Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-06-02
Experiment of Great Value to Owners
Of Irrigated Lands at Carlsbad

n boy IN fifteen hours. The dltchss
were untrled and occasionally ono
would break. when they set, one
man will be able 20 lrrlento the tract
In a day, and he viii not have 20 wade
about In his boots or use a heavy lr-
Flsating hoe 20 close the cuts IN the
bank The farmer who uses the
Freeman" plan win not even have
10 wet the holes OF hle shoes. The
ditch banks are hlRh and wide enough
20 walk on. and the only necessary
labor Il that Required 10 open and
close the antef.
Murh Time Saved.
Reduced 60 figures, the system
shows Wide divergence from the
plan 81 irrigation now IN general use.
! Freeman first Of an asked the gov
eminent 60 widen the lateral which
H. ~ 90 his land Ills bitches are
planned 90 carry from 90 TO 80 feet
of watcr. and are from six 10 seven
feet wide az the bottom. Hts checks
are so feet wide. and ego yards long.
both dimensions double those IN gem
cral use. giving an area four times
In ertent. Ills openings from the
ditch are three feet across. lie irrl-
gates two checks at a time and has
check gates "a every fourth gate on
tho ditch ny this arrangement with
twenty-foot head he irrigntes four
checks 10 the hour. covering the land
To depth of four inches.
Alfalfa wisdom.
Less water Mt time. with more
frequent application, In the rule on
tho Freeman farm. II takes about n
week 20 irrisate a forty-acre tract.
under the old system. An alfalfa
! field thus treated makes an uneven
| growth and the cutting - strung out
over longer time than Il should
consume. Consequently the next APP
1 piichtion OF water II delayed. al
faifa Is simply water and sunshine.
and thirty days is too long for Il "a
walt FOR water" said Mr.. Freeman.
Il find that can irrigate thick
growth ~ hay In hut little longer
| time than il takes TO water the stub
4 BILE. and 7 never let my fields 10 over
three weeks without irrigation. The
| alfalfa " never stunted by lack of
moisture IN the growing season.
Try 10 lrrigate three times DURING
every two cuttings With winter
irrigation. find that this uses up
1 my allowance Of three feet which
think ~ about tho right amount 81
water to put on an alfalfa field during
the year"
Economy of Water.
The Freeman" plan II Of particu-
lar advantage on level fields. The
big heads crowd over the check In q
quarter Of the time consumed by the
smaller head Of water formerly used
and take hut little more time O.
spread over the ground covered with
a growth Of hay Last week ] IT.
rigated ~ acres 81 alfalfa eight inches
high IN twelve hours and had but
very little difficulty with the water
| I shut Il back and forth through tbs
gates Just as cattlemsn handle stock
In stockyard.' said FreeInRR. "ant
one man can do Il AL"
-Four inches at a time II all tina
any field should be- given, he con
tinued further - believe that si'
or eight inches Of water at one ap
| piicatlon to DE positive detriment
II II h more than the soil can absorb
and II soals down to the lower level
carrying valuable plant foods with IL
Pays for Itself.
one advantage Of the scheme De
vised by MIR. Freeman Is that Il re
quires lcss turning Of machines an'
vehicles in the field. 4 considerable
amount Of land II also saved In IN
border divisions. The longer the piaI
h studied the more pleasing II be
comes The cost Of installing IN
I larger bitches on land already grades
Iamounts to from three 90 five dollar
, per acre. which would be more thai
I offset by the reduction OF labor hill
. during the irrigation season.