The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-13
NEW INVENTOR
Of IRRIGATION
Operation May Reduce the
Cost of Living
GIVEN SEVERAL TESTS
1t /, Claimed To Be Easy to Operate
Crop Failure Wilt Be Unknown

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. l0.-Ey the com
binations Of inventions 50 simple that
child may operate it, an overhead
system of irrigation for gardeners
farmers. florists, nurSerynen ana
hOrticulturists has recently been per
fected which is expected to cut in
half the cost Of living within the next
two or three years. II is endorsed
by the United States Agricultural De-
partment.
Given Exhaustive Tests.
For the past five or six months ex-
hauStlNe tests have been given the as
Sociated inventions near this city
crops raised under every similar con
dition except that Of the artificial rain
fall which it produces, have indicat-
ed that the system is destined to rank
even higher than the harvester and
binder, the threShing machine or the
traction plOW in the development Of
agriculture. The system has been put
10 every possible test, and its advan-
taSes have far exceeded the eXpecta-
tions of its users Operation of over
head irrigation however is still in it's
infancy, and great possibilities are in
store for the system and it's users.
Will Reduce Cost of Living.
That it will be the greatest fac
tor in the reduction of the cost of
living that the country has ever
known is already conceded, and that
it will increase the value Of land in
and near the centers of population
as quickly as it becomes of general
use, is also assured.
The system is extremely simple and
practical. By it's use the products Of
garden or farm may be easily treb-
bled, and in many cases more than
fVe times as much has been raised per
acre by it's use than would be posi-
Die to secure when depending exclu-
siveiy upon nature.
crop failure, two words which
strike terror to the man who de-
pends upon V.e ground and it's pro-
ducts for livelihood, will be un-
known when overhead irrigation is in
general use. Instead Of one poor crop
each year, two or more bumper har-
vests will be gathered.
Series of Lateral Pipes.
The perfected system consists of a
series Of lateral pipes, equipped with
specially designed nOzzleS which throw
me spray OF water or gentle rain
iall. given distance. 1t settles in the
sou, not on the surface. The pipes
are easily rotated, thus insuring an
even distribution Of water on every
inch of ground
IN reciaiming the arid wastes Of the
West and the Southwest is already a
familiar story throughout America
out the systems employed there are
not practical for persons Of limited
means, and neither are the results as
successful as those possible through
the use OF the overhead system.
Oper ated at Small Cost.
1 ne small cost Of operation together
with Its simplicity puts the overhe {
system within the reach of the grea
nl0dle class. The man with five ter
or more acres Of land may double OF
ifeDDle his income annually just a.
me millionaire ranch owner of tn,
West who has thousands Of dollars t
spend annually for the flooding O
his great tracts
Every crop failure is generally du
TO three things, namely, not enough
ram, too much rain, and the bugs an,
flsects which destroy the plants. Th
overhead irrigation system furnishe
the rain when ever needed. A tiin;
drainage system will carry away an,
excess furnished by nature, and tn
land owner will not be afraid to drail
MS fields if he has certain suppl
or rain at his command. Thus, tn
system makes it possible and prac
tical for the supply of rain and tn
moisture of the ground to be eQualZe
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