Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-06
IRRIGATION By A
Strange method
LAWN SPRINKLER
WILL HE CIV LN TEST.
Use Believed PRACTICAL
Government INVESTIGATOR Tries tO
work Plan Whereby Wntcr win
BE Used Economically.

by Associated Press
Spokane, Wash, June 8. -Irriga-
tIou by means OF whlrlng sprlnklers
Is 90 be- carried out on AN extensive
scale In tho quincy district In Grant
county Wash. upon large tract Of
and few miles south OF the town of
Winchester Tho apparatus, specially
designed for the experiment. BE- larger
and ot great capacity than the sprlu-
hors ordinarily used ON city lawns
Water VIII uc lifted from deep wen
hy double action pump, driven by a.
gasoline engine.
I'm making the foregoing announce
mont at his headquarters lu spokane
stephen O Jayne. irrigation invcsti-
sa,ur for the United States Depart
ncnt " Agriculture said that owing
TO the irrcg rlarity of the land and the
sandy character of the soil large
expense would Doe Involved to prop
cry grade II for irrigation by ordin-
AIRY methods, and, he added, It Is to
avoid this outlay as well as TO secure
"a more economical use OF water than
would be possible otherwise that the
experiment Is to be carried on.
THE rrlyatlon branch of the De
partment Of Agriculture Is conducting
experiments throughout Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Montana and other
states Mr. Jayne continued, with a
View OF determining the practicability
of the various methods ana It is be-
lieyed that the knowledge so gained
will result in a material saying and
Increased eth, cheney in the use of val
uahle water supplies.
while irrigation 10y the use of
whirling sprinklets Is not n now idea
having been successfully and profita-
hly practised in various places in con-
nccton prin 'ipally with truck-farm-
Ing operations, It is something Of an
innovation TO undertake the watering
of general frld crops 10y this method
Apple growers in the vicinity Of
Chclau, Wash are this season INSTALL
Ing sprlnkliHg systems also, and dur
ing the summer the whirlers will be
going In many orchards
Albert Setter, successful orch
ardist Of Moran Prairie, near Spo-
kane last t,ar installed such sys-
tenn and was greatly peased with the
results, also demonstrating TO his
satisfaction the advantages Of apply
was 70 place n light dressing of straw
was 10 place "a light dressing Of straw
beneath the trees TO prevent the sprin-
king from beating the ground so as
90 compact and crust the surface. He
has some old Jonathan apple trees
which never produced fruit OF mar
kctahle size Until last year, when by
irrlgating them with sprinklers a
very heavy Weld was obtained, most
" the apples being larger than form
crly.
Another system OF spriuklinE that
is meeting with much favor and be-
ing widely adopted by truck farmers,
berry groves and greenhouse men
throughout the eastern, central and
southern states consists of running
parallel line Of galvanized iron pipe,
elevated high enough above the
ground TO permit free passage of men
and teams beneath in carrying on the
cultural operations. These pipes, OF
nozzle lines as they are called, are
usually get 40 to 60 feet apart and sup
ported on top OF posts about seven to
eight feet high,
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