IRRIGATION WORK IN CALIFORNIA. LXXXVII. 
from running over their tops. Some 8 inches below the 
top of each branch, holes are made and each hole is 
provided with a tin slide, so that it can be opened or 
closed at will, and the quantity of water put on the land 
regulated. Usually one of these branches is provided to 
each row of orange trees. A special harrow is used to 
cut furrows, along which water is conducted down each 
row. In some orchards a trench only is used, and wooden 
stops bank up and divert the water on to the land. 
The journey was continued to Ontario, and a visit paid 
to a sub-station erected there, from which electricity is 
distributed for pumping in the same manner as it is 
distributed from the Pomona sub-station. The engineer 
in charge furnished some interesting information. Motors 
are hired to customers at the following monthly rentals:— 
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The price at which electricity is supplied to motors 
ranges from 43d. to 14d., according to the quantity used, 
and is subject toa further 10% if the account is paid before 
the 10th of the month on which it becomes due. In the 
Same district, gasolene engines were used before the advent 
of electricity and are used toa small extent now, although 
none were inspected. It is understood that they have 
mostly been displaced by electricity. Gasolene distillate 
is hauled 8 miles and delivered at 25d. a gallon. Gasolene 
in 5 gallon cans costs 9$d.a gallon. These prices are per 
U.S. gallon, which is approximately 5/6 British gallon. 
Data were also furnished concerning the cost of pole line 
construction for distributing electricity to the pumping 
