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and just below the belt and pulley. In 
case of a higher lift being required all 
that is necessary would be to increase 
the length of the box and shaft, put in 
another water wheel about seven or 
•eight feet higher up, put on more 
power and go ahead. From the top 
of the pump the water is conducted 
across the middle of the grove through 
a ten-inch terra cotta pipe; thence 
from this ten-inch main to either side 
of the grove through a five-inch gal- 
vanized-iron pipe of about Ihe thick¬ 
ness and weight of small slove pipe 
and connected up in the same way, but 
in sections ten feet long. 
Our pump will supply about four of 
these lines of five-inch pipe at one 
time; sometimes in case we are short 
on piping we run one or more of these 
five-inch openings in furrows. This 
running water in furrows in Florida 
sand has always been theoretically im¬ 
possible, but we have proved beyond 
question, by actual experience, that it 
works very successfully indeed; and, in 
fact, I consider fit one of the best, if 
not the very best, method now being 
used; and I would especially recom¬ 
mend it to vegetable growers. We 
can fill four or five furrows from each 
opening in our ten-inch main, and by 
using the furrow system exclusively 
we can have about twenty furrows 600 
to 700 feet long running at one time. 
This will give you some idea of the 
capacity of our pump, and also give 
you an idea how effective this system 
would be in irrigating vegetables. The 
imagination of the trucker could not 
possibly conceive a more pleasing pic¬ 
ture than to go out some evening 
about sundown and find twenty little 
rivers of cool, fresh water flowing 
gently down between twenty rows of his 
withering vegetables. 
I had, as the title of this paper sug¬ 
gests, intended giving quite an exten¬ 
sive collection of facts and figures as 
to cost of irrigation supplies of differ¬ 
ent kinds, but as I believe this part of 
the subject will be more thoroughly 
and ably covered by Mr. Skinner, I 
will only give a few points along this 
line in connection with this particular 
system of irrigation. 
The pump we are using is known as 
the Menge pump and is manufactured 
in New Orleans at a cost of about $150 
at the factory. The terra cotta piping 
of various sizes can be had at about 
the following prices, delivered to dif¬ 
ferent parts of the state: 
10-inch 25 cents per foot 
8-inch 17 cents per foot 
5-inch 10 cents per foot 
4-inch 8 cents per foot 
The five-inch galvanized pipe comes at 
about ten cents per foot, delivered. 
For locations where lake water is 
available, and the lift not more than 
fifteen feet, there is nothing better nor 
cheaper than the Menge rotary pump. 
For higher lift I would recommend a 
centrifugal pump, which will not only 
lift the water but also force it to any 
height up to about thirty-five feet. 
The capacity and cost of these four¬ 
teen pumps range about as follows: 
A pump with a capacity of 100 gallons 
per minute will cost about $110; 450 
gallons per minute, $210; 1,000 gal¬ 
lons per min., $360; and others, large 
or smaller in proportion. A pump fur¬ 
nishing 600 gallons per minute will 
cover one and three-tenths acres one 
inch deep in one hour, or 13 and one- 
fifth acres one inch deep in ten hours. 
