Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-01-30 | Page 5 | Experiment in Irrigation

Experiment in Irrigation. An experiment In Irrigation of Interest to the farmers in this locality has bern successful conducted by Fr.nc.to Ritter and his sons at Klverdale. The Ritters own "onsidersble land, a part of which is a nlateau. fertile, but about eighteen feet above the water. On the lower land 1, a reservoir eoverlne; about two acrea at an aversa-e depth of four feet. A gasoline gas-oline ensin" of six horse-power and pump wct Installed on May 15 to pump the water from this reservoir to the plateau. th land was enhanced $100 an acre. An-Xr An-Xr Dolnt of importance Is that the winter Cm the resec-olr belne warmer thVn from the canals, causes Ihe crops 5 matSE e-rttor than those which are watered direct from the Ktty.