Uncle Sam's Arid Lands

kuil Popular Scleoce Monthly li.-is ;iü excelleal article apon '"Irrigation In Üm Arld States," which contalna uur-U valuable taformatlon, on a subject tli.-u is llttle known in the Ki'L'at mlddle Btatea, where the people i-c -i vnl upon the natural rainfall i'or tln-ir water BUp-; ply. Jlere is a table sliowinji the arld staics umi terrltorles, wlth square miles and populatlon : Nam e. ' Aren, Populatil II Bquare railes. Ib 1890. Texas - 265,780 -.- New Mexico -122.680 Aritona -. 1 1 CalifornlH 153,360 1,2 Colorado i 412,198 .._ i 7.SO5 da llO,7ü 15,761 Kansas (west oí 97)„ - S Nebraska - 76835 l,U5,910 VVyomlng i)7,.v.i() Su'utli hnkotal ,.,, ion 328,K08 North Dakotai " i-M400 Moutana -! :■ 182459 Iduho - --- 84U0 tern)- - 8.0U0 US.767 asbington (eaatern) 8 Total 162,080 7.1 That eomprlsee a greal extent oí erritory, capa!. ie 01 tarnkahlDg homes for millions oí people, when the wacr.s of the rivera Bhall be oonducted to tilt; SOll and maUe it jirodurt ive. Tlie extent oí lands airead? irrigated by private &nterpriBe is astoni.shiiifi wlicn the briei period is consideced sincr the work was ïir.-t coiunieiiced. The (oUowlug tabie showa the irIgated in the arld reglón : Statk ok AfiTMge AoreMe ArteTerbitobt. iinder cultivated by sian dltob tlie irrigators. wclls. '■lia 1..'IM)OOO 3,55O,(X.O 300 Wyoming :;.n.,l.l-l 185,000 ü ado 807,050 IUÜjOO 4,fCKi tana- 1,2011,000 4i!i,o(io Sü Idaho 1,200,!00 SiO.OOO U Kansas I west of U7") y.H),iKK) liO.OW) .rX) tah iö.llOO 4ï3,Ü00 224 New Mexico _ 700,000 1U5.I 10 Arizoiiu- 66 . ' 12 exas 850,090 lttOJOO IJXK) ebruska - 40,000 1,000 'ashlngtoD 175. in 75XX) 10 Nevada ) 75j0C0 76 Oregon 12ö,0ü(l 45,000 6 Diikot.i 1O1J.0O0 U 96" urtli Dutota 3,600 2 oí) 070 Total - 17,177443 796,060 13,499 Somi' oí the artcsinn wi-lls are Baid to be of enonnous size ylelcHng four nul five miilion gallons of water flaly, one of whieh is often capalile of rrigatlug a seotion of tand. The smajlar ones win water (rom íive to cu aeree. This qoeetlon oi controlling the water ways of the mountains ia one that the govermnont lia.s got to tuke liokl of before long, and these gtatlsttaa ■ihmv what an extensive field it will be.