. Review of reviews and world's work . .••-<,. FIELD SCENE IN COLORADOan average rainfall of four inches done by those who have gone to the newterritory. Hundreds of farms are showingprogress and their owners are happy and pros-perous with a fair promise for their future. LOOKING TO IRRIGATION Underneath all the Southwest is an inex-haustible supply of water. Down near theGulf it is only a few feet from the north it requires a well from eighty to one hundred feet deep to reach it. Hereand there it crops out in artesian flow, butfor the most part it must be lifted to thesurfa
. Review of reviews and world's work . .••-<,. FIELD SCENE IN COLORADOan average rainfall of four inches done by those who have gone to the newterritory. Hundreds of farms are showingprogress and their owners are happy and pros-perous with a fair promise for their future. LOOKING TO IRRIGATION Underneath all the Southwest is an inex-haustible supply of water. Down near theGulf it is only a few feet from the north it requires a well from eighty to one hundred feet deep to reach it. Hereand there it crops out in artesian flow, butfor the most part it must be lifted to thesurface. This the settlers are doing and theyfind it a hopeful outlook. The windmill, even in a land of almostconstant breezes, is too slow for the modernirrigator. He instals the ever-ready gasolineengine in a little power house and sets it towork on its twenty-four-a-day mission. Awell and engine in the mid-plains region can
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