Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-03-25
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uf good material throughout, CON-
bined with strength. durability and
lasting qualities. The hopper and
she'll ot the machine are made OF gal
yaulzed sheet steel. The braces and
frame are ot bar steel, and the lev
cr> OF steel tubing. making them light
and strong. The wheels and plunger
are of gray iron castings. Each piece
: designed according To the require
ments II l. Ia perform.
OPERATION or MACHINE
rhi> machine i very simple in OPP
GRAFTON and with i've minutes prac-
nee any uur can successfully handle
10. The machine l. operated BY the
forward and backward movement of
- single lever. The machine propelN
Itself along the ditch. automatically
aying and completing the tile At one
operation.
The tile are laid IN the bottom of
the ditch. lwrlyr {" eighteen inches
deep thi> being the proper depth be-
.ow the surface ui the ground. The
tile should be laid At distance of
eight feet apart. unless the ground i
very sandy. In that case the tile
~. u. h..
tel IN inclined 10 soak down more
than >ldewlse.
COST OF TILE
The ru-i Of this tile l. very small
and !, within the reach OF every one.
one sack Of cement viii make from
one hundred thirty to one hundred
seventy feet Of tile. depending on the
quality oil the sand to be used. II
good, clean, sharp sand, the mixture
may be- one to eight. but if the sand
he oi poor quality. more cement
should be- used. making il one to six.
Allowing the average of one hundred
my 4'fA VI lllt W Il ~u'h ~ ttllcUl,
and cement al - cents per, sack. net,
and thl> tile laid eight feet apart. il
would cost S4.95 for cement TO tile
one.iourth Of an acre. 1t can readily
be seen that for the ordinary yard
and garden - or - worth of ce-
ment i all that would be required.
IL can also readily be seen BY these
figures that We could afford to tile.
and by using larger windmills We
could prottably irrigate for fields of
alfalfa. etc.
One man and machine. with help
to mix the cemeEl and put i, into the
machine. can lay from 1000 to 500
feet OF tile day. The bitches need
only be six inches wide and NAV BE-
dug with spade or made by blowing
and throwing turrow each way.
then gong through with a lister Il
couple of times will nearly complete
the ditch. All that would be neces
~ary would be To go along with u
, spade and level the bottom of the
e ditch aud throw out any loose dirt
r that might have fallen in.
RESULTS OF SUB-lRRIGATION
In several counties of Western
kanSas sub-irrigation has been tried
. IN various ways. One method is Il
use gas pipe with small holes drilled
m II, laid about every six to eight feet
apart. This works real we'll for tire,
: or four years. In about that length
of time the little holes in the gas pip,
/. become rusted until they are yer,
large and let the water out too fast
This makes the ground very wet. an,
the mud settles back into the pipe
clogging the pipe.
$ This method is also very expens
I'VE. Inch galvanized pipe costs abou
eight 10 nine cents foot and tn,
work of drilling the small holes in i
amounts To nearly as much as tn
cost of the pipe. In some places ella,
: Tile has been laid in the ground an,
" used for sub-irrigating purposes. let
J. ting the water soak out of the Joint
.e of the sections. This also has give
We remarkable results. but this tile is s.
ID expensive that n person cannot affor,
TO tile very much ground this way