The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-06-05

comfortable 90 handle With o. .i,,,.
much greater than this. 10 is hotter a.
abandon the section line dir.,ii,,, -
the fields and lay the rows on In s,,ot,
% direction Us To- give only ~, ri,.L,
amount Of fall Our rroppJ nj, ,,'
Garden City sub-station r.. In s,',. Nv ~
nearly Level that the lateral ditche,
have 10 be raised little above the
level ot the soil IN order Co pct The
water over the ground. Wv
The depth from which 10 will nay 10
raise water fur irrigation must dcpend
upon the value Of the crup which cnp
be produced hy H. That Il can M,
made profitable 90 pump from shallow
wells for all sorts 81 garden rrop4
orchard trees and small fruits has brpn
shown too often To- need further proof
With q fruit that has been made 10
produce from two to four ur live hun.
drcd dollar worth Of hrrric. to The
aero rs often us the strawberry has
there would seem To be little doubt thai
pumping from a well ~ rrn.onably
strong supply ut amy depth less than
hfty feet could hc made to nav
Whether much deeper wells thnn that
can bc used must depend upln cirrup
stances. AZ a ranch In the Pan. Handle
Of Texas thrifty garden "a irrirntrd
with water raised by windmill alO
feet. and 90 that family. no doubt.
those vegetables are worth all they
cost And ~ there g. no doubt that
strawbcrrics, raised to supply the fam.
lis. rather than that they should o.
without. can be irrigated with very
high-priccd water aud " will still nav
Having q well Of sufficient capacity.
and the mill or other pumping pp,ycr
In position, the pond N usually paced
near enough to allow the water to be-
run into " from 70 spout The height
Of the walls ~ the pond should be- an.
ticipatcd. aud the delivery spout Of the
pump carried up high enough 10 allow
q good fall over the top OF the wall into
the pond. There viii be- occasional
cases where the pump aud mill must
be over well, pond or spring. In
rHvinc or draw, while the pond must
be ON the proper ground To run the
water from, ON TO the land. Here "a
forcing cylinder ON the pump aud
proper supply pipe TO the pond will
have To be provided.
The mistake IA often made Of build.
ing the pond too large. For a twelve.
foot mill or less, "a pond sixty feet
square Is usually large enough
An acre Of ground contains %. 800
square feet. hence u would require
81, 800 cubic feet " water to cover II a
foot deep. An inch Ia depth over an
acre would require onc-twclfth Of this.
or 1880 cubic feet. A pond sixty feet
square ON the bottom would contain
., 600 cubic feet Of water for every foot
of depth, " the sides were square, aud
with sloping sides somewhat more, NJ
that. M nearly as we can approximate.
n pond Of this size will hold, for every
foot In depth, water enough TO cover
an acre an inch deep, or one acre inch.
A. u IN desirable that the berry.
grower should know somewhat ncHriy
how much water he IN using, and how
much he has ON hand at n particular
time, u pond Of these proportions Il
recommended as IA convenient one, OF
II n larger one IA required. G0NiiO
feet would hold two acre inches 10 a
foot In depth, when four feet deep.
liy havinga gauge marked In feet
and inches, set ON the valve platform
and rcasllpg f.s.ss ,Ass N.s.,ts.su ot ,is.
outlet upwards, the depth Of water Il
readily seen; and by taking rcadings
ON opening aud closing this valve, the
volume II water used can be pretty
closely calculated. A record book Of
this for the season would develop much
valuable information for future use.