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Show lAMn IllllHUIll'. The tkveuth census of the United eUatis shows, frum,tho leturus ef tbu uuumiratorr, that thu total utnount of land Irrigated lu the western j art ef tbo United Hlates waa .1,631 3H1 acres, being owutd by 01, ISO fstmum ur Irri gators, this bulngnuuvirsueto well owmr lu round numbers ol (17 hiioi. Male than half of this laud It altualsd in California and Colorado, aud if the rimnlnder neatly all is tinbrxed lu the states nulterilt rbtlyink within ur oOJcent to the Ujcky Muuutulus. Atomparatlvely small amount of land, CJ,003 acres, was found In tho western ends of the two Dakolsr, Nebraska, Kama and Texat, most of this being along the rivers which traverse the great plains. Hlnco tho greater parts of tho ttotes last mentioned are Inc.iilel In tint dobtttblo area, mlthcr hutnM nor srtd, lime cutpotts of litigation are detlgnstrd ss being In the sub humid region. I ho arid land i have been de-fluedns de-fluedns those rolvlu uutiuolly lets Ihuu n ruitaln nuintier of Indus of ralu tll,lhu uuinbi-r being placed at fiuiiisixie uto tweii.y. Vs the rnln-fill rnln-fill vailti. (MM )er to year, a con-tlleiatlou con-tlleiatlou of this fait alone does not sllord ill Unite boundurler. Moreover, thututcresof crojia Is dveudeut not so much ition tho mean annual re-clpltallou re-clpltallou as upon tho distribution ol rain thtougbcut the growing season. Blnce some arbitrary distinction muttbemtde, therefore, It Ins been found convenient In tie tennis Investigation Inves-tigation to consider the urld regions at consisting of Montnnt, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexlcw, Ulab, Arizona, Nevada, Callhrula and the l ortloni of Orrgou an I Washington Wash-ington lying att of tho Cascade tango. "At a matter of fact," wu aro Informed, "not all parts of thtsn ttattt and terrltorlts are arid." Wo aroqultu positive Ihst they aro not, eij eolully as rtlatia to this Territory, where the aereagv of such lands, thojgh still rolstlvely Isrge, Is also relatively small and growing beautifully lees every year. The number of Irrlgstom aud area Irrigated In 1600 are given as follows: Numtierot Acres ettlet ind Territories. Imislirs. Iirltsted nnllornl.wll ..'.'.'". ls'SSJ I." s'iil Ulvrailo. - "' ".'1 liltlo IMI tl it Mimtans . 0. 14 t vr !.. I l-I 5JIIU .NO ISllCO.... SOM .Wilt reeoaMMW. Sltl lTlOil .' """"" ii.ut IK1I71 tt RshiDffloa. l.i'S 4N.. tt romlns ... . I OH '" tub buuua rtrloa ... I.M1 "" ToUU MIS9 S,ll The total arid reloot aro given at comprltlng 1,380,175 iquaro iiil'et, or 881,312,000 teres, thowlng how very emiill a iercentago of the whole lesa than one-half ef ono per cuit constitutes tho area Irrigated, Irri-gated, that It, for ttch acre Irrigated there wore 74 acnt not Irrigated, Ir-rigated, only a very email roportlon of the latter, however, being susceptible suscepti-ble uf cultivation by that meant or otherwise. Hut It goes to show thtt wu nru a long way from being crowded and oru likely to remain bo for some time. |