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Talking Irrigation
by James R. Lowell
Germane to drouth relief plans
and word that funds definitely will
be forthcoming for the North and
Middle Loup irrigation districts, is
the subject of pump irrigation
which has proved a lifesaver for
a number of river-bottom farmers
this summer.
A farmer north of Ord has been
irrigating his cornfield from u well
1*2 feet deep and the yield will he
no less than 00 busshels to the
ace. Incidently, this is in the
North l,oup irrigation district and
illustrates what mey he expected
as soon us the 45,000 acres em
braced in the district are given
water.
Reports of successful pump irri
gation of corn fields are coming in
from such widely separated points
as Madison, Sheridan and Red Wil
low counties, but this form of crop
Insurance is most practiced in
ItufTalo, Dawson and Hall counties,
where more than half the irriga
tion wells in the state are located.
ItufTalo county now hus over 400
wells. The first wells were con
atructed over 25 years ago, but
j>umj> irrigation did not gain much
headway in the atato initil the last
10 years.
Until a few years ago very little
definite information was available
ns to the cost of construction, oper
ation and results. The state uni-]
versity had a man in the Platte j
valley for two summers who made
a survey os to costs and run tests
on wills and made general obser
vations.
The results of this work show
hut the average cost for u nix
uch well thut will throw 000 gol
uiis of water per minute is $HOO.
ly far the majority of the wells
ire run with a tractor that is used
or other purposes around the
arm.
It is figuerd thut $1,000 will eon
itruct and equip a well that will
rrigate 55 acres of land in Buffalo
ounty, for example. Operation
osts very little from year to
/ear, of course, depending upon the
amount of rainfall. In a near
lormal year tho cost per acre of
•uch irrigation on a valley farm'
ivhere the water is about 70 feet
from the surface should average
from $.1 to $5.
There are some advantages of
pump irrigation over ditch irri
gation in that a person can he his
own boss as to when he shall irrb
gate his crops. Again, he can use
ss much water as he wants, depend
ing on the amount of rainfall re
ceived. The disadvantage is that
only row crops can be irrigated, as
not a large enough head of water
can be secured that is necessary in
flooding alfulfu and small grains,
A great many Nebraska farms,
especially in the uplands, are not
so favorably situated as to have
water available for pump irriga
tion, and there is a possibility of
having so many wells in the same
territory thut the seasonal draw
down becomes so great it jeopar
dizes water supply for all wells.
However, the state irrigation bu
reau estimates several hundred
thousand acres of Nebraska land
could lie placed successfully under
pump irrigation.
The Omaha Chamber of Com
merce agricultural committee is
launching a drive for development
of individual farm irrigation plants
to combat drouth. A particular
effort will he made to arouse inter
est in the project in the towns in
the Elkhorn, Platte, ftopubllcnn
and other river valleys of the state
where water can bo obtained with
in 100 feet with pump and power
units.
A federal-!?naneied program of
pump irrigation ha been proposed
for the current drouth relief pro
gam, but has been discarded tem
porarily at lenst.
There is considerable variation
In accounts describing Governor
Landon’s journey across Nebraska
kisfc week, but there is no doubt
but that the republican presidential
candidate injected new ambition
into the state republican organiz
ation.
The Omaha papers, both pro
Landon, described his reception at
the Nebraska metropolis as a
“record-breaking ovation.” How
ever, several state officials (demo
crats of course) who watched the
affair k'roni the background de
clare it was a “great fizzle.” Not
over 250 people were on hand to
greet the Kansas governor, one
official said, and he believes there
would have been even less hud there
not been a band to attract atten
tion.
Basking in the limelight attend
ant upon London's appearance were
most of the republican great and
near-great of Nebraska. The visit
ing dignatary had a good word for
all In general, hut specific bene
ficuries were Bob Simmons, sena
torial candidate; Dwight Griswold,
gubernatorial contestant; Cullen
Wright, Fifth district congressional
candidate; Arthur Denney, Fourth
district; Kurl Stefan, Third dis
trict, and Jack Chusc, First dis
trict.
Governor Landon’s two main
themes expressed in his several Ne
braska talks were disapproval of
congresses’ following the wishes
of President Roosevelt with little or
no question, and the national ad
ministration's “waste of funds."
He declared that “a mnn can be
liberal without being a spendthrift.”
Other national figures who will
make political speeches in this state
| in the near future include the fol
j lowing:
Ex-Governor William II. Mur
ray, of Oklohomn, who is scheduled
to make six talks in Nebraska sit
dates not yet arranged. Altho a
democrat, he is a critic of the
Roosevelt administrat ion.
William Lemke, north Dakota
; congressman and union party can
didate for president, who will ad
dress the party’s state convention
j at Omaha September 17. The con
vention has been called to organ
ize the party officially in Nebraska
and get Lemke’s name on the No
vember ballot.
Frank Knox, republican vice
presidental candidate, whose iten
erary has not yet been arranged
ibut who is expected here shortly.
Senator \rthur Yaixlenbmv of
Michigan, who has expressed par
ticular interest in the cnididacy of
Robert G. Simmons for the United
States senate, will speak at Omaha
and at Scottsbluff early next month.
Herbert Hoover, whose plans
are still tentative.
All of the speakers listed are
against the New Deal, and the
political prognosticators say that
apparently the republicans consider
Nebraska a doubtful state, while
the democrats figure it is safely
in their fold and they are not wast
ing amunition here.
The busiest candidates in the
state so far are Governor It. L.
Cochran, whose position demands a
number of official appearances; bob
Simmons , republican senatorial
candidate, who now is augmenting
his radio broadcasts with many
personal appearances; Richard O.
Johnson, republican candidate for
attorney general, who up to the
present time has been carrying a
large share of his party’s speaking
activities; and Arthur J. Denney,
republican candidate for congress
man in the Fourth district. Dwight
Griswold, republican gubernatorial
candidate, made his first speech of
his intensive campaign at Lincoln
last week and will be heard fre
quently from now on.
Simmons’ speeches have been
making the headlines more than
those of any other candidate. At
Albion he declared that “we should
not oppose all of the acts of the
present administration, hut rather
let us frankly recognize and accept
those policies of this administra
tion that are sound in principle [
I are helpful to national recovery!
and national well being. We must \
with the same courage and the same '
frankness, oppose those policies
that are not in keeping with our.
fundamental conceptions of the!
rights of the individual citizen in i
a free country.” Such utterances j
hnvo gained Simmons a place in
the new in practically every paper
in the state during the past week
or so.
The job of preparing the state’s 1
budget for the coming biennium I
(to be submitted to the legislature
next January) is now occupying a
good share of hr iime of Governor
Cochran and his colleagues at the
state house.
As a result of another disast
rous drouth, the hoard of control
faces the necessity of a retrench
ment program to finish the fiscal
year next June 30 with a balanced
budget, and is pretty certain to get
| (Continued on page 8, column .r>.)
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