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IRRIGATION. 



an inch deep every day. The engine is of 2 horse-power, 

 and requires a boiler of equal capacity. The whole, com 

 plete, will cost but little over $200, a sum, which con 

 sidering the inexpensiveness of its operation, is within 

 the profitable employment of almost every market garden 

 er, or fruit grower, who cultivates 10 to 12 acres. This 

 combined pump and engine is shown at fig. 107. 



A force pump, designed for house and farm use, but 

 which is usefully applicable for irrigation of gardens, is 

 shown at fig. 

 108. This is the 

 &quot;Blunt s Uni 

 versal Force 

 Pump,&quot; made 

 by the Nason 

 Manufacturing 

 Co. , of Beek- 

 man St., New 

 York. A care 

 ful examina 

 tion of this 

 pump, as to its 

 manner of 

 manufacture, 

 and effective 

 ness in use for 

 the purpose of 

 light irrigation 

 has been entirely sufficient to show its very great value as 

 a cheap and effective pump. Being simple in structure, 

 any person can take it apart, and put it together if neces 

 sary ; its strength gives it the durability needed for this 

 work, and being furnished with a very capacious sand- 

 strainer, it may be- used to pump river or other water 

 which may be muddy, or have sand in suspension, with 

 out the least injury to the interior parts. Not the least 



Fig. 108. BLTJNT S 



FORCE-PUMP. 



Fig. 109. BLUNT S SAJTD- 



CHAMBEB. 



