Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1893-07-22

However this class of machinery is
very expensive and beyond the reach of
thu average farmer and il it were not it
is doubtful il the difference in the cost
of fuel at the present prices would
Justify the difference in the outlay,
which would be great.
The fuel economy OF the plant which
/ now have in could be increased
twenty-five to thirty-Iive per cent at a
trifiing cost by the addition of a con-
deuser ana this would make proper
tionate reduction in the cost of produc-
ing the water from the figures given
above.
Good wood at 81 per cord is very cheap
fuel and there Is no reason why man
who is irrigating should ever pay more
after the first two or three years.
There is nothing that looks better in
n desert country than live line fence.
II can be planted of any quick-growing
wood suitable for fuel, and when planted
close makes rabbit proof fence, good
wind-break, just enough shade to plant
your berries along, occupies no space, re-
quires no water because your distribut-
uting ditch runs besides it and it gets
by soaking into the ground every time
you irrigate, and then you cut it off five
feet above the ground In the winter and
get your fuel supply for tee cutting.
By cutting one-haif the fence every
other winter you will get from one to
three good-sized cord wood sticks from
every shoot.
1t must be borne in mind that the above
figures are for lift of sixty feet and
that higher or lower lift would require
a greater or less quantity of fuel in pro-
portion to the lift.
RsCOMM ENDATIONs.
To parties contemplating putting in a
plant of any considerable size | would
advise the addition of a condenser
thereby affecting a fuel saving of about
other thing should be taken into con-
sideration in regard to the above ngures
and in addition to the fact that | use no
condenser.
First use no feed water heater; my
boiler is supplied with water as it comes
from the we'll at temperature of fifty
nine degrees Fahrenheit.
Second-Neither my boiler, steam
pipes or pump are Jacketed and conse-
qusntly there is considerable loss
through radiation and condensation,
ETC., and / sincerely believe that when
my plant is complete aud the above cor
rections made ] csn easily flood an acre
of ground eighty inches deep with a
cord of mesquit wood and the compare
lively low-priced plant have.
Ia the matter of producing water for
sale, | would suggest the adjustment OF
the old and unsatisfactory method of
selling water by the miners inch, which
to the average farmer is an unknown
quantity, aod substitute in lieu thereof
specific quantity, say by the million
gallons. reducing the price per million
to the same basis es though it were sold
by the miners inch, but giving the pur-
chaser tho privilege OF buying and pay
ng for more or less as be may require
or according to the economy with which
he USES it.
This not only encourages thrift
and economy in the use of water, but 1T
gives the consumer the full benefit of
the usual rainfall and places both him.
self and the producer on footing where
both know what they are about, and no
water is produced except what Is put to
actual use and paid for.
These DO nts will not be overlooked
by the consumer when he purchases his
water right.
When the customer turns in his order
for water ut the Office the foreman goes
down and places a meter on his Gus
TONER'S bulkhead at the main ditch,
turns on the water In just such quantity
as suits his customer the best and goes
on to the next. When the customer
gets what water he wants, he having ac-
cess to the gate, but not to the meter.
shuts off the water. The next time the
foreman comes around he gathers up
the meters, charges up what the GUS
toner used and there is no reasonable
chance for dissatisfaction.
A SEQ or 10O0-gallon tank is usually
kept at the pumping station for boiler
feeding and general purposes, and its
cubic contents can be easily com puted.
Should any misuuders, anding occur be-
tween the consumer and producer as to
the veracity of the meter, this tank can
be filled and allowed to flow through
the meter in the presence of those in
terested and corrections made pro and
con.
The present method of guessing water
off in ditch with mob ldy competent to
do the guessing but the vender is, to
say the least, very unsatisfactory, and
the time is not far off when water for
irrigation purposes will be sold like any
other commercial commodity.
The advantage of having water on
demand and in such quantities as re-
CURED, with no such thing "a dry sea-
son, are points not to be overlooked and
those experienced in irrigation will
agree with me in saying that water at
double the price under these conditions
is preferable TO paying for water
whether you get it or not and getting
the least when you need it the most.
Yours respectfully,
w. A. HARTr.
Bucklen'e Arnica SalV0