The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-06
Irrigation at Norwich.
% the Editor OF the Eagle

To the Editor OF the Eagle.
| The success reported of pump irriga-
| ton at Garden City induced a number
| of our citizens to make a trip there for
the purpose of investigating the meth
| DDS used and the practical results there
! from. The knowledge they obtained
| is beginning TO bear fruit. and the first
successful irrigation in kingman cOun-
~ has been put up in this place. Others
have followed, until now there are five
plants completed, or under course of
| construction.
, We have sheet water which Is found
in about the same kind OF sand and
gravel as they have at Garden City,
and while they have open wells without
sand points our people have sought TO
combine both OF them at small cost. The
process is something so new and has
been so cheap and effective that brief
| description may prove of value TO those
who contemplate sinking irrigation
wells. \ welr is bored with a l5-inch
augur TO the water and prepared curb
is let down TO the water bearing sand.
With an ordinary sand pump the curb
is pumped down a distance OF twelve or
fifteen feet into the water. Into these
wells large pumps without sand points
are placed and water is obtained ia
sufficient quantities for any OF the or
binary irrigation pumps. After care
full examination the water "a one OF
these wells was found 10 be lowered but
two and a half feet after several hours
continuous pumping. The lowering or
the water takes place during the nrst
two or three minutes while the pump u
working, after which 81 remains at the
same level while pumping Is continued
There are serious objections % sand
points. as they sometimes get tempOraH
IL choked up and when the pump Is
started and no water is drawn into the
cylinder there Is an enormous strain
on the pump and mill This strain has
proven destructive in some instances
and will doubtless prove a source Of veX
alton where sand points are used On
the other hand II has been found very
difficult and expensive 70 sink large
open wells even where water is very
near the surface. as the Gaze at Garden
City on the river bottom u viii IN
coubtedly prove much more 50 where
wells for irrigation are sunk % great
depths
open wells Of small diameter can be
put down cheaply and 10 any reasonable
depth By use OF the curb mentioned A.
an instance OF this will here remark
that had q wei put down about two
months ago. The curb was prepared
and on the ground. Bori1g commeuc-
ed al a quarter past ! O'Clock aud az
go the same afternoon the vel had
been sunk a distance u thirty three
feet, twelve Of which vas In the water
The curb was Afterwards sunk tarse
feet further. - that ! had fifteen feet
q water. with the hardest pumping
day after day We could not diminish
the water supply In the least This was
most gratifying - those Il ~ who were
interested and az equally surprising 70
hundreds q people who had never BE-
fore sesn an irrigation pump IN opera
ton
The other wells here using the sane
kind % curb are equally good and
number % our best citizens are either
getting ready 20 irriEzte or aye seriously
considering Ths Dr05@cr
A. might haze beeEs expected. - her
KanEsss people have shear aftenfi9H
called % suy iin~ 81 ~o9E G@-sry3nS
their attention their Inventive genius
crops out az ever hand Attic good lrri
CATION pumps ! have seen aF@ t1e In
vention = Kansas nne-- Z have ~.
messed ~. working q there pumps sfr-
der various conditions and aH u them
we're saore - less suceezsf1I - far O.
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