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Show PUMP WELS PAYING BIG DIVIDENDS ON BERYL DIST. RANCH John M. Coffeen of Beryl, thirty miles west of this city, was in Cedar Wednesday on business matters says the Iron County News. In talking with a representative of The Record he stated that the drouth had not injured in-jured the alfalfa crop on the 480 acre L. C. Ranch at Beryl. True, it has not rained there to speak of for months but why worry about a little thing like that when six pump wells, one of them flowing at the rate of 1600 gallons per minute, is supplying sufficient water for irrigation purposes. purpos-es. This large well is deep but the lift is but 37 feet so the supply of underground under-ground water seems to be plentiful in that section. The cost of pumping the water from the six wells is around $3.50 per acre this season. Xew 20 h. p. motors will be installed which will reduce the cost of pumping pump-ing next season, said Mr. Coffeen. The ranch is producing four tons of alfalfa hay per acre which is worth $10 or more per ton on the market and brings a higher return when fed to cattle or sheep. Part of this hay will be fed to dairy stock this winter. But hay is not the only crop produced pro-duced on the L. C. Ranch, said Mr. coffeen. "This year we have produced produc-ed vegetables of all kinds and expect to produce still more next season." |