The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-15
FEASIBLE
in GRADY
COUNTY
Johnson Describes De-
VeIOpmcnt In Use Of
Magic Juice

Declaring irrigation by means Of
power driven pumps one Of the biggest
movements Of the axe. and referring
to successful examples Of 1t IN far
western states. Clarence e. Johnson.
manager Of the chlckasha Light, Heat
and Power CO.. Ia an address before
the Cosmopolitan club last evening
pointed out the feasibility OF this, the
new aid to nature IN crop production.
IN Grady county, Incidentally showing
also the tremendous increase in land
values and OUTPUT Of the soil that can
thus be effected
According TO Mr. Johnson the next
few years win likely see remarkable
extension Of the use Of electricity on
the farm, lines being built from the
central stations 10 carry the magic
juice that is capable Of reyolutlonizing
agricultural operations in this country
BY furnishing water at the time when
It is needed BY the crops. I'm CaIifor-
MIA and idaho. said the speaker, the
new system Of irrigation Is already IN
use on large scale The idea is sim
ply to supply the natural deficiency in
moisture during the critical period
when it is needed and this can be
done without the heag expense fe-
quired by the old extshsise ditch pro-
iects The new system is perfectly
feasible here in Grady county and
elsewhere IN Oklahoma and we are
now figuring whit several parties with
view to furnishing current to them.
1T Is not a proposition that any man
should enter into without the advice OF
an expert engineer II requires a large
outlay Of money but It yields proper
tionately large returns II man has
200 acres. OF land worth $40 an acre.
he can well afford to spend a few
thousand dollars to make it worth
800 or $3.50 an acre. The safest way
is 70 begin with a small tract OF land.
say 90 acres. try out the plan keep
books on 1t and see what the results
will be-. III every case the particular
needs and conditions must De studied
and met
Ia ihe Pacific coast states. where
the price Of coal IS high. and wh.re
water power developments can be
maize al a low cost, there has been
tremendous growth in this kind OF
electrical production II has been ac-
companied By the intereonnecting OF
water power and steam plants, and the
building OF a network Of transmission
lines running across the country from
one community to another, so that not
only con electricity be furnished to
inhabitants Of the cities, but to farm
ers along the way. This has brought
about a new era Of central station bus
iness. viz. that Of selling power to
farmers for irrigation, ploughing
grinding and other work formerly done
By horse power. or not done at all
When We realize that the farmer can,
\ for $50 TO SO year. put III a motor
that win do the work Of q horse. and
do it a hours a day and during the
rush season, without complaint, sick
ness or breakdown, We can see that
he has found q new aAd useful agent
IN agriculture, which wIll do It's fulI
share to increase the prosperity Of
the farmer, and to reduce the cost Of
food production.
@There is no reason why manual la
bor on the farm should not be largely
done away with By electricity as It
has been In other employments. Right
here in Grady county there is no rea-
son why some Of our farms should not
irrigate with power driven pumps, in
ereasing the productivity and value Of
our land 50 per cent and more within
two Or three years, II labor saving
means anything to civilization, electric,
ity promises to become the greatest
labor-saver ol all.
Mr. Johuaons subject was Electric
ity as a Faetorin Civilization and his
address, treated IN a broad way the
entire development Of this new agent
in promoting human welfare 1--WE
may define the part that electricity is
playing in civilization" said he aas
the adaptation oi the researches oi
trained scientists IN the INTRICATE and
difficult branohea Of electrical knowl