The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-05-01

these we are enabled TO lrrigatc by
bitches We were at FIRST greatly puz-
zled TO know how to get over the raw
ines and bitches in the field. for we
could not be all the time moving that
heavy iron pipe. We finally hit on a
plan TO make water run up hill. We
did that by means Of a big homemade
hose constructed Of duck. We put this
duck hose on the end Of an iron pipe
and lead the water whore we want u.
II Is 80 constructed that we can couple
II quickly. We have about 800 feet OF
this hose In use. aud 1t answers the
purpose very well. but OF course will
not stand much pressure. We have
had little experience In trying this on
bearing fruit trees We tried Il on 400
peach trees. and those trees bore fruit
much more heavily than usual We
also watered an orchard OF cherry mud
plum trees with strawberries between
the rows. The strawberry plants were
about ruined when We began the water
ing, but they revived at once. Most OF
our irrigatlng this last year has been
on young growing trees and on common
Held crops. such as peas. beans and po-
tatoea We now have our machinery
aud fields ready TO begin operations
the coming year. While We realize that
some OF our work is yet In tho expert
mental stage. yet We are not discour-
aged for the future. We believe that
u tho profit to our young trees could
be shown. II would be seen that water
Ing them was very profitable.
GLOW do YOU irrigntc corn?
Ave run tho water along the rows
OF corn and can thus water about four
acres per day. In watering trees. We
can water about eight to ten acres per
day. Tho cost Of running the engine
and tank IL 81 20 So per Jay.
Q.-What II the total cost Of a plant
like yours with capacity to water twenty
acres?
Ave have machinery to lrrigato
eighty acres. and the cost for engine.
pump and pipes would fall between $500
and $1,000 ordinarily. but we got
secondhand engine. A $1,000. plant
should irrigato about eighty acres.
o.-ln surface irrigation. at what
time OF day is II best TO make the appll-
cation Of water7
AIT any time OF day II We could
run our plant all night. we would make
the application during the latter par,
OF the day.
Professor Tracy would like to say
that II In not 30 much the contour OF the
land as II Is the character Of the soil
that concerns irrigation. Some people
think that because they have n stream
that IL In a good position for irrigating
therefore they onn surely irrigatc.
OILS It possible to irrlgatc from
two or threc-inch well. where you have
to draw the water for seventy feet?
Professor Taft think 80. and II
you can't do II with one well. drive
three or four and have a reservoir. But
that 70-foot lift Is rather hard ques-
ton to consider
Professor McCleur.-Thero IL ono
place In Illinois where irrignting IL be-
Ing done. and that Is at the insane asy-
lum at kankakec. They have there one
pump. and they pump water from the
river. They have not done any expert
menting. They got n man from the
West who was perfectly familiar with
the work Of water. happened to be
there this fall. aud saw them irrigating
a cabbage field They were running
the water between every two rows.
each row being forty rods long. The
water must have been six TO eight
Inches In depth. They had watored
that field from one to three times. and
they said that was enough. They said
In general way that there was no
doubt but that their crop was at least
double that OF last year. They used so
much water each time that the ground
was too soft to walk on. One could not
step on II without sinking down some
distance. The water ran between the
rows. which were rounded up pretty
well. They seemed TO retain the moist.
ure for long time.