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cistern 8 by S ])y 8 feet, wliich is filled in eio:ht and one-half hours, 

 correspondini;^ to a flow of 7 j <;allons per minute. Water is distributed 

 by 1,000 feet of Ij-inch and 1-ineh j)ij)e with T's for outlets every 40 

 feet. The land is watered by sprinklino;, partly by hand, but prin- 

 cipally by the use of a small water witch fed by 1-inch hose. This 

 will cover a circle 30 feet in diameter and in .seventeen hours will 

 irrio^ate one-half acre, being moved every hour. It delivers 3^ gallons 

 per minute. One hundred feet of 1-inch hose is used, half of which is 

 replaced each year. The cost of the plant was SI 80, of which the 

 ram cost $40, the feed pipe $15, and 1,000 feet of 1-inch and l}-inch 

 piping $125. 



Lettuce planted in June is sold in August, bringing in 1905 6 cents 

 a head. Unirrigated lettuce did not mature. Radishes planted in 

 April were harvested June 1 . In 1905 they sold for 5 cents per bunch; 

 in 1904, for one-half or one-third as nuich. Radislies, lettuce, and 

 beets were irrigated every two days. Onions and cabbages were not 

 irrigated. 



No. 10. Julius Karabinus, of Northampton County, irrigates 7 acres 

 of meadow land and 1 acre of truck from a creek across which a con- 

 crete da'm has been constructetl at a cost of $340. The dam is 84 feet 

 long, with an average height of 4 feet. It is 4 feet wide at the base and 

 1 foot on top, with a rock foundation. It is provided with flashljoards 

 for raising the water level when desired, and has a wooden apron in 

 front to take the im})act of the water. Water is diverted tlu-ough a 

 ditch 4 feet wide and 2 feet deep, which carries about 4 cubic feet per 

 second, a sufficient (juantity to irrigate 400 acres in the arid region. 

 No fixed system of irrigation was used, the water being distributed by 

 wild flooding, some parts of the land being greatly overirrigated. 



From one-half acre of truck 3,000 head of cabbage brought $90, and 

 20 bushels of cucumbers brought $20. Truck land was irrigated every 

 other day; meadow land continuously. The owner believes that the 

 profits of irrigation will soon pay the cost of the dam. 



No. 11. J. F. Engler, of Northampton County, irrigates an acre of 

 meadow land which in 1901 w^as planted in potatoes, pelding 80 

 bushels under irrigation. Unirrigated potato land yielded 90 to 100 

 bushels per acre. The land was irrigated by the furrow system every 

 two weeks, the water flowing continuously for two days at a time in 

 furrows 450 feet long. The crop undoubtedly suffered from overirri- 

 gation, resulting in decreased yield. In 1905 the yield from irrigated 

 grass land was 2^ tons per acre, while unirrigated yielded IJ tons per 

 acre. In 1904, 1 acre of irrigated wheat land yielded 36 bushels, while 

 unirrigated land of the same nature yielded 28 bushels. 



No. 12. Harry Broadhead, of Monroe County, irrigates one-quarter 

 acre of beets with water obtained from springs. The water runs into 

 six 50-gallon barrels, wliich are used as reservoirs, whence it flows to 



