Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-12-29

things it is not well to be guided by
price alone. 1t is thought that much
of the pumping in Idaho will be done
from running streams and in such
cases a centrifugal pump is usually
the simplest and most efficient that
can be secured. These are made by
a number of reliable manufacturers
and can be procured in all sizes for
lifting water any required distance.
If water power is available on or
near the land to be irrigated one of
the most economical installations IS
turbine direct connected to the
pump Drops in irrigation canals are
frequently made to pump water in
this way and the service is very
efficient and satisfactory as it re-
quires practically no attention.
Where water power is not available
in the immediate vicinity some other
power must be used. Either steam or
gasoline is reliable and efficient.
Steam power, however, requires con-
slant attendance and as coal is rath-
or high in Idaho it is not anticipated
that there will be much pumping
done with this power This narrows
it down to gasoline and electricity
Electricity, Of course. is not available
in all localities and gasoline must be
used in such cases. There are many
standard makes of gasoline engines
on the market, there being but lit
tie difference in favor of any of them.
One should be certain that the en-
CINE purchased will develop plenty
of power for the purpose. 1t is al
ways better to err on the safe side
in this: better to secure one a lit
tie too large rather than too small.
Il is thought, however, in view of the
large number of electric power in
: stallations that are completed AMI
under way in this state that the great
err share of the pumping for irriga-
ton in the state will be done by cleo
tricity
Electrical installations are more
p compact, take up less floor space, re-
4. quire less expense for housing and
less attendance than any of the 9th
err installations. Where the current
r can be leased at reasonable prices as
no doubt can be done anywhere ii
southern Idaho within the next few
years. there is no doubt but that il
will furnish very valuablcmfwyl
will furnish a very reliable and econ
omical method of applying water e
thousands of acres of land that arr
now lying lille.
There are surely hundreds of acre
of excellent land lying immediatel
% above the canals in this district VIII
not utilize some of the cheap powe
and pump on these lands rather tina
o go elsewhere and pay high prices 70
other land not so good and with pei
haps a less efficient water right.
% Whatever make of plant is pun
% chased it should be borne in min
3 that it may not run continuously a
70 there are always times when it mu.
be stopped for slight repairs. adius
~ ments, etc. and it should be of su
is fcient size in order to be able {
DR. pump enough water when it is run
ming to make up for these small NJ
avoidable delays. There is always ce
l- tain amount of unavoidable frictio
IN i'm the machinery and of the wat'
he in the pipes and this must always
We taken into consideration when dete
he mining the size of the installation
1t is seldom safe to assume a ma
st imum discharge of less than one Sc
We ond foot or $50 gallons by meter f
a. each 80 acres to be irrigated and
mt be safe at all times a capacity Sigh