Show IRRIGATION r r- WHEELS USED IN CALIFORNIA Water D Device vice Ule Used to M Irrigate gate gale Lands JAnda In certain p portions o ol northern ern California Cal cat there ar are still sections that can ern be rendered 1 very only by bythe the addition of water Thre are w wyet II as asyet yet Jet no government r reclamation Woi projects e v U In operation In such uch districts district on any treat crest kale calt an and aM I land owners in inmany ninny many sass CUI cui must rely upon their Ir own r resources to W Improvise adequate gatlon facilities Particularly U is this true tru along alone one narrow valley near the river Aloof Along that stream tream have been placed placeda wheel wheel that a number r of at irrigation la 13 the tbt aggregate te furnish an adequate supply of ot water for tOI all aU kinds kind of at crop crops grains grasses orchards vegetables l etc O Generally these whets wheels are about 80 SO feet teet In diameter ter and ar are strongly built of or wood hood Along the out outer r circumference cir dr- are placed float boards or paddles The wheel Is Immersed ae several eral yards In the water and the Impulse Jm ul e of at the current keeps the bu huge e wheel slowly revolving most roost of the time Placed at tho the Interval Int of ot every fe few v yards on the outside of ot the wheelar wheel aw arA large boxlike metal buckets The These e are arc filled filed as they ther dip Into Inta the water are hoisted by the revolving wheel to the top and the contents poured Into troughs on each side Th These se timber water flumes lend lead Into ditches dug along the ite steep p banks bl of ot th the stream am Many of ot these ditch flumes are miles In length As AI ele wheels run perpetually great etor stores of ot water are arc thus colI collected col coll I td and distributed among th the thirsty crops croP of ot th the ranchers for tor leagues on both sides of ot the narrow winding valley The only expense of the rancher Is II the construction of these e wheels and aDd the digging of ot the irrigation ditches The system tarnishes furnishes its own power as well wen as the sustaining life element at ot the same time |