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Show 5"RTIC0LT0R C Irlclty Aids Irrigation -..arlKatlra; bjr electrically operated pnaipa haa been for aoine year In more ur leae exfiertmental stage In t'allfuinla. and baa been n Intareai-Inn Intareai-Inn n mi m! for wealthy or particular-)y particular-)y enterprlaing landhuldiira. aaye Irrl-ration Irrl-ration Ajo. Now, with the great extension, ex-tension, du-lnc, Ihe lat year or two. ol the territory reached t.y trie limit dl ttllir electric tranamlaalon lines of the etate. tlila mode uf Irritating baa gone) beyond the experimental singe. It Mfiiii to be fully demonstrated that pumping by eloi trie power U a heap and sntlirnrtory method. Willi tli low rates for power whlrh now btaln relative amall aupiily if water ran, hy almott rnnataiit pumping, tie niacin tn Irrigate a fnlr-alcd orchard, and In keep .1 In fine condition. With he rapid progress ol electrical development devel-opment hna come an equal develop nient Ir. Ita m.e for Irrigation. Already Al-ready many of Ilia older plnnta are mt of data anil are being replaced by the lati'at refinements In centrifugal liuiiip ptaetloe. Numerous old pumping pump-ing plnnta hivn been taken out anil imperially doalKtird apimrntua of lilirh- ( or efficiency liua boon auhetltiitcd with aallMfai'tory rcaulta. Idcua on econoiu-Jc econoiu-Jc pumping aro alao changing Willi experience. ex-perience. Until recently there waa a I ci' 1 1 UK among Irrlitutora that t lie: a v.aa not great ecennniy In pumping arninat lilKh heads fur Irrigation work. This Idea baa, however, been dlf -proved by recent practice, anil where lurnierly 16 or 20 twt waa ronalderrd a bliih enough head, huada of from 70 to loo feot ars now quite couuiinn. l'ravlnua to the advent of cheap electric elec-tric power the orehardlale In tha orange or-ange bell of Tulara county bad already al-ready mad an extended uae of pump-.ni pump-.ni fur Irrliiatlon purpoana, Tha value uf the land In that locality for orange growing, tha dryneaa ot tha climate, an., the Imp.-acllcablllty of aocurlug river or aiti-"'Rn writer fur IrrlE-i'ing smm wwawMi w iiauiin amaiwirwTie-rT'.f-- , any. Mora or lue extensive steam, a, aolliia and buraa power pumping plnnta have therafora been quite coin-inon coin-inon Id the vlc.nlty of l.iuday and 1'ortiirvllla for a number of yean. Aa might be oipccted thla locality baa bten one jf Ilia Aral to take up and moke etTectlv uae of the electric, current cur-rent for Irrigation. |
