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50 foot of lu)so is omployod in inakin.^; llio oonnoction from the pipe 

 lino. In onlinaiv irri»r!ition tho water witclies will run in the same 

 ])la((' for on(>-hair to thn'('-(|uarters of an hour. In dry weather crops 

 are irrigatetl every week, reeoivin<z: not over twelve irrigations in a 

 season. Tliree thousand feet of 2-ineh ]Mj)e is used. Two to four 

 crops are commonly grown on the same land. The total cost of the 

 l)lant was $1,200. 



Xo. 40. Witte Brothers, of Queens County, irrigate 1<S acres from a 

 G-incli well, 88 feet deep, provided with a 8-foot strainer. The water- 

 bearing stratum is .sand. The water stands IS feet below the surface 

 and is lowered to 36 feet by pumping. The cost of the well was -5380. 

 A 4-horsop()wer vertical boiler supplies steam at 20 pounds to a 

 (Ijiep-well pump set vertically over the well. The total lift of the 

 water is (]] fe(>t . Hard coal, costing %Ct a ton, is used foi' fuel, the 

 annual consumption Ix'ing 10 tons. In lift ecu hours the plant burns 

 4 bushels, or 325 pounds of coal. 



The soil is a sandy and waxy loam 12 inches deci>. with a clay sub- 

 soil. The main for distributing the water is a 2-incii ])ii)e with 1-inch 

 outlets. Both ho.se and water witches are used. Four water witches 

 mounted on .i-inch vertical pipes are supplied by a 1-inch ])ipe line. 

 It requires two men to move the sprinkler pipe line. The water witches 

 are 14 feet apart and water a tract 14 feet wide. They are run in the 

 same place 1 ] hours. The pump will o]KM-ate eight sprinklers and one 

 1-inch hose, and will in addition fill the tank in fifteen hours. 



Cauliflower and cabl)ag<' are usually watered with the hose every 

 three days in dry weather. Lettuce and celery are sprinkled once a 

 week. The hose will water one acre in five hours, using about as 

 much water as five sj)riid<lers. The distance from the tank to the 

 power house is 1 ,000 feet. The ])lant contains 2,800 feet of 2-inch pipe 

 and cost S2, 500. 



No. 41. B. II. Mohlenhoff, of Queens County, irrigates 3 acres with 

 city water. The price charged for w^ater for this and adjacent plants 

 is S3 for the first thousand cubic feet, $2 for the second, and $1 per 

 thousand for all additional water used within six months. A U-inch 

 main provided with J-inch valves is run through the farm. Three or 

 four water witches 18 feet apart are attached to one section of 1-inch 

 pipe by f-inch vertical pipes and will irrigate a space 18 feet wide. 

 They are usually run in one place for three-quarters of an hour. Not 

 over 200 feet of hose is employed. Three men are required to handle 

 the %vater-witch line. In dry w^eather the land is irrigated every 

 week. The water is considered rather cold for irrigation, and the 

 pressure is considered too low for the sprinklers. 



No. 42. August Plenge, of Queens County, irrigates 4 acres wnth city 

 water. Five water sprinklers are operated from a 1-inch water-witch 

 line. The water watches are mounted on |-inch vertical pi]>es S feet 



