A farmer writing from Colorado thus
gives his experience witli windmill irri
gation in the Irrigation Age:
During tlie extreme drought of three
years ago an idea struck me to con
struct a reservoir and use windmills
and pumps to till it. I selected the only
suitable place on the farm to build the
reservoir, which was sandy or rather
gravelly, and it was necessary to build
it of stone and cement it inside. It was
made eighty feet in diameter with four
and a half foot wails banked up all
around on the outside. I dug two wells
as mar the rear voir as possible. I ha.i
to go twenty feet for a supply of water,
so erected two twelve-foot windmills.
One of them operates a four-inch
double-acting cylinder and throws a
two-inch steady stream. The othei
mill operates a four inch single acting
cylinder. which dors net pump so much
as the oilier. With this arrangement I
•an irrigate about ten acres of laud.
I have raised garden stuff, mostly on
ions, celery, potatoes, and have begun
to plant fruit lues and small fruit
tnd it has thus far paid fairly well on
die investment, considering my inexpe
rience in lrr.'g:-.t;< r 1 i.l thorottghlv
-.at*. tied tha! with t ■ and g •
ittciidarce it will be a j .iy;: ... >x.vext
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CONDITIONS IN NEBRASKA,
Corn rroin!,<<« a Larje Yield, Except in
the State's Garden Spot.
