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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



The Inyo Development Company, with office at 

 Carson, Nev., are at present installing a 44 horse power 

 Fairbanks-Morse gasoline distillate engine for the pur- 

 pose of operating a 13-inch centrifugal pump, the plant 

 being part of their equipment for producing the borax 

 from the highly saturated waters of the lakes of that 

 region. 



The engine and pump are to be located out in the 

 center of the lake, and will deliver some 4,000 gallons 

 of water per minute through considerable length of 

 pipe line to the plant where the water will be taken into 

 the plant proper. 



The centrifugal pump supplied at this plant was 

 tested in the shops to an efficiency of over 80 per cent, 

 and is to be driven by the 44 horse power engine, using 

 for fuel a crude oil from the Pacific coast. 



A plant of this character will be a very efficient 

 adjunct to the work, and will enable the Company to 

 produce their product at a cost much less than has for- 

 merly been expended. 



ARTESIAN WELLS. 



There are fifty-two artesian wells on Mrs. H. M. 

 King's ranch, forty-three of them being in Nueces 

 County and nine in Cameron County. These wells 

 were made by T. Herring, King Machine Company, A. 

 W. Ferguson, Tom Leary, A. B. Fuller and J. C. Curry 

 and range in depth from 382 feet to 1,364 feet. Three 



of the wells flow 400 gallons per minute; six, 300 gal- 

 lons or more per minute; seven, 200 gallons or more 

 per minute; nine, 100 or more gallons per minute, and 

 the balance flow less quantities. 



The deepest well, 1,364 feet, flows only sixty gal- 

 lons, while the shallowest, 382 feet, flows seventy-five 

 gallons per minute. 



One of the 400 gallon per minute wells is only 

 525 feet deep, while another well is 989 feet and flows 

 only ten gallons per minute. 



The Kennedy ranch has twenty-six flowing wells, 

 all in Cameron County. These were made by Wm. 

 Turcotte, Guffey & Galey, White Bros., W. P. Gano and 

 1ST. G. Allen. 



The deepest well is 1,175 feet, and flows 500 gal- 

 lons per minute, while another well is 710 feet deep, 

 and the flow is 1,000 gallons per minute. Ed C. Lasater 

 has eleven artesian wells, six in Starr and five in Hil- 

 dago County. 



Laureles ranch, Nueces County, has four flowing 

 wells, Mrs. Anna Collins has fourteen artesian wells in 

 Nueces County ; Robert Driscoll, three ; Andres Canales, 

 two; Ragland & Herring, one; Chas. Weil, one; Seelig- 

 son ranch, four, made by Chas. Fremont, manager. 

 Major J. B. Armstrong, three artesian wells; Gunter & 

 Jones, two, and Col. 6. R. Fant, two, all in Cameron 

 County. Alice (Tex.) Echo. 



DO YOUR OWN IRRIGATING 



TO IRRIGATE LEVEL 

 OR UNLEVEL LAND 



PATENT APPLIED FOR BY 



W. A. LEE 



PEORIA. ILLINOIS. 



20th Century Irrigating System. 



SUB -IRRIGATION 



r As our country is becoming more thickly populated 

 from year to year, likewise the demand for our arid land 

 increases, and hence the demand for water increases 

 also, and not only this, but there are over two hundred 

 and fifty million acres of arid land that cannot be irri- 

 gated by the flooding and furrow system, 



Not only do I propose to offer a system to Irrigate 

 the above, but Lawns, Boulevards, Parks, Flower Gar- 

 dens, Truck Patches, etc., as well. < 



In fact, the whole irrigating system in a nut-shell, is 

 to get the best results from the least amount of water, 

 labor and expense; and in my estimation there is only 

 one way to fulfill these requirements and that is by Sub- 

 Irrigation. Feed the roots moisture and not the sun, 

 and by so doing the roots grow down deep in mother 

 earth and as a result you have a good, healthy aud thrifty 

 plant, less liable to disease, that is found so common in 

 plants raised by surface irrigation. 



Roots of whatever nature will always grow towards 

 moisture, this being the case by surface irrigation. You 

 not only lose fifty per cent of the moisture in evapora- 

 tion, but you also have the roots of your plants very near 

 the surface, and sometimes exposed. 



This hinders very largely in proper cultivating of the 

 plants without injuring the roots and say nothing of 

 them being more subject to disease of their kind. 



This system is easily laid and when once laid will last 

 a lifetime without any further labor or expense. 



This system is only put about one foot beneath the 

 surface, just out of reach of the plow. 



The main lead pipe is of sewer tile about six inches in 

 diameter, the joints are closed with cement, and near the 

 main cut-off or valve is an air vent. This not only lets 

 the air escape out of the system, but also indicates when 

 the system is full of water by the flowing of same out at 

 the air vent. 



For further information and prices sddiess 



W. A. LEE, 



GRAVEL 



Peoria., 



Illinois. 



