UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 462 



Contribution from the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering 

 LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



February 16, 1917 



IRRIGATION IN FLORIDA 



By 

 F. W. STANLEY, Irrigation Engineer 



CONTENTS 



Page 



History 1 



Estimate of Total Irrigated Crops ... 2 



The Need of Irrigation in Florida ... 3 



Relation of Soil Types to Irrigation . 10 

 Other Factors Determining the Need 



of Irrigation 17 



Water Supply Available for Irrigation . . 18 

 Description of Irrigation Systems in Use 



in Florida 19 



Systems for the Irrigation of Truck 



Crops 19 



Irrigation of Citrus Groves .... 38 



Page 

 Summary of Irrigation Plants in Use . . 46 

 Experiments to Determine Methods for 



Economical Irrigation 47 



Soil-Moisture Tests Made in Connection 



with Irrigation 47 



Experiments with Low-Pressure Pipe 



Systems 51 



Some Important Points in the Design and 



Equipment of an Irrigation Plant . . . 58 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



