The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-20
FACTS ABOUT
IRRIGATION
PROPER APPLICATION OF WATER
ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESSFUL
FARMING


4 the historians of the world. was
$ Aomad roaming frcm place to place
; picking the most fruitful spots whcr,
grass for his cattle WAS most album
) uahl and game the most plentiful
IN tlihe he came 10 know these fruit.
iul spots and returned 10 them yeal
alter year; then came the knowleds.
taht all OF these fruits grew from
, seed and he began planting these
seeds. realizing the necessity of the
yearly miSrations.
We iind even in these early days
hat men came 10 realize the value
OF moisture properly applied to the
carths surface. and the early Egyp-
tians had their systems of irrigation.
which while crude, made the grow :
ing OF all of the vegetables kingdom
more Of certainty than they had
heretofore known.
As time passed men began to real
izc that certain soils lacked certain
ingredients that were necessary to
the growth of certain fruits and CO.
reals and began an intelligent study
OF the soil and its needs and 10 rem
edy these defects. applied fertilizers.
Millions Of acres of land that was
considered useless were made yalua-
bic and productive by the proper ap-
plicatiOn Of these fertilizers, yet
there were other millions OF acres
that. while fertile enough, lacked tho
other necessity. viz: water, and men
began an intelligent study OF this
long-neglected subject.
England. Germany. the United
States and other countries establish
ed bureaus with expensive depart
mcnts for the study Of irrigation. un-
I'll today. we have as a result, q great
deal of knowledge on this important
subject,
The best" is always the one most
initiated. and. as there is nothing
that Is better than natural rainfall"
the system initiating more nearly
rainfall. must of Il necessity b. the
best, That imitation is reached in
the kimbrOugh Overhead System and
experts are today declaring that the
is superior To the natural,
because II is more dependable.
The Overhead System has been
Irled for years with varying success
due to the fact that par
iclcs and substances in the water in
ne different countries would clog
~ the nOzzlcs that must be- used,
which to give the rainfall effect"
must necessarily be- very small. Al
or years of experimenting Mr., De-
.Ong patented a nozzle that met cv-
ry requirement and would not clog
p, no matter what kind of water
vas used or what the ingredients
'crc, and this system has been adopt
d by many intelligent growers in
'lorida and other States where irri-
alton is being extensively used.
In treatise on irrigation th"
ovcrnm"nt shows the actual results
irrigation, in States that enjoy an
nnual rainfall of from forty to fifty
lch"s, have Increased the profits of
ic users from thirty to fifty per
mt. This being the ease irrigation
here TO stay. for, if it is profitable
opposition in the humid states, il is
necessity in the arid and semi-ard
a'eS of this Continent W. may
pcrt Ia see wonderful strides in
rigatlon during the next few years
I'd as the kimbrough System meets
cry requirement it must of a neces-
" be put on the millions of acres
farm lands This being a fact, the
III for the kimbrough nozzle il un-
nited and the profits of this com
ny must be phenomenal
The kimbrough System Overhead
-igatlOn Company. just incorpOrat-
in this city. has secured from
g paten'ee This patent and are
ting on the market this perfected
zzl". \ strong company has been
med TO manufacture the nozzles.
lid irrigation systems. etc, and
IS company aflliating with the
orgia Overhead Irrigation Com
ny, with whom they have a CON
Ict 10 ms" the Kimbrough System
has great future before
IN, as there will be millions of
SO nozzles used every year
'Ouehout the United States and
NADIA
The organizers and officers of the
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