Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-17
lO-ACRE TRACT
EQUIPPED With
NOVEL SYSTEM
Production IL Months
OF Year Planned or
George White Acre
age Near City

Rain when and where you want ~.
Merely pull a switch and forget
about drouth. hot winds or frostB.
This ~ the function az q ten-acre
overhead irrigation system recently
installed by the RIO Grande cons
pany. of which George White, fors
merly Of Davenport. Iowa. j. presi-
dent. on M. Whites S5-scre tract
less than q mile east on the Browns
vile city limits.
Production twelve months OF tho
year; summer vegetables for Valley
consumption and winter vegetables
10 tickle the palates az the effete
east IL the objective of Mr.. Whiteu
who states he is a reformed" bank
er and has located permanently i'm
the Valley, where. a. he says, 81 like
20 with nature because
nature il always smiling
Mr.. White first invested i'm Vals
ley lands several years ago, and last
fall, after ~disposing OF his banking
and other interests me Davenport,
Iowa, came to the Valley to make his
permanent home.
II am going 70 farm, and I pro-
pose 10 farm right" was his decla.
ration made simultaneously with the
announcement that he had establish
ed his permanent residence here. IL
have found the Valley climate and
people the most conRenial in the
United States, and right here Inn
where ! am going to spend the rest
Of my days ard ascertain just what
this fertile Valley soil will pro-
duce."
System Thoroughly Modern
The overhead system installed By
Mr.. White is the last word i'm irri-
cation efficiency. Using less than
10 per cent as much water as the
average flood or ditch irrigation, IL
distributes the "rain" uniformly
over the area i'm the form of fine
spray. The system is under perfect
control. Half OF the ten-acre tract
can be irrigated ~ one time, or any
part of the acreage.
Water Tor tbs system liz secured
from the Resaca de la Guerra, Mr..
White owning . frontage OF LOO
feet on the resaca. "a 25-horsepower
motor supplies the power, and IN
connected direct on the pump which
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minute. "A four-inch pipe forms the
main line between the resaca ana
the field. about 120 yards distant
The main connects with the field
mains, which are controlled by
valves for the east and west sections.
The field mains consist OF 3 I-2. q
and z l-2-inch pipe, the size dimin-
ishing according to the distance
from the main line and the volume
OF water necessary to be carried.
Fifteen lines of overhead pipe,
each 4O feet In length, form the
overhead spray. The pipe Is carried
on standards equipped with roller
bearings, and the entire length ~
40 feet is oscilated by water me-
ters operated by the pressure Of
water entering the pipe. The over
head pipe IL l 70, / ia and I-inch.
the sire diminishing according 20
the distance from the intake. The
pipes are equipped with nozzlea.
placed about three feet apart, which
throw N line OF thin parallel streams
high high in the air, collecting VAL
liable air chemicals and permitting
aerstion Of the water itslef.
Distribution Very Uniform
Distribution is very uniform. Tha
thin lines or water, forced through
the nozzles under pressure around
80 pounds, divides into fine sprav
which completely covers the area
under irrigation. The water motors.
which generate considerable power,
oscillate the pipe lines slowly, the
pipe making almost half a turn. The
pipe lines are spaced 30 feet apart,
the distance required for the two
lines of spray 10 converge and form
perfect distribution.
The nozzles are special features
Of the system. Each has a screened
base. preventing collection Of sedi-
ment, and three sizes are used on
each line. this being necessary ~
assure equal distribution. smaller
nozZles being used near the intake
where the pressure IL heaviest and
the size increasing us the distance
from the intake increases. Under
this arrangement the discharge at
the end OF the 470-foot pipe line Is
equal To that ny the intake.
Another feature II the flush o.
cleanout valve at the end of each
pipe line, permitting the flushing of
sediment that may collect In the
pipe. The valve closes automaticaI.
ly under five pounds pressure. I'm
der this arrangement the first water
turned into the pipes flushes them.
When the pressure reaches five
pounds the valve closes automatic
ally and the pipe line IN then ready
70 operate The pipes are screened
az the resaca intake, at the distribu-
ton valves and al the entrance Ia
the field mains, thereby assuring the
collection of very little sediment In
the pipes.
Growing Great Variety
Planting Of the ten acres unde,
the overhead irrigation system be-
gan about the time the Valley truck
growers completed the harvest a
their various crops. The first vege-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES under over.
head irrigation, were marketed II
Brownsville this week, and Mr.
White proposes 60 market vegetables
every month of the year. Mid
summer vegetables, which invariably
bring n high price IN the Valley mar
kets, can be produced wy proIifically
under overhead irrigation as winter
vegetables, it lis stated; and as every
inch Of the acreage is to be planted,
sufficient vegetables will be pro-
duced to supply ~ least part ~ the
Valley demand.
Paintings completed nv Mr.. White
include carrots, spinach, peas, corn,
beets, beans, ~turnips, cucumbers,
cantaloupes, radishes, squash, pep
pers, eggplant, okra. onions. mustard
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