Show SUCCESS ON DRY LAND FARM most important of many things Is Supple supplementary supplemental mentar irrigation proper location for well by W 11 II LAti AUCK I cic rr irrigation invests afons tt tf ons united states department of agriculture culture there are many luany things that mane make for success on a dry land farm and home the most important of those Is supplementary irrigation tola this does not conflict in any war with the dry land work woric but rather assists by bk utilizing one of the resources which nature has provided however the extent to which the practice may be applied Is limited to the water supply avni available lable one of the first and moat important things for the dry land farmer to ascertain Is whether a water supply can be developed from the iho underground water or stored during the torrential rain storrus storms where a water supply can not be developed the homesteader soon becomes discouraged and ho he abandons hla his claim lo 10 the proper location tor for the well can often be decided upon by studying the well in the immediate neighborhood bo where the distance distan co Is too great for this method test holes may be put down with a two or three inch tl uger auger a and nd light derrick made of two by four inch umbers timbers the points desirable to know are 1 depth to water level 2 material encountered in sinking test well 3 amount the anter lowers in the well during pumping and 4 kind of well most desirable whether drilled bored or dug with this information some idea of the amount of water which can be expected la in the locality can be form formed ad thus deciding to what extent irrigation can be practiced after water has been located the method for making the well moll must be decided where competent well drill ers erb can be obtained the drilled well Is tho the most satisfactory especially if lt it ts Is necessary to go any great de depth oh I 1 to the moat important i n t fhe nd to lo ascel tain in a drilled well as in other methods Is the size of perfo perforations perforate rati ons in the strainer the water bearing gravel will permit this can be determined in the t test ast hole or tho the neighboring wells the openings of the strainer should bo be equal to 10 or 12 times the cross sectional area of the casing or clente dent impossible if possible to allow the water to pass through 0 ito o the well as readily as through the water bearing gravel or stratum long slots lots punched in the casing from the inside with tho the burr on the ou outside odside sIde are the best in coarse materials but quick bulc k sands or very fine materials often necessitate special wire strainers in rome localities it Is also necessary to io ascertain which water bearing stratum to use on account of the minerals they way may contain and the aho objectionable ater can be cased off the stylo style and size of pump will be determined I 1 et by the depth to water and quantity that can bo be developed these factors will also largely d determine a the kind of power to be used under the ordinary dry land district dietric t conditions the windmill wind mill to Is the most economical power A small gasoline engine which Is equivalent in power to the windmill wind mill and used to supplement the windmill wind mill during calm times malce mako un an ideal combination for limited water supplies |