Show irrigation IR R 8 ww ar akal tile I 1 A ar lit ats too t la is 11 c tb th sent fajuri cf of bight in n baj has lial had the aff vt of attention to new method of f anil and water supply iu in aia 1214 to caceil I 1 reservoirs for storing the winter rainfall and canali canals and anti ditches for distributing it on an the lidid 1 ind barn been provida 1 blit according to of tho the I 1 irrigation if is ICU iu in vogue iu in ili no and northern nort sern parti paris of the tate state the slater winters rainfall li is upon to tapply moisture to prodo fl o aroix and when this thie falls faili crops apt A failure fallum the writer says ibis mason irrigation li Is au absolute to insure crops aud and water mait must t be procured at t once to thin cud end sercial mc aboda are being to when where water i Is within reach resell in many places surface water can bo be reached at a depths so 30 to 60 80 feet and anti many farmers ere are inking slaking wells and a putting la in pumping plants worked by wind mauu or pae gasoline engines a hose a lare haft fire to fit ell feet square is sunk for a depth of 20 or CO 80 feet fron from the bottom a 4 sai ai aller shaft ie Is sunk until au an ablit luat how flow of water is t struck A colI lagal PUMP if Is set on ho the bottom of the first haft shaft ruit and drivel driven by the power ou on tho the lur face cc au an I 1 usually au an ample f water mater ii is thu thus obtained on chargo largo tract tracts several of these well wells are sunk for irrigating armi vies 1 nod and thie this plan it fx vork loff jag vall ell the I 1 ibert novelty in irrigation how over I 1 worked along tho it 1 mento river ou cither tide f th ho Is river aro are largo boales of vry fertile laud land dc de voted to orchards hanle euall fruits and grown largely for tho the ban eau I 1 iran ran 1 market thero havo dar upon the winter rainfall and till cabon aro cring tc cn ly it itis la now DOW proposed to ron run a leat tout up and i down th tha with a powerful pomp rump ing plant on board and by mears of lose and filmen ear rythe water from the sacramento to abo lauda lauds aligning if its banks As the tie country hero ia is almost A dead lorel lerel for miles a very largo large area could bo be reached in thi this manner another plan now in successful oper atlon in it tho the caw cale valley ie is a pumping outfit on of alicd 11 operates along cache crock and is used for irrigating a largo large section of orchards the pika pik A consists cont let of a gallino gastil luo and a 4 pomp PUMP mounted tedon on a lea leavy vy truck with eight inch wheels tho the pump ll lifts 42 sallon gallons of water per hour a height of 80 30 feet or OOOO gallons to a height of 0 43 feet ft f t dud and will irrigate irrl gato ap acres of or chard each 12 hours tit n running expense otti of 1 32 per d aty ay iy of cf labor the plant can be to any point along tho the emic or could be used for well pumping if tho the supply of water was |