The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-03

conditions between the two extremes,
and this frequently in the same we'll.
At present very little is known re.
garding the quantity of this under
ground supply. Sufficient water for
domestic purposes is obtained in sur
face wells almost any place in the
state, where an attempt to secure
them has been made. Artesian flows
varying between a mere drizzle and
hundreds of gallons per minute are
obtained at the lower elevations Of
every valley in the state where thor
ough tests have been made. However
very little has been done by way of
testing these various sources of sup
ply relative to the quantity of water
which they will supply. There is an
urgent need for extensive investiga-
ton In this connection, for II is be-
lieved by men who are students OF
the problem that we are at stage in
our irrigation development when the
pump will play most important part
II is said that in the future more wa
ter will be developed by use of the
pump than in any other way"
When artesian water can be obtain
ed even though II be very small
flow, there Is little question as TO the
supply for by the introduction of a
pump experience shows that the wa
ter delivered may be increased many
times. The question needing more
careful attention Is that which has
to do with the surface well. In the
arid regions Of the state nearly every
dry farmer has a surface we'll for do
nestle use. He usually stops dig
ging when he reaches depth OF
from one to three feet below the wa
ter surface. This first course Of wa
ter is very limited in its supply, while
a heavy flow is generally encountered
a few feet farther down. Should an
investigation prove this to be the
case in Utah it means that a large
majority OF the arid farms of today
may become irrigated farms, thus In
creasing the returns to the farmers
from two hundred to ten hundred per
cent. AS the surface wells are al
ready sunk very little added ex-
pense will sink them deeper and
place them in shape for installation
of a pump large enough for use in
irrigation.
The work during 1914 Of the State
Conservation Commission in coopera-
ton with the State Agricultural Col
lege, the United States Department
of Agriculture, and several public
and business concerns, has contribu-
ted sufficient information to justify
the State in expanding many times as
much money in the immediate future
to carry this investigation far enough
to establish conclusive facts for the
farmers to build upon.
At Malone, in southern Millard
county, the farmers as one party to
the cooperation, sunk a well to the
first course of water, which, when
sunk deeper, was found to be flowing
in a stratum of fine sand and SILT
about eight feet thick. four inch
centrifugal pump and Is horsepower
oil engine were installed and the well
sunk through the first course Of sand
and silt. The water supply thus OBJ
tanned was entirely insuffis ient fol
the outfit being but twenty gallons
per minute. The well was dug foul
feet into an impervious layer Of clay
beneath the sand the nfour to eight
inch holes were opened up, extending
into layer of coarse gravel below
the clay. When the first hole wa'
opened the water gushed forth Sc
fast as to drive the workers Out
OF the we'll. After the pump was ad
justed so as to handle the increased
flow. then the other three holes were
driven.
This we'll now supplies from 325 tc
375 gallons per minute.
At NADIA, a second farm handled un
der the cooperation, eight feet o.
sand and gravel were encountered al
a depth of % feet and a layer o.
heavy clay at a depth of 30 feet. The
well was dug to a depth Of 80 feet
The men employed to do the work
were unsatisfactory and as experienc
ed men were not readily available
and the funds were practically ex
hausted, the well was left incomplete