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CITRUS FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE. 



dred and two feet above the sea level, there are eight lakes. 

 From these water could readily be obtained by pumping, 

 using wind, steam or gasolene power. A temporary steam 

 pumping plant on the shore of a Florida lake is shown 

 in Fig. B, Plate XX. 



In most sections of the State, water can easily be 

 secured from wells. These are sometimes dug, but in 

 many cases, a sharp, hollow, perforated joint at the end 

 of an inch and a half galvanized iron pipe is driven into 

 the soil until a water-bearing level is reached, often at 

 a depth of not more than fifteen or twenty feet, and water 

 is then pumped out by means of a windmill. In such 

 cases, a tank must always be provided, as the stream 

 pumped directly from the well would be much too small 

 to accomplish any good. A pumping plant with wind- 

 mill power is illustrated in Plate XX. 



The following table was given by King in Farmers' 

 Bulletin, No. 46, U. S. Department of Agriculture, and 

 is of interest as showing the amount of work that can 

 be accomplished by wind-motor power : 



NUMBER OP ACRES A FIRST-CLASS WIND-MFLL WILL IRRIGATE TWO 

 AND FOUR INCHES DEEP EVERY TEN DAYS WHEN WORKING EIGHT 

 HOURS PER DAY, AND LIFTING WATER TEN, FIFTEEN AND TWENTY- 

 FIVE FEET, RESPECTIVELY. 



