THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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IRRIGATING THE SMALL FARMS 



The unusual dry growing seasons the past two or 

 three years followed by this summer's drought has helped 

 to impress the fact in the mind of the average farmer 

 located out of the irrigation districts, that supplemental 

 irrigation is desirable and necessary in other places out- 

 side of the arid regions. 



Many small farmers and orchardists who depend 

 entirely upon the rainfall during the growing season find 

 that a period of drought will often ruin their prospects, 

 resulting in money losses which may often exceed the 

 first cost of a simple gasoline or kerosene engine driven 

 pumping equipment with its necessary distributing pip- 

 ing. Such a device will not only insure the safety of a 

 crop but it has been demonstrated beyond question both 

 by practical experience and by systematic experiment 

 that growth and production can be profitably pushed by 

 irrigation even when the natural moisture seems ample, 

 and in this respect irrigation aligns itself with fertilization 

 and cultivation as a factor in intensive culture. 



The impression prevails that considerable capital and 

 engineering skill are necessary to success, but as a matter 

 of fact profitable irrigation is easily attainable by small 

 effort and moderate expenditure. It is the ignorance of 

 the ease and cheapness with which a farm water supply 

 can be stored and distributed, that has debarred the aver- 

 age small farmer from the wonderful benefits derived 

 from irrigation. With few exceptions water is readily 

 available for pumping from perennial streams, brooks or 

 lakes. Otherwise, wells either open or of the driven 



acres will therefore require in 100 days (24x27150x50) 

 equals 32,580,000 gallons or 325,800 gallons per day. As- 

 suming that the gas engine driven pump will operate 

 eleven hours per day, 325,800 divided (11x60) equals 494 

 gallons per minute. Allowing say twenty per cent for 

 evaporation and seepage the pump must have a capacity 

 of about 600 gallons per 'minute. Assuming that water 

 must be raised say twenty feet from level of source of 

 supply to point of discharge, we will have 600x20 equals 

 12.000 foot gallons, which, divided by the constant 4,000 

 will give three water horse power. Allowing an effi- 

 ciency of fifty per cent for the pump, a six-horse power 

 gasoline engine would be about right for the service. 

 The initial cost of a six-horse power Ingeco engine and 

 600 gallon centrifugal pump with five-inch discharge will 

 be approximately $300. Such an engine would use about 

 \Z l /z cents worth of gasoline or kerosene per hour based 

 on a cost of 18 cents per gallon for gasoline or 7 cents 

 for kerosene, which would cost $40 



A few words regarding the Ingeco engine may not be 

 amiss. The engine is built vertical or horizontal in all 

 sizes from \y z to 350 horse power, suited for all kinds ot 

 light oils and gaseous fuels such as distillates, gasoline, 

 kerosene, also artificial or natural gases. Large size 

 engines are also running successfully with light and heavy 

 crude oils, giving wonderful efficient service with low 

 cost of maintenance. 



The I. G. E. Co. are fully prepared and pleased to 

 give full particulars of their engines and pumps and on 

 receipt of detailed information will make up estimates 

 and recommendations. 



Deep Well Head Attached to Ingeco Gas Engine. 



type can be used and fitted with moderate cost pumping 

 apparatus direct belted to gasoline or kerosene engines. 



The Ingeco Farm Engine operating a low lift Worth- 

 ington centrifugal pump as illustrated herewith has been 

 very successfully used on many small farms during the 

 growing season. The apparatus is self-contained and runs 

 continuously without the aid of a constant attendant. 

 The economy of operation will appeal to the user, and 

 also the fact that the portability permits its use for other 

 farm usages, if desired. 



Where water is obtained from wells this same engine 

 is used in connection with belt driven deep well pumps 

 which are furnished complete with the outfit. Naturally 

 the lay of the land will determine the advisability of 

 distributing the water either through earthenware tile, 

 ditches, or open flumes. 



The small farmer being impressed with the impor- 

 tance of irrigation will naturally be interested to know 

 the size of pumping equipment, first cost, and also cost 

 of operation. Therefore, assuming that water may be 

 advantageously applied to the land when less than one 

 inch of rain falls, say in a fifteen-day period of drought, 

 we would advise an average of eight acre inches per 

 month during the irrigating season of three months. 

 This amount is considered very ample and is equivalent 

 to a quantity of water which will cover one acre eight 

 inches deep. 



Let us therefore base our figures on irrigating a fifty- 

 acre tract during the irrigation season lasting say 100 days 

 and demanding twenty-four acre inches during this per- 

 iod. Now one acre inch equals 27,150 gallons. The fifty 



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