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be required, which means that the best system of 

 irrigation can now be obtained at a minimum ex- 

 pense for material and installation. 



In designing this machine, Mr. Campbell says 

 he had in mind the irrigation of groves and large 

 areas as stated, but finds that by using a T Vinch 

 nozzle, which will cover a circle 80 to 90 feet in 



diameter, the discharged water is broken up so fine 

 that it can be used on vegetables and other small 

 crops without washing the soil in the least. This 

 means that the small grower can purchase one ma- 

 chine for every one or two acres, and by changing 

 from one stand pipe to another irrigate a consider- 

 able acreage at a very low expense. 



KLAMATH WATER USERS LAUD LANE 



THE Klamath (Ore.) Water Users' Association 

 has forwarded to President Wilson a resolu- 

 tion urging ''further promotion" for Secretary of the 

 Interior Franklin K. Lane. 



Members of the association, when the resolution 

 was adopted, had in mind a place on the United States 

 supreme court bench, as they point out that three of 

 the present members of the court are now beyond the 

 age limit, which entitles them to retirement, and it is 

 highly probable that there will be one or more vacan- 

 cies before the end of the present administration. 



The Klamath association is forwarding copies 

 of its resolution to other western organizations, urging 

 them to adopt similar resolutions and forward them 

 to the president. 



"The requested promotion of Franklin K. Lane 

 is a tribute due from every western organization," says 

 the Klamath association in its communication to other 

 associations. 



The resolution, which is signed by Abel Ady, 



president, and Albert E. Elder, secretary, of the Klam- 

 ath Water Users' association, is as follows : 



"We, the Water Users of the Klamath project, re- 

 membering our despairing condition through previous 

 administrations of mistaken policies in administering 

 the Reclamation Act, and grateful for the fullness of 

 justice now extended to us, as a result of the execu- 

 tive promotion of Franklin K. Lane to the secretary 

 of the interior, hereby petition the honorable president 

 of the United States that Mr. Lane be promoted to a 

 position of still greater service should opportune time 

 for such promotion appear. 



"While we would regret the loss of so valuable a 

 man from the executive control of our personal wel- 

 fare, we urge his promotion as a just tribute to the 

 man and as a greater blessing to the nation. 



"Motion made by Abel Ady ; seconded by J. Frank 

 Adams ; passed by unanimous vote of the Klamath 

 Water Users' association, in mass meeting assembled, 

 on October 10, 1914." 



IRRIGATES WITH ELECTRICAL CURRENTS 



ONE of the latest aids to the farmer in the raising 

 of bigger and better crops is a process invented 

 by W. J. Anson, a Southern California inventor, for 

 the sub-irrigation of the soil by electricity. 



Anson claims for his system that it will stimu- 

 late and accelerate plant growth, save much of the 

 labor now expended in ditch irrigation, reduce 

 water bills to a minimum and prevent losses either 

 by unusual heat or severe frost. He asserts that 

 he has proved all these claims. 



The process is simple to install and easy to 

 operate. The conduits are laid in the soil to a depth 

 of sixteen inches and about ten feet apart. Gal- 

 vanized wiring is run through each conduit. The 

 current is derived from a feed line. 



Where the process is used in groves the plan 

 followed is that of having a positive and negative 

 current on either side of a row of trees with an up- 

 right tile outlet at each tree. At the top of each 

 outlet is a resistance coil. In winter the coils are 

 heated by electricity, the current being governed 

 by a thermometer which automatically opens a 

 switch whenever the temperature goes to the dan- 

 ger point. In times of frost these coils will keep 

 the atmosphere around the trees at a safe tem- 

 perature. 



The system is supposed to aerate the soil. One 

 of the claims for the process is that it will cause the 

 soil to so retain moisture as to remain in an "ashy" 



condition, instead of packing and becoming hard, as 

 is the case of ordinary surface irrigation. 



The inventor says that through the use of his 

 system a single gallon of water in the conduits will 

 serve the purpose of forty gallons used under ordi- 

 nary methods on the surface. No ground space is 

 wasted for ditch construction, either. 



In summing up the results of his demonstra- 

 tions Mr. Anson says that citrus fruit trees set out 

 in April have obtained a growth of from eight to 

 twenty inches of new wood during the summer, a 

 gain which is nothing if not remarkable. 



FIND MORE PREHISTORIC IRRIGATION 



A stone building containing seventy-two rooms 

 has been unearthed near Stanley, N. M. A large 

 collection of human skulls, pottery and other relics 

 was discovered in the rooms. A stone dam and 

 other evidences of an irrigation system were found 

 a short distance from the building. The discovery 

 is expected to throw light on prehistoric civilization 

 in that region. 



Send $1.00 for 1 year's subscription to the IRRIGA- 

 TION AGE and bound copy of THE PRIMER OF IRRIGA- 

 TION. If you desire a copy of The Primer of Hy- 

 draulics add $2.50 to above price. 



