Show redemption or OF THE PLAINS the two questions Involve involved ct in tilt the lr ir rl gatlon of the plains uplands are arc now n i P pi answered lit in the w call witte water ile be lifted feet at so low a cost that it will pay to irrigate with it from that depth and Is there water enough below the surface to irrigate any proper proportion of the large rea rca of the semiarid semi arid arld uplands saying yes to both these theme queries it may al olio 40 be said that where water Is even eve if a at t greater depths enough may be raised a with comparatively small expense to irrigate ho he much land as in try years mill be a material addition to the means of subsistence ot of the farmers family the writer has no to doubt of there being beine enough water in the tertiary formations previously mentioned to irrigate 6 5 per cent of the land of large parts of the western vestern plains the mechanical ch devices for raising the witter water are becoming better ind and cheaper every year there was never before such be ac among the manufacturers of water lifting appliances a as L la Is the case at a t lh the present time the T h 0 volume 0 of wa water ter and the means to lift it being assured the redemption of the plains aiom riom the stigma of aridity Is 19 also certain in saying this it must not be understood a too d that of the tha uplands means the irrigation of large bodies ot of land in solid areas it Is absolutely true that under p t conditions a family can call obtain a rood good living from three acres of irrigated land if EL a family con can within itself supply the labor labar tor for the irrigation of ten acres or even cen hire him some home help competence and comparative cc in para tive wealth will be certain in a comparatively short period the own owner er of acres irrigating from rom three t to eight acres will always product a living and d some surplus th the rest rent ot of Ms big acres for pasture for tim am her br b r for tome some grain will give additional surplus aurple 1 in the tha good years yearn and his family am will va 1 1 always have the menns and leisure to rive give attention to mental improvement prove pro ment still and be certain of increase of home comforts and some ot of the lux urles of life the position and volume ot of the rub tei mateis point to tile the destra ability of 0 numerous nume roun pumping plants scattered over the plains not large ones with expensive machinery wind to la the cli cheapest motive power it I is ii i abundant on the plains these facts all that small holdine hold lne pay the standard stan daid ido acres As an a maximum max linum voided by the owner still anil tits his family tire arc those hoso that aill frost economically operate lit in the th redemption ot of the plains weekly |