Arizona weekly citizen., 1893-07-29

the average farmer and i 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-1ive per cent at
trifling cost by the addition of con-
denser AMI this would make proper
tionate reduction IN the cost of produc-
ing the water from the figures given
above.
Good wood at g per cord is very
cheap fuel and there is no reason why
a man who is iTrlgatiug should ever pay
more after the first two or three years.
There is nothing that looks better in
desert country than live line fence.
1t can be planted Of any quick-growine
wood suitable for fuel, and when plant
ed close makes a rabit proof fence,
good wird-break, just enough shade to
plant your berries along, occupies no
, space, requires no water because your
distributing ditch runs besides it and it
gets what water would otherwise be
wasted by soaking into the ground
every time you irTigate, and when you
cut 1t off five feet above the ground in
the winter and get your fuel supply for
the cutting.
By cutting one half 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 re-
qulre a greater or less quantity of fuel
ia proportion to the lift.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
To parties contemplating putting in
plant OF any considerable size / would
advise the addition of a condenser
thereby affecting fuel saving of about
One-third over the above figures. An
other thing should be taken into con-
sideration in regard to the above figures
and in addition to the fact that / use no
condenser.
First-I uss 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-
quently there Is considerable loss
through radiation and condensation,
etc., and / sincerely believe that when
my plant is complete and the above cor
rections made | can easily food an acre
of ground eighty inches deep with a
cord of mesquit wood and the compare
lively low-priced plant have.
In the matter of producing water for
sale, l 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, and substitute in lieu thereof
a specific quantity, say by the million
gallons, reducing the price per million
to the same basis as though il were sold
by the miners inch, but giving the pur-
chaser the privilege of buying and pay
ing for more or less as he 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 it gives
the consumer the full benefit of the
usual rainfall and places both himself
and the producer on a footing where
both know what they are about, and no
water is produced except what is put to
actual use and paid for.
These points Will not be overlooked
water right.
When the customer turns in his order
for water 1T 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 &C
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 500 or 1000-gallon tank is usually
kept at the pumping station for boiler
feeding and general purposes, and its
cubic contents can be easily com 9uted.
Should any misunderstanding occur be-
tween the consumer and producer as TO
the veracity OF the meter, this tank can
be filed and allowed ID low through
the meter in the presence of those in
terested and corrections made pro ard
con.
The present method of guessing water
off in ditch with mob 1dy competent to
do the guessing but tae 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