Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-06
lRRlGATING FROM WELLS,


Press Bulletin No S. Of the New Mex.
Eco College OF Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts. gives the following notes on the
sinking Of well for irrigatng purposes
at Albuquerque, ~ NJ.
During the first week ~ December
1906 well was sunk for irrigation
purposes on the farm Of Mr., Charles
f. Gleckler near Albuquerque, y. NJ.
Tho we'll was put down after the plan
given In Bulletin No 10 OF the New
Mexico Agricultural experiment station,
An open well was dug TO little below
water level and ourbed with two-lnch
pine A slx-nch STANDARD pipe, which
forms the well. was sunk in the bot
tom OF the open pit. About 10 feet Of
the strainer was exposed below the pine.
The total depth Of the wen from the
surface OF the ground to the bottom Of
the Ctrainer is about 4ila feet.
StmIuer-The strainer was made
from l6 guage galvanized Iron aud
closed at the bottom, The walls OF the
stralner were perforated by slots W.
inches long by about 4 inch wide.
These slots were placed very close to-
gethsr
Placing the StraIner--tn placing the
ttIdl1tT tue Dllt was lllNl SUM W wv
full depth OF the we'll The stralner was
lowered inside Of the pipe to the bot
tom. The pipe was then lacked up un-
Ill about Is feet OF the sralner was ex-
posed below the pipe.
Theoretically the action Of this sort
OF stralner II az follows and the re-
suits seem to prove the theory true;
The slots In the stralner are large
ali Al al tfl
the gravel 20 enter the well and be
pumped out with the water. and ut the
came time small enough to keep the
gravel from entering the well The
gravel then accumulates around the
strainer. thus forming a POROUS water
bearing stratum through which water
can pass rapidly into the well In order
10 take the place OF that being removed
by the pump.
Gravel Stmta--A water bearing gra-
vel stratum is necessary for the sue
cess Of this type Of well, and therefore
Mr.. Checkers undertaking was an ex-
pertinent,
Gravel. mixed with sand, was struck
nj ~ feet from the surface 90 the
ground, and gravel more or less plen-
tiful, continued On the bottom ot the
well tils feet From q careful eXamln-
alton OF the strata passed through I'm
sinking this we'll, from information
gathered from parties who have sunk
wells In the vicinity. and from the fact
that upon flushing the well the water
became clear after the sand was re-
moved. the writer has been led to be.
lieye that there Is sufficient amount
Of gravel 10 be- found In the Vicinity Of
Albuquerque tu practically insure the
success of this tyne of we'll
cost Tho eos, NJ well of this type
Is comparatively small Wherever dem
onstrated 10 be sucecssrul n viii bring
the cost of "a pumping plant entirely
within the means NJ most farmers
The following statement Of the cost
Of the pumping nlHut was kindly nlr-
nishsd by Mir Glockler
We'll Including materials and la.
Pump and engine dn pacol,,t to5i
--fe.-
Iotal ,'',r,,,.' o,,''".,"., NhN
A Cushman sx horse power gasoline
engine and a Nap VIE centrifugal
pump were Installed The water pumped
Win the power hy tbis small engine
was SUFFICIENT ID 900 O. Nyo,iuch dis-
charge pine THE writer H Informed
chat Mn OlrCklor NlIl put ln "a lawyer
enslno hul lhUu stlll better rulH are