Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-08-01
SUPERB SUCCESS
Of |RR|GAT TON
EVEN ~ JONAH~ GOtHD II THE
PLiiNNIEM WELL ~ M'.
A6I Plant

PLAlNVlEW. Texas. July "a The
Texas Land 4 Development Company
locally known a. Tho Syndicate" g.
steadily pushing forward us grea.
ork Of well pumplge irrigation Or
its present contract for 300 wells with
the Green Machluery Co.. 81 Plain
view. ten are nov completed and Dr.
rigation equipped and under more or
Jess Irrigatiug operation. while The
remaining twenty niIl be- ready for
irrigation service by the first Of next
year.
ln addition 10 tho above. the syn
licate. itself Win Co., own drilling ap-
paratus has put d0eu and equipped.
eleven wells. three of which are on
the syndicate demonstration farm
tRo boo Pioneer Park one near San.
10 Fe-plainvieN railroad depot. and
the others for farm IRRIGATION
All Of the wells have pumpago
DISCHARGES Of 1000 gallons OF water
per minute. or respective irrigation
capacity Of $50 acres. except the we'll
40 the railroad depot. which. with
q pumpage flow Df 1900 gallons per
minute. rs creating pleasure resort
lake which cover thirty acres and
viii have permanent average
depth of three aud one ntlf feet
Forty More Wells
The syndicate a.Il soon issue con
tracts for the putting down of 90
moro 1000 gallon per minute wells.
.fhu making S syndicate well pump
igr plants either completed or con
lraoted for. which means that AN
told. the Plaincra irrigation district
has now over one hundred well
pumpage plants either Boo actual fact
or provided for
Even a. domains Gourd
4 plainyieW vicinity farmer on
whose place an irrigation we'll was
brought Ia early this summer had
ONE dry land oats which be had
abandoned GEL hopeless lu pumpu.
ont the sand from the irrigation Woll I
however. the concerned water was
allowed Ia spread over this dryel |
out Dat field with result suggos-
tive of Gonah's Gourd. the oats spring /
Ing upward a. Enough touched by @ /
magic wand The field soon ho. /
came local wonder and the grain !
has been cot and stacked. with an
estimation OF threshing yield which I
runs an the way from 80 10 ~ BUSH
els per acre.
From this same we'll water turned 7
on growing milo maize and kanr /
corn has doubled harvest promise.
superb Success az "Garwuod'
'GarVoOd the experimental irr.
cation farm OF the shallow Water [
Land Co.. is recording this year a So
ries Of superb successes
This farm. with gasolene en-
CINE We'll pumpage discharge OF 1000 [
gallons of water per minutes. has I
l20 irrigated acres. experimental cul- |
lures including wheat. milo maiez [
kanr corn. cotton. black emmer. I
melons aud vegetables
The wheat has threshed out an T
average OF 30 bushels Co the acre T
milo maize and Kafr corn are good /
FOR % tons OF heads per acre the /
cotton Be- estimated az over q bale Co /
The acre melons and vegetables are /
1f prolific production and growth pc /
lection while black emmer. with late /
planting aud imperfect irrigation. re- /
turns go bushels per acre. a result I
bringing with the confident opinion /
that under ordinary irrigat.ng coudi-
lions and timely planting this cmmer +
viii here Weld l2s bushels per acre
ON this farm next year milo maize
and kanr corn will be- experimental E
IS planted In ~ inch rows. with %
cultivation similar 10 that given sug-
ar bccts This method will DO awaf
with the present double row in milo .
and Karr and will. also. greatly Ia
gil.tate irr cation application The .
ultimate destiny OF Garwood = that .
of q hom. breeding and home pro /
ducts tatfnuing hog farm. in pursu- 7.
auco of which from 30 TO 80 acres Of (.
alfalfa viii be- seeded down this
August