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Show A CENSUS Dl'liIiTliV. Uo Irrlgsllen In ljomlng Tots! Area or hand Irrigated. Irri-gated. aviraoc rinaT cost or watch. niaHT pin aCrc. The Average I'rrient Wine of tbe Irrigated Und of the Slate. Its Tslsrrsna lo iss -taws.) HllllltTIIIH It tlYHMIMI. a llnllellii by I be eutns Oltlre .ti Hie Nokeel Wasiiinuioi, August IS. The census ofllco today Issued A bulletin on Irrigation lu Wyoming. There are lull farms Irrigated nut of a total of VII. Tho total area of laud lu these ldli (arms Is 1,60 1, iil) acres, uwii L.'t,o;(l acres of which cru wera talMdiiylrrhAllonln tbe )ear 1SS. In. lllloii, there wela SIM.OIH) acrm Irrigated for grailng puriwiis. Tbe Average first cost of tho water right la $.1 b2 per ai re, an I the avsrai-e cost of preriligthe soil for cultivation, In eluding purchase! of laud, hi 9 41 per acre. The average i resent value of the minuted laud of the Mute, Including Includ-ing tvlldlngs, eto , Is fil.4)racre, show lug an a pirent I lofil.less tho cost of liilldlngs, of 111 M per acre. Thn Average annual cost of water Is fill 1-sr acre,whlch.deducleil from thenver ageanliual value of the roiluct s-r aire, leaves an annual titurnof ilfll lr acre. The tendency throughout the entire arid reglou, saya the Isillelln, li Indtscillie as Irrigated ell laud to whlih water have been applleil within any renin I jierlod, lo which ditchM. 1-i-rllAt-sj so far destitute of water, hu been constructed, an 1 even land for which water rights merely are claimed, has placed the Census ufllraunder the nets salty if absolutely reetrlUIng Itself In Itsolllclal bulletins on Irrigation to lands on which cros were actually rnlipd by artlllilal sp. lillcatlon of water during the year 1 b'l . Jariiu or stock rancheslii Wyo ralng Irrigated merely for gistlng i iir-tiMa, terefore, have not been taken Into acco nit In this bulletin, bsyonl tbefonvdngstatimentruto their s I roxlraate total to the area. |
