Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-20
IRRIGATION.
Statistics Regarding the Growing OF
Frqts by rriee!ioD-Eigures Which
Speak fer themselves.
a Sure Test of Ist Prs ctioability Hss Been
Made on The Grs-t staked Plain
at OUeIsa, Tx.
Midland Staked Plain.

Stuuleu SIhReu Ilaln tnsG IL ID peculldrl,
adapted 10 growing fruits and vegetables
by irrigation Until recently eff 9rts o
this kind nave been in only limited wa,
Snd ihe.r greatest utility mas been to indi
cste the proosole results Of irrigation oil
more extended scale. Several projects
of inc kind have been uudertsken witt
most gratifying results, put WI
have 20 GO tbs week with the enterpris,
ct tae O3esss Land and Tow,
Sic Syndicate st Odessa. The genera
agent Of tls syndicate is Mr.. B. X. Brant
gentleman who has probably given th'
conditions surrounding agriculture snt
fruit growing on the Stsked Plsir
more Intelligent study than any Other
nan, and one whose daily work qualities
him 20 conceive and carry out schene
for applying water to the sell by srtificis
methods. With the knowledge
tb4a there Seposes 81 depth Of
less tlsn fifty feet 6 vas
Eu5terra1eSr bOGy OF water, and viii
the known results Of applying thst wstel
10 the surface. Mr.. Brsnt sought 9
method OF Kissing and distributing the
v-s.er, the cost Of which would make the
method practical one. the following is
description Of his well and az estimate
OF .as iITigating capacity;
THE WELL.
The shaft is feet square, curbed q
fset from the surface.
FcUm the curb to the surface CT the
water, ctrcu.Sr form, Is feet, inches.
Diameter 81 the bottom of the curb,
feet; at water line, ~ feet.
Reservoir, II fest in diameter at water
IL aCd l6 feet ~ bottom Of the well.
Dlpth Of water, II feet irches.
Depth Of wei, As feet.
Reservoir czpacity Of well, IA, 500 gal
Ions.
Materials passed through: Soil, I
Ieet; rotton limestone, IA feet; concrete
rock, l6 feet, very hard and difficult to
work; soft sandstone and gravel, II feet;
water found il gravel.
Amount of water furnished by well,
5000 gallons per hour, perpetual pump
ing, or 12G 900 gallons per day.
Test made with Knowles steam pump
having a capacity of 5000 gallons per
hour.
Cost OF we'll, $5GS O3.
WIKI g steam pump working ten hours
per Gay. this well will yield so, 900 gallons
OF water daily, or sufficient to cover two
ASACS u 1SuN WIN NoLC4 SHS lASh SlSSP.
Worked five days per week during the
yeSr 1t Will give TWO inches Of water per
month to twenty acres of land or the
equivalent CT twenty four inches annual
rainfall or twelve inches per snnum to
forty acres. The latter amount with the
rainfall is empty SUFFICIENT for orchard
And vineyard purposes at this point.
This we'll fairly settles questions of
doubt concerning on adequate water sup
ply and its practical application for pur-
poses OF irrigation. l. also determines
that the cost is moderate for the great
advantages End security to crops afforded
by this means. Aside from this well, II
is an established fact that our water sup
ply is unlimited and revar falling.
In the well herein described drift
could be extended under the ls-foot
shaft Of concrete rock az far as desired,
In safety, without expense OF timbering,
and the quantity of water increased to
any amount desired. In this way daily
supply of millions of gallons can be &C.
cured from one well,
THE ORCHARD.
The well WAS completed about April
aud the orchsrd and vineyard planted.
There are Gl3 fruit and nu. trees; 108
hedge and windbreak trees; % small
fruit trees, berries; 1000 grape cuttings
Muscst of Alex andria; 238 miscellaneous
European cuttings. The list Of trees
consist of the following varieties: 81; Of
apples, 81 peaches, 10 plumbs, 10 pesrs,
2 ounces, 2 nectarines, 3 spricets, 8
English ,walnuts, 6 French prunes, 2
peca ne, 5'flberts,7 soft shell almonds, 8
japanese persimmohs, 2 crcb apples, 8
chestSdts, figs, ! medlar, Is wind
break, small fruit, Is n Jrth American
grapes, - European table and wine
grapes. e Muscst or rsisin grapes.
Thesestrees start out. with remarkably
good prospects. The. fruit and nut
treesShiling to glow being less than one
per cent. 2.
Tho listincludes all of the leading varE
etres of decfduous fEnits and North Amer
lean grapes. The De- Fate, ST. Cattle
rine and Petit pruree; Frsnquette, Pari-
senne, late PTgpsturisn, Or Second Gen
Grafton wslnuts; Lapgusdoc and Crosse
tendre almonds and-sshe Spanish chest
nuts sre the leaSiBg varieties Of i'm
ported trees. Qt'European grapes the
following sFet the varieties: Sultans,
Mslsgs, NaIbec, N1ir, Gros Sapst, Flam-
irg Toksy, SeeGless Corinth, Black and
White, Orange Flowered musca., Refs
ling and many others. All these Varle-
ties start cu: with equn, prospects, and
which will be better adapted to this soil
ard climate csnnot yet be determined,
although the thrift Of the English walnut, |
pruHe and almond is particularly notice |
able. The North American grape and
delicate varieties of the European grape |
grow side by side with equal thrift,
CARR OF TREES
To protect trees, particularly to prevent
sun-scald, to which the apple, pear, plum,
prune anu cherry are subject, IS is any
smooth bark tree, they are wrapped with |
strips Of burlsp sacking about an inch In
width, The same effect is pr duced by
plscins board on the south side OF the
tree. Both methods are used in California.
Burlsp is better thsn cotton cloth owing
to it's loose texture. The trees are head
ed nesr the ground, within two feet OF
the surface. Trees planted in April, also
q few in March, have already made
growth of from twelve to twenty inches.
LOCATION.
The general climatic conditions and the
geologic festures Of the soil make this To-
cation q q fsvnrahla for fruit and vine cul-