Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-09-21

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oort Of the Commissioner OF Agriculture on
"Iuigs,ion in Colorado.
MEASURING WATER.
yyh., an inch of water? Some OF our
.nyineers will tel. you an inch Vi wafer
shonld he measured with six-inch, come
,;ys inch. some four inch head, and so Oh;
.oc,,dino 10 the whim OF the party, or the
1h;sct so,,pht TO be Obtained. Why Is there
~o much confusion? IL is simpiy because
.v.rv one measures an inch Of wafer 70 SUIT
his own particular views.
The measure doctrine no doubt origin
,,ed IN countries or localities where ny
J,,nlic force was required, and not where
n.ed for simple irrigaling purposes. In
mountainous sections, where hydraulic MN
inc il carried on, Of course they slpuists
fo9 a certain pressure q: the head 30 also
Nth water for power in our mills; out, II an
,nch Of water without stipulation ~ TO
head i. contracted for, the contra etor would
moi he compelled 10 furnish more water
than the sffiux Of stream through square
inch orifice. with head only OF line
,bove the surface of the opening. The
mos, pyoper way to measure water, TO buy
or 10 sell il, is BY the gallon per second,
ner minute, per hour or per day. This can
NO c,lcnIsisi to a nicely, a. every kind OF
y.locity has been reduced BY the soles'
mathematician 10 minute formulas. lake
, hottie partially allied with water, let
&c., down the stream 10 be measured, be-
tween two poinie designated BY poles or
rones thrown across, say for 100 feet, then
take a good stop watch, and note the length
Of time the bottle is floating between the
Too noin,s: get the mean width and depth
Of the stream forming the sectional area !;
then multiply the velocity per second by
the sectional area, and you obtain the vol
NM in ;nches or feet as you think best;
then divide by the cubic inch contents OF
.,ilon and the result is ascertained Tor any
,;ms Won wish, per second, per minute
etc An inch OF water is not the same as
cnhic inch of wster. Many irrigstors who
are No, yersed in mathematics or engineer
inc are ant to call it "a cubic inch OF water,
,his Ia a mistake; a square inch OF water
would he correct as irrigation is measured
in the far west. The old German mode o
measuring AN inch Of water was By roun'
or,6ce one inch in diameter. The fiatt
River Canal company obviates the roupi'
nj disagreement ON the measurement
vater by stipulating how it shall be meas
med a, the halchwsy, where the waller
taken out, They do not agree to give 81
inch Of water or an inch of water under Ger
tain nre,sure. bu, merely = volume of waite
GINNING from their ditch filling hol
of certain dimensions.
RESERVOIRS.
In connection with the head main ditcl
!, ia often desirable, if you have favorab
denres-ions in the land, to form reservoir
into which you can have continuo'
s,resm of water running during the TIN
no, devoted to irrigation, and Tor The pu
nose Of getting rid Of your vast surplus
water. These reservoirs, lakes or POND
ore pseful for multitude OF things; for II
stance. az n reserve in case your stream
water may fall short at your head MAN,
nv reason OF accident or other tmergenc
a reservoir may be made at the head oil
rsyipe by throwing temporary oike
smbankmsnt across from side TO eide, WI
sluics level with the bottom. for draihii
or ,rriysting lands below 1t FISH can
kent within il, aquatic fowls can De or
there. and fine stock watering place csn
ss.nred all the wear round, Decides 'uihis
;n,y ali the ice foy the neighborhood duri
,hs summer months The main ditch NJ
n. tanned 70 fill it at any point In lis III
nv hatch or sluice- way, 10 open or close
pleasure. -, :, NJ,
.ms-ica' s.ys: about six miles south
Fort Union is situated what, in a cirilii
country. might be called model lar
Mr.. X ronig the owner of this iarm, came
,hs CONCLUSION, from his own observan
,hs, the rainfall along the base OF the mo-
tsins was quite sufficient 10 supply ar'iht
.sSa,v,;rs from which tracts of land co
he successfully irrigated. Notwithsland
,be chance Of such an experiment turn