Duchesne Record | 1911-08-18 | Page 9 | Irrigate Ten Acre Ranch

IRRIGATE TEN ACRE RANCH Assuming on One Inch Per Week Amount Allowed Allowe One 25 Foot Mill Will Do Work t In reply to a query What raze flu windmill would be required to irrigate a ten-acre ten ranch the following reply reply reply re re- re- re ply Is made The answer will of ot course depend on the quantity of or water required per acre for good Irrigation In that locality local local- ity If we assume as a unit a depth of one-Inch one per week week h Is less than is usually nIt allowed owed Irrigation for that that gives us a starting point of ten Inches acre-Inches per week A windmill will work on the average eight hours a day To pump ten Inches acres a week 56 hours to a height of feet would require three horsepower working working- continuously for that time Ume According to the pumping capacities of windmills as advertised b by a manufacturing manufacturing manu manu- firm a 16 foot 16 foot windmill would require hours to cover ten acres to a depth of one Inch The conclusion lon Is Is that It w would uld require four such windmills ls to do the work required that that thatIs Is to pump ten acre acre- In inches inches' es a week One foot 25 windmill would do the work M