Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-11-10
Pump Irrigation.


 This is a subieet of great interest here at the present and is being much discus sed. Undoubtedly tk's method of irri- gstion VIII be widely used in Ar zons before many yes's. It IS especially de- sira6le in the vicinity ol towns, for mar ket gardening and fIuit culture, where the ya.ue of the crop raised will justiiy expensive methods of cultivation. al though the improvement ID steam pumps designed for this purpose. which b the growth of irrigation has stimulated has resulted in obtf in'lg increased c6- pacity with dImi lished consumption of fuel. The successful employment of steam pumps is only dependent upon the supply of wste- end cost of fuel. A pump of a capacity of % gals. a minute will ! 3 sufficient to cover two acres of land an inch deep every dsy, or IA acres each week, A pump of tfis capacity with two horse pOwer-en6ine and boiler, costs in Srl Francisco or ti east ut little more than S2OO. Pumps of three or four times this capacity would be more desireable th s vicinity, and the general opinion is that the water supply to be obtained from wells elOrg l lnal creek is ample to rrf gate sn the lands lu buAt Nh4lCN AihCAI hO Bc The only attempt yet made here to test the prsctIcsb' 'ity of the use of steam to raise water for i- gatiOp was by Adolph Hasz. who bas plat of two acres oi fine land at the southern ecd ot town, set ID grape 1es snd tIult trees. Last spr lg he obtrinsd here a boiler of 10 tO l2 horse pOwer th the necessary pipe, and sent to Van Dusen < lift. Cincinua. for steam jet pI ID of 5000 gallons per hour capaclty. 1ne attachment cost, lsid down here go snd the whole plant set up represents ~n outlay of about S2GO, the boiler and pipes being second hand, l le desls a of the pump IS most ingenious, and works on the principle of n syphOn. Steam is forced down 2i inch pipe, th 'OC:h ihe pump attachment (the mechR- m of which We cannot desc. be but which IS said to be m de on the principle of a globe valve) end into 2l inca dis charge pipe, the effect of which is to cause a vacuum, and the water r,ses and continues to flow in steG1y stream without the lstst remittent sc ion. One of the greatest advantages of this is that the steam. constantly condensIng n the
 sster - it ises, warns 1t slightly, SO that it does not require to be rrn into tanks CT reserv,irs I order to bring 1t up to the tlmpersture of the air bofore spplyIng it to the land that is to be ir- rigsted. The saving thus affected is sn inn Jrtsnt item.
 Mir. HRag informs us that the opera ton oi the pump 's an that is claimed for it, but owing to the drouth of last summer. he WIS unable to obtain 8 srt- ficieDt supply of water from his we'll, and his vines and trees suffered some what. The effect of liberal irrigation IS shown by the rGrk growth of vines only a few feet from a wooden tank which leaks slightly and kept the grouod moist all summer. These vines are vigorous and st least three times the size of oth- CTS which were deprived of sufficient vs- ter. Mir. Hsag is now engaged in sInk- ing deeper two wells about 30 or 40 feet apart, which he will connect by tunnel
 and hopes by this means to secure an abundance of the yiiiliz;ng ',qrid.-Sil- yer Belt.