Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . IRRIGATION LAKE. GREAT BEND, HEAD GATES OF GRAND LAKE RESERVOIR CANAL. 138 KANSAS. know, abundantly. Powerful windmills attached to these high-prairiewells, would fill reservoirs that could be scraped out on the highest partof the farm, which would enable a few acres of alfalfa, sorghum, orchard,or cabbages to be watered at the critical time in June^ or July, and so savethe livelihood of the family. The source of this water—the sheet-water unde
Facts about KansasA book for home-seekers and home-buildersStatistics from state and national reportsFarm lands, grazing lands, fruit lands ... . IRRIGATION LAKE. GREAT BEND, HEAD GATES OF GRAND LAKE RESERVOIR CANAL. 138 KANSAS. know, abundantly. Powerful windmills attached to these high-prairiewells, would fill reservoirs that could be scraped out on the highest partof the farm, which would enable a few acres of alfalfa, sorghum, orchard,or cabbages to be watered at the critical time in June^ or July, and so savethe livelihood of the family. The source of this water—the sheet-water under the plains, and thesurface and sub-flow of the valleys, excluding the Arkansas—is the same. The formation holding the water of the well, is one which, whilehaving certain variations, is remarkably uniform over wide , that seem as if they were parts of the same lump, come fromlocalities as widely separated as the Republican valley in Nebraska, thePanhandle of Texas, and Canon City, Colorado. The formation is alimy grit, with many pebbles. When the pebbles predominate it is a con-glomeration ; when lime and sand are plentiful it resembles chunks ofmortar
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