use la m. "a raso district
aud the pecos valley that method iH
eoupiei alth pumping from streams
Tho Ta,alia and nimmit districts are
snppliod by Immense artesien wells.
white In the Panhandle district water
u pumped from wells 20 supply lae
.ser-shifsiy sfoasd
The eork ~ irrigation Ia fotas has
but started according 90 statements
made hy " l. Rockwell tnlte'
States irrigation expert ior Texas
purins the past year the proven ld"a
Of shallow ~assf has been extended
ovor thousands or acre. IN she psu
handle conhtsy and the expert said
that on Account ~ the relatively small
eos, oi Irrigation M that sertion the
sear ists would probably SOC TIE ma
iorlty Of che smaller private projects
iaunvhed In that section. whiis che
indlNidaa tracts played under cultl.
walton arr aoi lsrwe IN the ageregaie
they make many thousands 81 acres
SOME idea 81 the magnitude 81 Mr.
Rockwelis Work may De- Eatborea
from tho fact that 90 a recent TRIP 10
the Panhandle eounsry that eeatle-
man travelled s.beo miles Ia Dts tn
spectlon az ons q relatively small part
az the irrigated lands vt ,hs stale
Mr Rockwell aid that Texas was
IN need % iegisla,ion 10 conserve The
water supply he stated tina, IN him
INST co0nts where the Immense aTts
tau wells are. there should Ne icsis.
lstion 60 make u obligatory shat ~
cry we'll should be- essed 80 tha, me
supply OF water could be shut On
and not allowed TO run 10 waste
The expert said that the results of
tho year iesg ciosed IN The irrigation
work bad cAccesisd bis expectations
and that u Was beyond the kae~ ledge
ol any man What the aext Few years
would brlnK forth ia the way % irri-
Cation Development