Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-14
IRRIGATIoN IN COLORADO.

Irrigation IN Noiefauc'
puppI,Iss OR ARTIFICIAL. BoTToMIs6.
7, En,ope this il known ss pudding, and
.,,,,rs. an intimate knowledge OF the com
,,oaition of coils, their compactness, INC"
5,,shility. the exact amour. oil Their poroe-
;,r and their solubiiiiy. There are Two
Einds. constructive pudding and pudding
c,n.tr,,ctiye puddling-lt is useless Tor
,,o.;cs 10 a,temp: this description OF wo'k
~ d;,ches A mere puddle OF water or clay
!. NOT sufficient. II requires working win
"a much care a. the clay for well moineo
hr;ck Surface sliavisl soil, found on the
h.nLs of our streams, will not do. Is wants
I. LIGHT loan. very different from clay win
> .I,yh, sdmixture o. cosrse sand or me
.,r.vsI we'll worked with spade to proper
o,ns,.tency with water, 90 az 10 form hi"u
- concrete. though il does no. partake OF
,ha character of concrete. In Oaiiiofh'a
ND ITt.h. hor.es, oxen and even men are
I'D 10 york the puddle TO proper consist
s,cv with the feet. Putting II when prop,
civ compounded into brick machine "hh
Al hotter Than any,hing to prepare IL io'
nla.terinr or danbing TO Use II commos
nr,s.iopl the bottom and sides oil ol'cn
ia. d,,ch does not run water all tue year
aSI;.. NAV as well be omitted; for the
pl';. tom exnosare 10 the sun will be 20
=, ,o,L. !, nlmozt useless. brick
,n.Lsr Who would naturally be supposed oy
- ~. navics 10 be the best person to seiect
n,ddlin, staff. is the worst, as be wouid ST.
r., ,hs ssme material which he wonid use
"a, m, Hing brick. In fact, 1t is only by eA,
io' sha, one can learn TO choose good
pndalinp stuff. II is trne that farmers 10
Color,do ar, using the common sIkali DOL
- Claw 70 puddle their bitches, and have
.,,-o,im,,ed TO a part success; bui IN every
;nr.,,cs where it has been used the ditch
So, no, n. relied upon for economical WORK.
p.oh.hlv however, this alsali clay, II the
-, Il .hort of water. and does not un'
Jsrst.nd the better process. will sufnce IN
ronyh way. for ordinary purposes, put Ger
,s;nlv M, ter a pei manent and substsn'ia
TIL. Artificial bottoming or pudding IL o
r;r,,,I inheritance where the scarcity an'
The great evaporation makes water valuable
Tn farmer Of the western side OF our conti
,e,, should experiment and acquire rrsc
,;c,l Knowledge by observation in regard U
II. a, the greater the density OF popuiahon
The urpen; will be the necsssity for lis use
Us cannot afford TO look hastily over III
mart of the economy OF irrigation.
Padding BY deposition-Eyery curreh
of ~stsr clrries with it certain sedimentaf
dsnosit- of debris, which are the aecummt
l,tion, from localities disintegrated by cel
tain influences, ofIimes by the stream irei
These deposits are of great variety
c,mposition and material, from email roc
down 20 the gravel, sand. clay OF vsfio'
l.nsi,i.. mineral earths, alluviai SOILS az
vsge,,hle matter. The kind or descripu.
Of The sedimentsry deposit depends on u
velocity of the current or the iaii. int
aanos;ts can be used as a lining or Gene
for bitches, If proper care Is used III
den,h Of fall and the choice OF ground
Won, ditch courses. After the deposit
one kind Of earth, an experienced engine
w;Il nv n change of fall, bring down O
feren, Kind of sediment, which, deposi.
along will make cement, capable oil resi-
inc The action of water from either seepa
or leakage. A popular scientist OF
present day saws. "By this gradual GENE
ing p-ocess, or by an Interruption OF me
,ion of the water, the aiinViai iayers u
become SO hardened as to form new
rock" 4,
The immense evaporation OF wste, IT
bitches ia a serious lose, which shou'u oe
viated as far rs possible by the proteciot
,hs " ter in the bitches from the action
The powerful rays OF a vertical san. Gov
inc The aitches BY planking or arche-
course. would not be economical, there
no, fsssible. This loss may be decrea
NV reducing the evaporating rurfsce-n
ing the ditch as narrow as prse'cA
Trsss are a very important msterih TO
for this purpo-e--,he cottonwood, box ell
locus, and the willow. The last rs prop,
he hes, for this purpose, as 1t grows
rapidly, especially the basket or os'er VII