Show IRRIGATE IN WEST KANSAS It W Was 1895 Before State Aid Assured Success fo for Undertaking Undertaking Wa Water ter Supply Unlimited So far as rainfall Is concerned Kansas Kan ICan- sas Is divided from east to west Into three parts Only the western third has much use for irrigation The Tho first headway made tow toward rd placing that part pari under Irrigation was In 1890 A convention lon was Vas hc held d at Great Bend I that year and a state organization effected effected effected ef ef- efI ef- I whose purpose was to study the I needs and aid In the development of tho the country But this hopeful effort did not get much beyond its beginning It was not until 1895 that a definite start was made Then tho the legislature legis legis- laturo lature created a board of Irrigation Irrigation tion and appropriated for Its work In 1895 this board did Its first firs work and this date can well wen mark the start of Kansas Irrigation Throughout the humid and aad semi-arid semi districts there Is la an unlimited supply supply supply sup sup- ply of water close to the surface of the earth moreover there Is little access to large streams so Irrigation has been largely confined to pumping plants usually of the windmill type The following cities especially are centers for this type Garden City CUy Ingles Cimarron Dodge City Kinsley Great Bend and Hutchinson In general the most important points to note nole In connection with Irrigation in the western third of the state are I The cost of a windmill plant will be from 90 to according to the size I of ot the pump use the cost of the reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir will bo about 60 more Shallow Shallo w wells pay better as the flow usually Is much greater In digging the well veIl it does does' not pay to go below the shile for then water cannot be found until a depth of at at least feet Is reached |