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Show ftftftl K California Iirigation. ,. PPPS , . ." H Tlie latest novelty hfirrigptioti fencing H worked' along tlio .Sacramento river. H On either fide of tliifl river are large B bodies '.I very fertile land devoted to B t orchards, smail fruits and vegetables B ' grown largely for tho San Francisco R markets. Tljcse linvu always depended B '' ' upon the winter's rainfall and this B - ' season are suffering covcrely. It is now B proposed to tun a boat up and down the B river with a powerful pumping plant on HB Toard and by means of hose and flumes carry the water from the Sacramouto to H the lands aligning its banks. As tho S country here is almost a dead level (or B t miles, a very large area could bo reached H in this manner. Another plan now hi H successful operation in tho Capay valley H ,l; is a pumping outfit on wheels. This H operates along Cache creek and is used B for irrigating a largo sectionlof orchards. H ' The plant consists of a gasoline engine, H a Krough pump, mounted on a heavy H truck with eight-inch wheels. The B punip lifts 42,000 gallons of water per B hour a height of 40 feet, and will irrigate B 20 acr-s of orchard each 12 Iioiuf, at a B running expense of $1 52 per day, ex- B elusive of labor. The plant can be re- B ' inovcd to any point desired along the B creek or could bo used for well pumping B if the supply of water was sutliciont. Qrange Judd Farmer. hh ii , |