Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-30

d;tcbes We were at first greatly pu%
zled to know how to get over the i''
ines and bitches in the field. LOT we
could not be all the time moving lhal
heavy iron pipe. We finally MT vi :"
plan to make water run UP nil. W.
did that by means Of big hohle-"a'0
hose constructed of duck. We put TINS
duck hose on the end of an iron pipe
and lead the water where we want H.
1t is so constructed that we can coupe
it quickly. We have about 800 leet VI
this hose in use, and 1t answers INC
purpose very well. but of course WIZ
not stand much pressure. we nave
had little experience in trying TINS Oh
bearing fruit trees. We tried it on 4oo
peach trees. and those trees pore iiui'
much more heavily than usual we
also watered an orchard OF cheris an"
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 irrigating this last year has Deeh
on Young growing trees and on common
field crops, such as peas, beans anu po
tatoes. We now have our machinery
and fields ready to begin operations
the coming year. While we realize that
some of our work is yet in the expert
mental stage. yet we are not ulscou'-
aged for the future. We believe that
if the profit to our young trees coui"
be shown, ii would be seen that water
| ing them was very profitable.
Q.-How DO you irrisate corn
Awe run the 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. The cost al running the engine
and tank is IS to Sc per day.
Q.-What is the total cost of plant
like yours with capacity to water twenty
acres?
Ave have machinery to irrigate
eighty acres, and the cost for engine
pump and pipes would fall between $9oe
and 81 900 ordinarily, but we got a
secondhand engine. A $l,OOO-plant
should irrigate about eighty acres.
Q.-In surface irrigation, at what
time OF day is it best to make the appli,
cation of water?
AIT any time Of day. If we could
run our plant all night we would make
the application during the latter par
of the day.
Professor Tracy.-I would like to sa!
that it is not so much the contour Of Tho
land as it is the character of the sol
that concerns irrigation. Some people
think that because they have stream
that is in a good position for irrigatinl
therefore they can surely irrigate.
Q--Is it possible to irrigate from ;
two or three-inch we'll. where you hav'
to draw the water for seventy feet?
Professor Taft think so, and i
you can't do it with one we'll, driv
three or four and have reservoir. Blu
that 7O-foot lift is rather hard Gues
ton to consider.
Professor McCleur-There is on
place in Illinois where irrigating is be
ing done, and that is at the insane asy
lum at kankakee. They have there on
pump, and they pump water from tn
river. They have not done any expert
menting. They got man from tn
West who was perfectly familiar wit
the work of water. happened to b
there this fall, and saw them irrigatin
a cabbage field They We're runnin
the water between every two row.
each row being forty rods long Tn
water must have been six to eigl
inches in depth. They had watere
. that field from one to three times. an
they said that was enough. They sal
in general way that there was n
, doubt but that their crop was at leas
double that of last year. They used $
much water each time that the groun
| was too soft to walk on. One could M
step on it without sinking down som
distance. The water ran between til
. rows. which were rounded up prett
, well. They seemed to retain the mois
ure for a long time.