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April 6, 1954

Mr. Paul Yetter, District Manager

Public Service Company

Grand Junction, Colorado

Dear Mr. Yetter:

I have learned through the grape vine that Don

Marcue has been transferred to the gas department so

I do not know to whom to address this letter. In

previous years Don provided me with the number of

kilowatt hours used by a number of your sprinkler

customers. The names of these are:

Ed Johnson

C. C. Baird

C. H. Buttolph

W. H. Buttolph

6. W. 1:peneter

Homer Flick

E. M. Morgan

M. W. Eyer

Feed Johnson

The latter Johnson is at hifle. With kind personal

regards.

.Ancerely yours,

W. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

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1, 1953

Don Marcu&

Farm Service Engineer

Public Service Company of Colorado

Grand Junction,

Colorado

Dear Don:

Would you be so kind as to furnish me again the

data on kilowatt consumption for certain of your

customers using sprinkler systems. The names of these

customers are:

Ed Johnson

C. C. Baird

C. H. Buttolph

W. H. Buttolph

W. Epeneter

Homar Flick

Fred Johnson

E. M. Morgan

M. W. Eyer

These are customers tly4t I know of and have called

upon. Perhaps you are aware of other sprinkler users

on your lines and if so,

would be :aad to have their

names and approxiAate locaUons.

Sincerely yours,

W. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

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:°Iisly

5, 1953

Mr. F. M.Peterson, Superintendent

Delta-Montrose Ranch Power Lines Assoc.

Delta, Colorado

Dear Mr. Peterson:

Again I am requesting a favor from you on the

use of power and the cost on Mr. A. Baker at Bowie.

I am desirous of having this information in

connec-tion with the cost of sprinkling on Mr. Baker's

orchard.

Yours very truly,

W. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

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May 14,

1953

F. ".

Peterson, Superintendent

Delta-:riontrose hural Power Linea ASSOC.

1-)elta, Colorado

Dear Ifir. Peterson:

Thank you for your letter of the 7th in which

you provided me with the power use and cost of current

for

Baker's pump at 3owie.

Yours very truly,

W. L. tdode

Irrigation Engineer

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April

u, 1954

Dwain R. Cox, Manager

Business Development Departlaent

The western Colorado Power Ccl'pany

Liontrose, Colorado

Dear Mr. Cox:

Perhaps you will recall that you furnished me

with the power requirements on sprinkler irrigation

by several of your customers. Would you be so kind

as to again provide this information for 19531 The

users that I need information on are E. W. Paulicheck,

Silver Spruce Orchard Company two 7-1/2 horsepower

motors, Palmer-Starr-Helmick, and Charles M. Bruce.

In connection with Mr. 2rucets load, it would be

desirable if I could have the actual months. This

is necessary because he is operating a five-horsepower,

single-phase motor on his house line.

Yours very truly,

.

L. Code

IrriL,

,ation Engineer

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May 28, 1953

Dwain R.

Go.

Manager

Business Development Department

The western Colorado Power Company

Montrose, Colorado

Dear Mr. Cox

Thank you for your letter of the 19th in which you

gave me information

On

several of your customers using

power for sprinklers. The information Given me was

that which t had particul r1y desired.

Yours very truly,

E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

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THE

WESTERN

COLORADO

POWER

COMPANY

Montrore, Color-do May 19, 1953

Mr. Y. F. Code, Irrigation Engineer Color,,do A & M College

Fort Collins, Colorado Deer Mr. Code:

As Mr. Holt is no longer with the company, I have endeavored to accumulate the information on irrigation customers as you recues+ed. The information is attached.

Very truly yours,

P611/t

DWAIN R. COX, MANAGER

BUSINESS DEVELOPEMENT DEPARTMENT DRC/fh

Attachment

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IRRIGATION CUSTOMERS 1952 ACCOUNT

NUMBER DATE NAME KWH BILLING HP LOAD

44-2220 7-12-52 W. E. Wilcox

to (successor to Geo. Allen) 6,100 $ 192.45 7i HP-3 phase

Disc. 11-12-52

31-842 Henry Swanson Disc. 9-12-51 Not used in 1952

44-1360 1-11-52 E. W. Paulicheck 1,730 ' 54.95 3HP Sprinkler

to

11-12-52 Incl.

