202 IRRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. 



John Daugherty. Lot 37, Nacional Rancho. One 7-inch well, 176 feet deep; water rising to 

 within 6 feet of surface of ground. Pumping lowers water level 9 feet. Pump, 4-inch centrifugal. 

 Irrigated 20 acres of alfalfa 6 inches deep in six weeks. Soil, adobe. 



C. E. Brown. Lot 1, Buena Vista Rancho. From river. Pump, 8-inch, throwing 2,000 gallons 

 per minute. Eighteen-horsepower engine, burning wood. Irrigated 12 acres of alfalfa and 13 acres 

 of potatoes, 6 acres a day 8 inches deep, at a cost of f3 per day for fuel, running engine himself. 

 Bottom land. 



Thomas Chappel. Lot 11, Guadalujie Rancho. Two 10-inch wells, 126 feet deep; water rising 

 to within 8 feet of surface of ground. Pumping lowers water level 10 feet. Pump, 8-inch centrifugal, 

 throwing 1,500 to 2,000 gallons per minute. Irrigated 85 acres 6 mches deep. Checks and hose. Cost, 

 $7 or $8 per acre. Can irrigate 2.50 acres of land. Soil, sandy loam. Increase in value of land, 25 per 

 cent. 



Mijler. On Ignacio Malarin place, Guadalupe Rancho. Two 10-inch wells, 125 and 130 feet deep; 

 water rising to within 6 feet of surface of ground. Pumping lowers water level 13 feet. Pump, 8-inch 

 centrifugal. Irrigated 60 acres of alfalfa 6 inches deep in about forty-five days, at a cost of $2.50 per 

 acre. Soil, sandy loam. 



From river. Same pump irrigated 3 or 4 acres in four days. 



Salvation Army Colony. Lot 4, Soledad Rancho. From river. Pump, 16-inch centrifugal, 

 throwing 8,000 gallons per minute. Eighty-horsepower Frick engine. Irrigated 200 acres for three 

 months 2 to 12 inches deep. Irrigated 8 acres in twelve hours. Burn 3 cords of green wood, cost 

 $3.75 per cord; 1 J cords dry wood give same amount of steam. Ordinary run, 5,000 gallons per min- 

 ute. Capacity, 10,000 gallons per minute, but flume can not carry. Actual flow, measured in flume 

 July 27, 4,940 gallons per minute. Suction, 14.5 feet. Can irrigate .300 acres more. Soil, sandy loam. 

 Practically no crops for last seven years. This year good crops where water has been put on. Ditches 

 4 feet on bottom, 6 feet on top, and 3 feet deep; fall, 1 to 1,000. 



Soledad Land and Water Company. Lot 3, Soledad Rancho. From river. Delivered at pump 

 by ditch. One 20-inch Krogh centrifugal pump, throwing 10,000 gallons per minute, with a 15-foot 

 lift. Irrigated 650 acres in seventy days of eleven hours 12 inches deep. Have irrigated for five sea- 

 sons. Practically whole tract can be irrigated. Charge, $1.50 for 9 acre-inches. Soil, sandy loam. 

 Ditches 6 feet on bottom, 9 feet on top, and 3 feet deep; fall, I to 1,000. 



Gonzales Water Company. From river. Ditch at mouth 30 feet on bottom, 40 feet on top, and 

 6 feet deep. Drops to 25 feet on bottom, 35 feet on top, and 6 feet deep; fall, 1 to 5,000. Seven miles 

 of ditch (main). Irrigated for A. Gonzales 1,300 acres. Can irrigate 300 acres more. Irrigated for 

 Dr. Gonzales'900 acres; irrigated for M. AVilliauis, 300 acres. Can irrigate from present ditch, Badsasci 

 200 acres, Lanini 200 acres, Bradbury 300 acres, Doud 100 acres. No charge this year. Next year 

 $1.50 per acre for "thorough irrigation." 



Doud. Lot 6 A, San Vicente Rancho. Three 10-inch wells, 250, 232, and 184 feet deep; water 

 rising to within 30 feet of surface of ground. Pumping lowers water level 9 feet. At first lowered it 13 

 feet. Twenty-five feet of gravel. Pump, 10-inch Jackson, throwing 4,000 gallons per minute. Eighty- 

 horsepower engine. Irrigated 120 acres 6 inches deep first irrigation, and 4 inches deep second irrigation. 

 Cost, $2 per acre. Irrigates one hundred and twenty days of twelve hours. Soil, adobe. 



McFadden & Storm, on Vierra place. One hundred and ten acres beets from McFadden plant. 



Vierra. Fourteen acres alfalfa and potatoes from McFadden plant. 



Spreckels Sugar Company. Ranch No. I. From river two 18-inch pumps on bridge, throwing 

 10,000 gallons per minute each. 



