. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . COLONY COMPANY [From the Fresno Republican.] IRRIGATION IN FRKSNO COUNTY There are now sixteen irrigation companies, each having its own canals, taking waterIrom the Kings River, San Joaquin and Fresno rivers. These sixteen companies have TnOmiles of main canals or ditches, with about the same number of miles of distributories andlaterals. These sixteen systems have cost iu the neighborhood of $1,900,000 to build, andthey cover about 350,000 acres of land. Of this, about 300,OCO acres are planted in cereals,and yield a profit ol ten dollars pe
. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . COLONY COMPANY [From the Fresno Republican.] IRRIGATION IN FRKSNO COUNTY There are now sixteen irrigation companies, each having its own canals, taking waterIrom the Kings River, San Joaquin and Fresno rivers. These sixteen companies have TnOmiles of main canals or ditches, with about the same number of miles of distributories andlaterals. These sixteen systems have cost iu the neighborhood of $1,900,000 to build, andthey cover about 350,000 acres of land. Of this, about 300,OCO acres are planted in cereals,and yield a profit ol ten dollars per acre.* Not less than 30,000 acres are in fruits, andaverage to yield at least $100 per acre. These fruits comprise oranges, peaches, pears,apples, nectarines, apricots, plumes, cherries, pomegranates, figs, olives, mulberries, etc. Thirty thousand acres are in grape vines, one half of which are in bearing, and yield$100 per acre, while 20,000 acres are planted in alfalfa, yielding forty dollars per acre. VIEW ON HOWARD & WILSON COLONY TRACT. THE LAND AND WATER-MEN IN THE DISTANCE PLANTING VINES These lands are irrigated by canals dug in the ground, supplying one cubic foot persecond to every 160 acres. All water is served by annual rental, the water rights beingattached to the land and appurtenant thereto, and a perpetual supply being guaranteedby the company. It is to this ability to control the water supply that Fresno county owes its presentwealth. The magic wand of Moses which made the water flow from the rock was outdoneby our pioneer irrigationists, who put water on the land where there was none, causingarid wastes to assume a beautiful and costh- dress of verdure, and making of this regionone of the most prosperous on this globe. lyands that not many years ago could almostbe had for the asking are now worth from $50 to $125 an acre unimproved; and the progressin all other directions has kept pace with this. It is hardly worth while to refute the statement made now and
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