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Show 412 ICEPORTS oF SUPEBINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. nork to Uenvr;r to 1la1.e it done Mr. Cavner aaked him to let the Inclian boys do it, and avoid delay; and the boj-a kid do it, without delay and in the n~opst atisfactory manner. Farm, garden, and orchard.-It is upon the farm that the greatest amount of work has been done vi th oomparatively less to show for i t ; yet the fisrm i~anre ver yielded a orop that vill approach the one we will harvest, unless the grasshoppers finiuh :\ work they h . ~ r laa rgely begl~u. Arlobe ~ o i iia stubborn, bnc ns both Mr. Palmer and Mr. Balsaare familiar with its poonliarities, as well ns with methods of irrign-tion, much has beau suoomplished towerdsubduingit. The 57 acres spoken of in my last annual report ware leveled and put in eaoellent condition and seeded to oats and alfalfa. The present prospects are that we will harvest one-third of n orop of oats, and that the grasshoppers will get two-thirds of the oats and all the alfalfa. Notwithstanding the long and todioos tight against the grasshoppers that was neoesaary that we should get anything from the farm the boys have hauled from the river andkistrilmted over drivas, grades, and the corral about 1,OM)londs of pebbles, gravel, and aan~l; ha.uled out land distribnted some 400 loads of miLuure; exonrated a water reservoir75 by 110 by 6 feet; dng 2 oesayools, one 10 by 10 by 10 feet, %ad one 10 by 10 h.v 24 feet, and dug and kept lu operation about 4 miles of irrigating tlitches, besides ths wetting latarals nmniog aorosr the several aeeded tracks. Plowing, harrowing, and olod-breaking is an immense work wit11 the peculiar soil we handle. This \-ear Mr. Bslea had the vaoatsbla n,hrdens t ~ ~ r u ewiilt h the nlo\vs. then t,lne bogs broice the oiofia wit11 hoes, sf& whilh the grouncl was thor6ughlf hsrrawed nod thou draggod with t,lre clod masher. When this process had been gone through with an the same tract three times, the ground wne in really good condition far seediug. Ereu though -h rain fell just sftar planting, cl~uvingt he top of the groclnd to bake into a crust, enough of the planted seed forced their way throngh to give ns the best atand I have yet seen 011 the place. The prospert far :I very satisfying yield waa vory good iudeed till the grasehop-pers began tllu pratuature harvest. At the present rate of deatrootionby the grasa-hopper* we vill have from our harvest probably 30 tonn of alfalfa, 20 tons of sorghum fodcler, 200 to 300 pumpkins, and something over 15,000 pounds of Ilerts. The nrchsrtl is eaten ant and killed to a tree. A few stoorl the ravages of last sum-mer, I ~ utth e last tree socouolbod t,o the oontinuerl deibliation this year; yet v e h ave not suf e ed moro in any particular from these ravsgss than onr im~uedlateo eigh-burs. In the garden soma summer squashes, oucnmbers, x%tetennelons, and csute-loulws will be harvested, whiles limited snpply of radishes, onions, and some 300 poands of green pease have reached the table. All else is gone. Live stock.--T\nn eood. stronn. rounc work teams and two other teems above the L L " " . - during t,he coming year. ' Bees.-'Phe bee pasturage rras so completely destroyed by the grnfisboppers that u~ilessth o third crop of alfalfa furuiahes some addition to the stores of honey, which is hi~.rdlyto be expected, it will be necessary to feed the bees to get them through the winter alive. 1rrigstion.-It is to be expected that, with the return of the fionsou ftor oppoing the Titter gntes, we will be greeted with the old qnevtion of the rights of tho Govern-merit to vatrr fur irr.ip;lt.ion. This qrestiou is an annual visitor, and st each visit thr questinn of fiual ai1,justment booornes more oompliceted and i11tricat.e. The Unitad States nttoruaj- 11av said it is mixed up with the most coluplioated *Pair it has ret been Ids clutr to inrestirate. As enoh vear mav be oountedlmou to mark the deed from the eorl,oratiou, the preseu? valluk of which is $2,500. The fouudatian of this j~tdgmeoti s a series of facts ssfollows, leaving oat a (letail of facts of miuor imgortunee: With the farm given to seoure the location of the sohoul, 227 shares of stock in the Meaa County ditch whioh elltitled the Goverumellt. to 200 inches of~vittarw, ere tnmed over to Mr. da z i e r , the represontatire of the Government at this place at that time. No record waa mnde at that or any snlrse-quoot time. The JCasa County dit,oh was afterward transferrer1 to theGrsudValiey Cmml Company by the atoekholdors under certain stipul%tiona end upon certain conditions, which oonditiona have been wholly disregarded by the ooqori~tions, thlzn giving riae to s, lawsuit. The 227 ahares of atoelc owned by the Government were Garued over to the aorporntions, and lsgilin no record msdo of the transsotion, upno the promise of the oorporst,iou to issne s w;~ter right for 100 inches of water assessable annoally nt 20 cents per inch. A wrter right or contract was isatzed and forwi~rrlerlt o the Commissioner of Iodinn Afzhim, hot was rqjeot,ed for rrnsons |