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IRRIGATION SESSION 



Question: What is the address of the Skinner Company? 

 Mr. Work: Troy, Ohio. 



Question: What does it cost to equip land with the sys- 

 tem? 



Mr. Work : This is on a five-acre basis with a feeder line 

 at one side and with the pipe lines fifty feet apart: You re- 

 quire four hundred fifty feet of one and one-half inch pipe, 

 thirteen hundred fifty feet of one and one-quarter inch pipe, 

 fourteen hundred forty feet of one inch pipe, and eight hun- 

 dred ten feet of three-quarter inch, with the necessary con- 

 nections. This is allowing for new pipe for the posts. You 

 can use old pipe which you can buy pretty cheaply. This 

 also includes the necessary unions and a machine. The 

 unions cost two dollars and a half apiece, one of which you 

 must have at the end of each line, and drilling machine costs 

 ten dollars. The total of the equipment you would buy from 

 them for the five acres is practically one hundred twenty- 

 seven dollars. They send a complete list of equipment aside 

 from what they furnish. That figures up about eight hun- 

 dred dollars. 



Twenty acres has been equipped with twenty-five hundred 

 dollars, including one-half mile main pipe. I do not believe 

 that includes any pumping outfit or an engine. With No. 1 

 outdoor nozzles, an acre takes about one hundred sixty-six 

 gallons per minute, and it takes eight hundred feet of line 

 for an acre. You can get a three horse power engine from 

 one hundred twenty-five to one hundred forty dollars. 



A Member: I was told you could get a duplex pump, 

 seventy-five gallons a minute, for forty-five dollars. How 

 many gallons are there to an acre inch? 



Mr. Work: Twenty-seven thousand one hundred fifty- 

 two. At thirty cents per thousand gallons, it costs eight 

 dollars fifteen cents for application. A good engine, we are 

 told, will pump one acre inch for two dollars, depending upon 

 conditions. 



Question: What kind of a system would you recommend 

 for getting water if you had a creek running along a short 

 distance from the place you wish to irrigate? 



