Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-03
PRACTICAL IRRIGATION.
An Eight-Inoh Pump Will Irrigate Twenty
Acres in the Driest Season.

Acres IN Inc DE16SL SeaSOns
During a visit to Garden City last
week we had the pleasure of inspect
ing number of places in that vicinity
which have been equipped with the
irrigating pumps, and a irrigated
without resort to the-ditches. We
found that nearly every farmer around
the city has now one of these pumps,
some calculated to irrigate only five
or six acres. but most of them with a
capacity sufficient for twenty acres.
1t sounds like rather large statement
to say that one eight-lnch pump, run
by fourteen-foot mill, will successful
ly irrigate twenty acres in the driest
season, but such is the fact demon-
strated by from one to four years
experience. An eight-inch pump will
pump six thousand gallons an hour
with an ordinary wind, and at that rate
one can easily figure the amount of
surface it will irrigate. 1t easily fills
pond four feet deep and one hundred
and fifty square in two days. This
will run thirty-si inches of water out
of two inches rather more than four
acres at time, allowing for percent
age of loss by seepage and other waste.
By starting early in the spring before
the moisture is used for growing crops,
and getting the ground thoroughly
soaked they are able to keep twenty
acres we'll watered the season through.
Understand this is not an experiment.
1t is practical and is done by a score of
farmers around Garden City. The
pump used is the Gauze pump. We
have had the pleasure of recently
examining pump invented by E. e.
Frizell, of Larned, which will soon be
on the market, and which we think
that it will do more work with less
power. These pumps can be placed in
positiop7fOr about one hundred dollars
with windmill large enough to run
them.
Let us look at the thing minute.
Twenty acres we'll irrigated and
divided Up properly will do what?
Ten acres in alfalfa well watered will
net five hundred dollars in cash every
year and give at least sixty tons of
good feed beside. This has been
demonstrated over and over again.
The other ten acres in orchard, small
fruit and vegetables, together with d
halt dozen cuHs and sume chickens viii
nearly keep an average family. In
other words, that twenty acres will run
the average family without another dol
lar from any source. If you doubt it
go to Garden City and sec dozens of
families that are living and living we'll
on just that. That leaves the balance
of your farm to gamble with. You can
put it in wheat and if you miss crop
YOUR living is still assured to you. If
you make it buy another pump and
irrigate twenty acres more. But you
are, with this outfit, absolutely inde-
pendent ofethe season.
Let us look at it from another point
of view. Suppose every farmer had
such pump with pond one hundred
and fifty feet square, and twenty acres
thoroughly irrigated each year. What
do you think the effect would be on
hot winds and rain fall? Would it not
rob the hot wind of its danger and
materially increase the rain fall? No
practical man can doubt that it would.
If each farmer had twenty acres
thoroughly irrigated, making him inde-
pendent of rainfall, what kind of a
community would this be to live in?
ANY difference from what it is now?
Well, rather. Don't take the word Of
an editor for it, but look into the mat
ter for yourselves, Every word we say
to you is gospel truth. If you intend
to stay in this country, you cannot
afford to watch the clouds and pray
for rain, and 1--we on uncertainty when
for small outlay you can insure
yourself and your families against the
mischances of the weather. Now, can
you? You all insure against fire, and
lightning and tornadoes, and hail
storms. Now. why not insure against
drought. 1t don't cost much and the
insurance is certian and it pays every
year. We are not booming anybody's
pump, but We want the farmers OF
Edwards county to Investigate this
matter and see for themselves. We
speak of Mr.. Frizells pump because
we are convinced that, so far, it is the
best. A ten foot mill with that pump
will irrigate twenty acres easily, and
with twenty acres thoroughly irrigated
you are safe. We will be glad to give
any information We can to those who
desire to investigate the matter
Kinsley Mercury.