El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-19
Points To Be Noted In Buying lrrigabIe Land
By R. BEDICHEK-

removed, even this exceptional condi-
ton is easily overcome.
Mr.. FOrtier warns intending pur-
chasers regarding the purchase Of wa
ter rights, q follows:
The reason why water rights sell
below their value to the farmers is
largely due to the uncertainty regard
ing titles. IN very many cases water
rights have never been defined and
esta bliShed, and a careful examination
is necessary before purchasing such
rights"
The Mimbres valley is a section in
which there is not and can be no liti-
cation regarding water rights. The
individual farmer develops his water
right Independently and he relies upon
no company, corporation or promoter
and he runs no risk of having his wa
ter taken away from him, nor is he ever
put to the expense OF. litigation TO eS-
tablish the right which ne has pUr-
cased- He inStals pumping plant
upon his own land, and stands in the
position OF prior appropriation whose
right is indefeasible- He can use the
water when he wants it. his turn is
all the time The single farmer, with
out assOciating himself with any or
SaniZatlOn, secures water supply
from natural source, thus giving him
an absolutely ideal water right
shutting OFF Water Rights.
Concerning the intervals when the
water supply IS shut off under the or
binary water right, Mr.. FOrtier says;
In Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and
California, and to some extent in other
states and territories. water is deliv-
cred to the user during short periods
of time, with long intervals between
when the supply is entirely shut off.
At Riverside. Cal. where the
soil is a clay loan, the usual allotment
is so inches (270 gallons per minute)
for As hours once month, or 80 inches
for - hours once every six weeks on
a 10 acre tract"
There is a great deal of difference
between farming WheIe water IS al
ways ready for service with a head Of
from so to $50 inches, and farming
where a small head is furnished every
week or two weeks or month or six
weeks IrriSatOrs appreciate this Those
unfamiliar with irrigation who are
contemplating investing in irrigated
lands are warned to inform themselves
OF the difference IT makes. In the
Mimbres valley the farmer has at his
disposal head of from IS TO $50
inches any hour of the day or night he
wants Il, and every hour OF the day or
night throughout the pumping season,
II his necessities require it
Mr. FOrtier says concerning weeds;
The margins Of supply bitches on most
irrigated farms are the breeding
ground of weeds. The seeds of these
fall into the water and are widely scat
tered by the irrigation stream"
This is also a condition which the
Mlmbres valley irTiEatOr does not have
TO contend with. There are no supply
bitches other than those on the farm
itself. Weeds are thus easily kept in
control. 1t is all but Impossible TO
keep a large irrigation system free
from weeds The carelessness of one
farmer on the ditch serves to punish
the most Industrious farmers using
water from the same system.
The person who intends investing
money in irrigated or irrigable lands
could not have a better guide than that
prepared by the head Of the reclama-
ton service of the United States in
farmers bulletin No. 265.