Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-02-11
SUB-|RR|GAT|ON
IS INTERESTING
Experiments Show System
Will Save Six-sevenths of
Water Supply
INSTALLED AT SMALL COST
Windmill Will Water Five
Acres and Little Leveline
Necessary.
INSTALLED AT SMALL COST

Dh fSoi uoiy representative
OF the GRAPHIC, with a friend, Wis.
tied the ranch Of II. H. Houghland
at Mountainyiew. We found Mr..
Houghland in building made for
the purpose busily engaged in max.
ing cement tile for subirrigation.
Knowing that Mr.. Houghland had
been experimenting for year or
more with subirrigation, we became
interested and began to ask ques.
tions, thereby gaining the following
valuable information.
MIXING THE CEMENT.
Common surface sand, called blow.
sand that is free from gravel, is
used with good cement at the rate
of six parts of sand to one of ce.
ment. The mixture must not be
made too wet, but practice will de.
termine this.
One sack of cement will make sc
i-inch tiles. A machine costing $S5
is used. making one tile at time,
which requires but one and one. half
minutes to make a tile. One man
doing all the work can make l5O
tiles a day. The tiles are kept un.
der sacks in the shade until cured.
LAYING THE TILE.
The land is marked off with q
pillow or lister where the main line
and laterals are to be. Water Is
run through these bitches until the
water level is found. A tile spade
is then used and the tile tile put
down about eighteen inches. The
joints are left slightly open at the
top. AT the end of each lateral 9
tile well is put in. Any silt getting
into the tiing will be washed into
the wells, which can be easily
cleaned. AT the other end of each
lateral where they join the main
line a tile well is also placed, so q
cutoff can be used to let the water
in or keep it out of the laterals as
desired. The main is then connect
ed with a supply tank.
Mr.. Hoagland has found that the
best distance between laterals for
his land, which is sandy loan, is
forty feet. In his orchard and gar.
den the laterals are one rod apart.
He finds these to be much closer
than necessary. He has just finished
tilng six acres more. The laterals,
four inch tiles, being placed forty
feet apart. The main line in this
field is made of eight.inch tile, as
Mr.. Hoagland wished to connect this
man with l,0O0-gallon a minute
pump. He finds that the eight
inch tiles will take care of the water
all right.
IRRIGATING FIVE ACRES.
On on the half acre tract two
windmills pump from one well into
a 7OO-gallon tank. This tank sup
plies the house, stock and the hall
acre tract. Two windmills are moi
necessary. The large new one pump
ing nearly all the water.
One l2.foot Fairbury windmill
using a 4xl6.inch cylinder pump
will raise 600 gallons Of water ar
hour. Mr.. Hoagland states thai
such an outfit will irrigate five acres
INSTALLATION COST.
A windmill like the above with
tower and pump costs only $50 in
cluding labor of installing. Tomakt
and put in the tile, forty feet be
tween laterals, costs about $50 pei
acre, which makes very cheap irri
eating plant, with the advantages
of very little surface leveling. i
does away with bitches and borders
and all of the surface can be farmed
1t requires only one-seventh Al
much water as surface irrigation
In the hottest, dryest weather tn
moisture is never less than an incl
and a half or two inches Of the sur
face.
| Mr.. Hoagland will soon place Of
exhibition at the Deming Chambe
Of Commerce building two tiles tina
that have been in the ground