The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-11-11
WATER SUPPLY is
MOST IMPORTANT
Of THEM ALL
Department of Agriculture
Tells How Range Which
Ordinarily Cannot Be Graz
ed for Lack OF Water May
Be Made Useful.


How range which ordinarily can
not bc grnzed because ut inacdqna''
water facilities can hc opened up Tor
stock. Be- tuld by the department 90
a"griculturc en- Farmers Bulletin ''l
ON the development and improve
mcnt of stock watering places upon
national forests.
40 stock raugc can be- said To be
property utilized. the department
AYERS. 30 there b. am uneven distrl'u-
ton OF water Ou some areas the
water supply De- not sufficient for the
number of stock The forage VIII sup
port Du alhCrs the water supply PSI
Sufficient. bat is not permanent
making 30 necessary Geo trmoNc the
animals before the season is over
St.l other areas are made practically
worthless for stock purposes los me
absence of water except at rurc IA
|tcrvals during winter.
Range cattle need from eight Co
ten gallons uf water % day, says the
department. and sheep from onc-hali
TO three gallons. unless there is
heavy dew and an abundance of sue
cuIeui feed. so matter how good
tho forage lu q given area may be,
animals must have 900 the water they
need or they viii not thrive Cattle,
moreover should not uu required q"
travel ON au uverago more than two
miles Go reach water. 10 they are 20
b., iu marketable, condition 10 the
iall
The flow from ordinary springs
and even ,rum secps, can be IN
h, creased by digging them ont 70
curOing the sides with cement the
water being carried iu pipes to com
vcuiently situated troughs. swamp
spots can often b, made Co furnish
"a water supply los cutting AN open
channel from some spring boa the
middle of them. perhaps cutting 9TH
or channels across the main one, ana
drawing the spring and surface water
20 some storage point outside.
Streams flowing through deep can
yons may be- made accessible 10 stock
by constructing trails over whic.l the
animals can reach them OF ny rails
iug the water 60 the surface of the
canyon by m%chcanical means.
When "a natural water supply Del
some distance from the range. small,
dirt Hood water reservoirs can poo
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plemDut tho r1tural supply n 10 low
place with 1 heavy adobe OF clap soil
.s selected iu the middle of SOME open
park with -loping hills about o. conn
s paratively little work with pillow and
b srrapor will roustructc 90 reservoir
F. which. vhcu lrumplcd and puddlod
+ by use. win hold cnoush water ior
D many head Of stock for some time
rrw- .r.r NH..4...HN 3d.. aHr..a
d the SLOPES will collect the rainfall ui
- melting snow waters and carry their
s directly 90 the reservoir for storage
Artificial reservoirs permit the stoei
to be scattered out over O. larger are,
Z than ordinarily ana remove th, uoc'
Tor them To- concentrate at porWa.
neut watering places
% Where the natural water supply %
e. more than ,U feet below the surface
q OF th, ground the best way Co react
q h. says tho department is by drilliu.
e. or boring e. well and raising d wa
To- ter bs means of "a windmill cor pump
\ deep well of from $50 to 300 feet
h. such ls is common Boo tho Texas Pan
"a handle region. complete wHh sind
mill truck. troughs. etc. represent
10 AN Investment OF about $1,000 au'
should easily supuiy between $50 an'
SOn cattle daily. so well is complete
IT, claims the department. without q rcs
b. rrF uIr with "a capacity large euou-
60 carry the stock dependent upon
over "a long calm spell Tine cost ID
90 reservoir holding 1ppruNImAici
81 goo. 900 salons of water should %,
70 exceed $1,000
The best kiu OF trough for holn