Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-08
S|PHON TUBES
FOR |RR|GAT|NG
HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE MORE
SATiSF ACT0RY THAN PRES
ENT METHODS

Il has been demonstrated to IN,
aiire satisfaction OF the writer Oh
lEe Twin Fails North Side project
lnat The siphoning Of wafer Tor IL
sigaiICn, GOES away with much Of
the continual worry and hard work
ncicent to watering new land
go not know whether this method
II watering has been tried 10 any
great extent in other projects. but
numerous ranchers on this project
are using siphons quite extensively,
anu mucn to their benefit.
Ii Ii quite serious problem 10
handle the lccsc iaia ash soil W.
aaNe 10 contend with. ana many
sysems of irrigating have been res
toreu to. namely lala Doxes. gai-
vanlzed tubes, sod etc, but Tie
slpncn menod seems To possess
some very good advantages over the
other methods.
Tie method purSUed ia using
these sipbons is TO use only one
chch. making the. oItch of such a
construction as TO raise the water
several inches above the ground TO
De watered. The lphons cgnsist
of three-quarier inch iron pipe,
abcut four or five feet long lhe
ENDS are slightly bent, and then
the remainder bent over wagon
wheel. making them seHii-cyhndFi-
cal. A pipe is used for each CORFU
cation, and after the water i once
started through the tubes, the flow
can easily be regulated. by raising
the end in the corrugation higher
lie give less flow, or lowering it
again TO give an increased flow.
The one great advantage IN this
system is the use of only one ditch.
Land is not cut up by the use OF
sub bitches. or course. this mefh-
cd means additional check boxes,
ior if is necessary that the water
be almost on "a dead level in the
ciiehes. and if the ground is steep,
many checks are necessary TO ac-
complish the result of getting the
water on dead level 80 that II
Viii always be at the otp OF the
ditch. This method of irrlgailng
less water one can make
use of every drop of water coming
down ditch with minimum
amount Of waste. These pipes cost
about Poe apiece in four foot
or $50 per hundred. There
IS new device on the market al
.his time called the ''Siphotube,
made of canvas and wire he can
vas being woven in between two
oils of wire. The canvas Is !reai-
81 in an asphaitum preparation.
These tubes are being made 10y llr.
F. F.. Roach. 1903 Trude bldg Chi
ago. and sell for s20 per hundred
N four foot lengths. These tubes
are very light. and one can carry
many more of them from place TO
place that the iron tubes
The essential thing l. Ia have
he bitches in the best shape, and
find there. i only one saliSfac-
ory way to do it outside of using
20th Century grader and hat i
% plow several furrows with a
mning plow and then get IN
With shovel. and shovel the loose I
hri ON the bank. building d mp
rood and solid. and trampins i
Veil making the ditch bank five
,r six inches above the ground to F.
ie watered. With bitches in proper
hape. and checks placed correctly
O give an almost dead flow 10
he water. lhe question of starting /
hc ~iphons is very little matter.
they can be- started hy filling With (
water or tube made to fii ihe
nd of the pipe and sucking iile
water through the pipe to get II
.arled. Under favorable circum-
iances. one ough. 90 start 2tn oi
heSe iubcs Ia an hours time.
/ have been 50 favorably impress
4 with the work these siphons
ave done for me this season That /
intend 10 irrigair my entire acre
ge with them. J have go Of them I
ov in use With supply on the
-ay. II would pay anyone to try I
MS method where he has been eN-
eriencing trouble in handling loose
,il.
FRANK :. REID.
Helen-Mae Ranch. Wendell Idaho
II would seem that the siphon
iethod would he very good IN sand.