41-530 6-9-52 Silver Spruce Orchard Co 27,760 $ _582.73 _{2-7i HP Motors}

to Successor to E. H. 11-6-52 Divelbiss 37-2860 6-5-52 Palmer-Starr-Helmick 31,368 $ 690.80 1-15 HP Motor to Cory, Colorado 12-5-52 41-580 Charles M. Bruce

Hotchkiss, Colorado

5

HP Sprinkler

6-9 1,210 21.55 System 7-10 2,660

43.30 8-6

2,160 40.59 9-8 2,680

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May 24, 1954

Don Mar

cue

Public Service Company of Colorado

Grand Junction, Colorado

Dear Don:

It was my plan to give you my personal thanks

for information on power used

by

your sprinkler

customers when I was in Grand Junction several weeks

ago. It so happened that you were out on both of my

visits. i was very kindly treated by someone else

there in providing me with information on the power

use of the drainage well. I had intended bothering

you about that at the same time. Please accept my

thanks now.

Sincerely yours,

W. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

WEC/pb

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PUBLIC

SERVICE COMPANY

OF

COLORADO

GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO April 12,

1954

Mr. W. E. Code Irrigation Engineer Colorado A & M College Fort Collins, Colorado

Dear Bill,

No, I haven't gone completely gas as yet at least. Just have both jobs now. Incidentally, Mr. Yetter is now Manager of Division Operations in Denver and Mr. C. E. Beatty is our Division Manager here.

The following is the KWH and Revenue for the sprinkler

customers as you requested. _6(4K

HP Ed Johnson KWH 330 * C. C. Baird

₅

10,206

1,L C. H. Buttolph

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17,386

W.

H. Buttolph

₅

17,456

1, G. W. Eppenter

_7.5

20,210

Homer Flick

_7.5

6,880

E. M. Morgan

₅

5,315

1L-M.

W.

Eyer

3 5,450

Fred Johnson

10 19,120

* No use after

6/23/53.

Best personal regards.

Yours very truly,

16.50 177.07'r 248.861 249.56

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May 24,

1954

Dwain

h.

Cox, I.ilnager

Business Develo sment Department

The Western Colorado Power Company

Box 450

Montrose, Colorado

Dear iir. Cox:

I wish to thank you for the information you

gave me in your letter of April 29 for several of

your customers using sprinkler systems. This is a

rather belated thanks, but nevertheless the

information was greatly appreciated.

Yours very truly,

W. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

WEC/pb

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THE

WESTERN

COLORADO POWER COMPANY

Montrose, Colorado April 19, 1954

W. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

Colorado Agricultural & Mechancial College Fort Collins, Colorado

Dear Mr. Code:

Attached you will find Irrigation Customers for 1953, which you requested in your letter of April 6.

Very4ruiy you

7(„fia,e,K,

Dwain R. Cox, Manager Business Development Dept. fh 1-1cc

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ACCOUNT NUMBER 44-1360 DATE 1-10-53 to 11-10-53 IRRIGATION CUSTOWERS 1953 NANE KWH E. W. Paulicheck 1670 ULING 49.45 i sl HP LOAD 3 HP Sprinkler

41-530 4-27-53 Silver Spruce Orchard Co. 19,440 498.69 2 - Hp Motors

to 10-30-53 C 37-2860 5-12-53 Palmer-Starr-Helmick 24,720 581.30 1 - 15 Hp Motor to Cory, Colorado 12-2-53

41-580 Charles M. Bruce 5 - Hp Sprinkler

Hotchkiss, Colorado System

1-2 220 10.00 1-30 200 10.00 3-2 210 10.00 3-31 180 10.00 5-1 170 10.00 6-1 170 10.00 7-1 1 9 6 2,640 48.75 8-3 3,110 56.74 9-2 _2. ₇₁₎ 2,570 47.56 10-1 _1. 1,460 28.69 10-30 210 7.44 12-1 240 7.95 (Cg ci fh 1-1cc 4-19-54

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May

5,

1953

DeLamar Holt

ales 7tanager

The Western Colorado Power Company

Montrose, Colorado

Dear 7r. holt:

In previous years you have been very kind in

supplying

me with the kilowatt consurption and cost

of power for some

of our customers using sprinkler systems.

