| Show Developing Fine Property lot Iol- Iol Bropst of California have had men at work on their 1000 acres of land just west oC of Cedar City about 4 miles breaking J 1 it up preparatory to seeding J to b i Grimm alfalfa The gentlemen have also had a pump installed this week eek on their flowing well that was drivers driven last year ear and are arc now pumping a beautiful hE stream of water at the rate rate- li i of oC gallons per minute The well well although a flowing one before putting putting putting put put- ting on the Pomona pump only produced produced pro pro- about CO 60 gallons per minute i t Mr J J. J S. S Doran the supe superintendent 1 who has been on the last fall fal and this spring informed our reporter that it is the intention of the company to drive another well about a half mile mite to the south of th the present one and with this thia co completed sufficient water water will be secured to irrigate the entire 1000 acre tract of land which will be all seeded to alt alC- alfa At present there have b been en 1 acres aeres broken up and placed in condition condition condi condi- tion for tor the seed which will be sown next week i iA t I A large reservoir has been built t which is capable of holding sufficient water for two days pumping and i from this reservoir can be conducted J d dwater water to every foot of the land J Mr Doran claims that the soil is ideal for the raising of Grimm alfalfa alt alf Kalfa K- K alfa and that he knows of none better better better bet bet- ter anywhere in the West Vest The land land- has las considerable potash deposits which I insures the prolific production of alfalfa alt alf alfa aUa and to tests made by by- experts several years ago proves to tobe be ideally adapted for the raising railing of I se eta and potatoes but these latt latter r crops are not not t. t to to be a by hI Brobst Nordberg In installation of the Pam Pain ina na pump r by which the well output has been increased increased in increased in- in I creased from GO CO gallons per minute t to was done by E E. M. M Colvin r f. f who Mr Doran claims is an expert inthis in inthis F this line of work 1 11 |
