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engine for kerosene or fuel oil. Price of above pump and 

 engine, with usual trimmings, $508.00. 



This outfit should be used where the head, including pipe 

 friction, does not exceed 17 feet. Nevertheless, the pump 

 usually does better than catalogue rating, and engine also can 

 be varied in speed. 



This engine and pump can also be arranged directly con- 

 nected on same sub-base. Estimate, $514.00. 



To make the portable outfit previously referred to, a No. 

 6 Morris Centrifugal pump is suggested with the above Venn- 

 Severin 10 H. P. engine, directly connected, which should be 

 mounted on heavy trucks, with tongue, whiffle-trees, etc., for 

 hauling by team. Tanks to be provided for the engine. Wide- 

 tired wheels to be used, and the whole mounted low so that 

 it can be lowered to the ground without difficulty, or sup- 

 ported by jacks, while running. Estimate of engine, pump, 

 trucks, and mountings complete, $680.00. 



10 feet of 8-inch smooth bore "Best Grade" suction hose, 

 having wire ribbing in the fabric of the hose, and iron pipe 

 connections wired in each end, would cost about $93.00 net. 

 This would be needed with the portable outfit for allowing 

 the pipe to be shifted to suit conditions. 



As to piping for the Stationary No. 6 or No. 8 pumps, 

 would say it is difficult to figure correctly without having laid 

 out the whole plant. It would probably be about as follows : 



For the No. 8 pump: 



Three 10-foot lengths 10-inch No. 16 gauge spiral 



riveted flanged and asphalted pipe. 

 Two 5-foot lengths, same. 

 Three 10" 45-degree flanged elbows. 

 Bolts and gaskets. 

 Price, $84.40. 



A similar list of 8-inch piping for the No. 6 pump would 

 cost $63.75. 



Twenty-foot lengths might be needed for the No. 6 

 portable, which would cost each, with bolts and gaskets, $14.65. 

 Two extra 8-inch threaded companion flanges, $3.80. 

 Twelve-inch pipe for the No. 10 outfit would cost about 

 25 per cent more than for the No. 8. 



From the data herein given, Mr. Cantelou can, we be- 

 lieve, make a selection that will suit his exact needs. 



The estimates given are on outfits, which we believe will 

 give the most per dollar, not necessarily the cheapest in first 

 cost nor the highest, but such a* will make the dollar work 

 at its highest efficiency. It is not alone the amount paid, but 

 the value received in materials, workmanship and service 

 which makes a "bargain." 



The progress of irrigation pumping is suffering a great 

 deal by the effort to get good machinery at the cost of poor. 

 The result finally is that trouble originates, from some one 

 of the numerous defects to which such apparatus is subject. 

 It develops unexpectedly. Lack of water may mean ruin. The 

 extra shut-down and delay is usually worth more, several 

 times over to the irrigator, than the extra cost of the better 

 machinery. 



The question is raised as to fuel. Mr. Cantelou states 

 that he can buy crude oil with asphaltum base, or "solar" oil 

 cost 3 cents per gallon, or gasoline and naphtha, 9J4 cents 

 per gallon. . 



Regarding this would say that oil with an asphaltum base 

 is not successful with these engines. It must be oil with the 

 paraffine base. Some grades of crude oil are suitable. We 

 understand that oils from Tulsa or Muskpgee are the best in 

 that region. The usual oil for these engines is called "fuel" 

 oil. 



The figures on fuel economy are interesting. 

 Take the case of solar oil, costing 3 cents per gallon, and 

 gasoline at l /2 cents per gallon. The saving is 6 T / 2 cents per 

 gallon. The Venn-Severin engines develop from 8 to 10 

 H. P. per gallon per hour. The manufacturers guarantee 

 them to do better than one pint per horse power per hour. 

 On the basis of saving 6}4 cents per gallon, the total saving in 

 one pumping season of 90 days, .12 hours per day, would be 

 about $210.00. 



This is about the difference in cost between a standard 

 gasoline engine and a crude-oil kerosene, or solar oil engine, 

 such as we are estimating. In four seasons of pumping the 

 first cost of the engine would nearly be returned, out of the 

 saving in fuel alone ; in five seasons more than returned. 



The life of the outfit, with reasonable care, should be 

 more than this. Therefore the figures on fuel saving mean 



simply that one could not accept as a free gift an ordinary 

 gasoline engine, under these circumstances. 

 Yours very truly, 



HENION & HUBBELL, 



Per R. C. Wise, 

 Mechanical Engineer. 



WANTS INFORMATION ON WELLS. 



Mr. D. H. Anderson, Publisher, 

 IRRIGATION AGE. 



I have been reading your paper and I am very much 

 interested. I am digging a well for irrigation and I want 

 to ask you if you can give me any information in regard 

 to the construction of the well. The water is 20 feet below 

 the earth surface, and the gravel is seven feet thick. It 

 is the only one in the country of its kind. 



Mr. McGillon, of Omaha, is very much interested in 

 irrigation from wells also. If you can give any a*dvice in 

 regard to this work I would be very thankful for the same. 

 Yours very sincerely, 



WALTER E. WILLIAMS. 



Perhaps some of our readers in Colorado who have 

 similar experiences can give Mr. Williams the desired in- 

 formation. Editor. 



SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION FREE. 



Milwaukee, U. S. A., March 29, 1912. 

 Mr. D. H. Anderson, Publisher, 

 IRRIGATION AGE. 



Dear Sir : For the news items of your publication, we 

 wish to state that we will have ready for distribution within 

 a few days, our new catalog No. 12 fully illustrating our 

 line of engines from 2J4 to 30 h. p. and up. 



We will also mail to the readers of your paper, upon 

 request, our engineering course, educating them in the care 

 and operation of an engine, consisting of three lessons as 

 follows : 



1st How to Operate an Engine. 



2nd Installation of Model Power House on Farm. 



3rd Viscosity of oil, density and gravity of gasoline, 

 how to figure H. P. and various other technical informa- 

 tion and tables. 



These lessons are very valuable to a dealer as well as 

 the consumer and we shall be pleased to send them free of 

 charge to anyone inquiring for them through your paper. 



Yours very truly, 

 THE CHRISTENSEN ENGINEERING Co. 



We hope that a great many of our readers will make 

 use of this kind offer of the Christensen Engineering Co. 

 of Milwaukee and write for the new catalogue as well as 

 for the engineering course, which is offered free of charge. 

 Editor. 



SOME INTERESTING COMMENT. 



Wendell, Idaho, Feb. 29, 1912. 

 D. H. Anderson, Pub., THE IRRIGATION AGE, Chicago, 111. 



I have noted the editorial relating to my "Corn" story, 

 and quite agree with you that what is desired is an expression 

 from the practical man on the practical ways of doing things. 

 I have done considerable newspaper and magazine work 

 along with my practical experience, and it has always been a 

 source of grief to me that more practical articles do not 

 appear. I have suggested to our local papers that they make 

 a campaign for practical information, going right after the 

 practical man, but they do not seem to fall in line. 



I intend to give you articles from time to time, as I am 

 always on the lookout myself for good information. 



The enclosed bulletin might be of some interest to you. 

 If there is any information in it which you can use, and will 

 use, kindly give myself and the "Irrigationist" proper credit. 



Thanking you again for your kindness in publishing the 

 corn story, and for the editorial which accompanied it, be- 

 lieve me, 



Very truly yours, 



HELEN-MAE RANCH, 



By Frank S. Reid. 



We desire to thank Mr. Reid for his interesting remarks 

 and for the bulletin forwarded to us ; we shall endeavor to 

 use some of the practical ideas contained therein. Editor. 