They were:

George Allen, Paonia

henry Swanson, Paonia

E. W. Paulicheck, Paonia

E. h. Divtlbliss, Hotchkiss

C. M. Bruce, Hotchkiss

Palmer, starr and Helmick, Cory

In the case of C.larles

Bruce I would like to have

the power broken down by months so that

I can segregate

the irriqation load. I am not certain, but

there is a

possibility that Henry Swanson did not use

his sprinkler

last year.

Yours vc:ry truly,

W. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

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THE

WESTERN

COLORADO

POWER

COMPANY

Montrose, Colorado January

4, 1952

Mr. W. E. Code Irrigation Engineer Coloradn A & M College Fort Collins, Colorado Deer Mr. Code:

Following is the information you asked for on customers in our territory using sprinkler irrigation systems in 1951: Name George Allen Henry Swanson, E. H. Divelbliss Address Schedule Paonie Paonia Hotchkiss Palmer,Starr,Helmick Cory E. W. Paulicheck Paonia

(This is on our residential and is for all uses.)

Chas. M. Bruce Hotchkiss 1

(This is on our residential and farm rate and and all farm use are on one meter).

March

5

1 farm schedule April May June July August September October November December KWH Cost 5in

8448

10080 23856 1810 and consumption

On Mr. Bruce's account all. over 1.0.00 charged to sprinkling r.nst.

Very truly yours,

DeLamar Holt Sales Manager DLH/rr 1 —2cc

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PUBLIC

SERVICE COMPANY

OF

COLORADO

Grand Junction, Color-Jdo

March 19, 1951

Mr. W. E. Code Irrigation Engineer Colorado A & M College Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Yr. Code:

The following are the 1950 consumption and revenue figures for the eight customers as you requested and also for one new sprinkler Installed last year which might be of some value to you. It belongs to Mr. Earl Wilcox on Orchard Mesa.

C. C. Baird.25,4

9868 logH

1)173.68

.c.• 4,95t

A. Brueckner 5406 KWH 96.06

C. H. Buttolph 18012 KWH 255.12

G. W. Eppeneter 1.970 KWH 79.10 ) Changed from 2 . 0 / ,n,

G. W. Eppeneter 20860 K:111 .6'71-

.358.60 )

10 EP Units to

if -37 7° ) 1 -

7i

HP Unit •

y *olio Homer Flick 9400 KWH 197.25 Ed. Johnson 13320 KWH 245.70

Ara,cFred Johnson 15181 KKH 264.32 Itifle .o2oc _{E. M. Morgan}

₆₈₆₈

_KWH _140.52

.0157

Earl Wilcox 5312 KWH 136.43

7112

HP - Began operation

June 29th Since you did not indicate otherwise, only the totals

are given without a monthly breakdown.

We are happy to be of assistance to you. Feel free to call on us at anytime.

DM:jb

Yours very truly )gct.4.4 Donald R. Marcue Farm Service Engineer

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THE

WESTERN

COLORADO

POWER

COMPANY

Montrose, Colorado March 21, 1951 Mr. W. E. Code Irrigating Engineer A & M College

Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Mr. Code:

Attached I am sending you the information you asked for on sprinkler irrigation systems in our territory.

Mr. Paulicheck and Mr. Bruce are both on our residential rate #1 as they have very smpll motors.

In the case of Mr. Paulicheck, he is doing very little sprinkling and no one is living in the house on this place; therefore, that is the reason for the very small consumption last summer.

Very truly yours,

DeLamar Holt Sales Manager DH/js

Enclosure

P. S. When you see Bill Stewart, give him our regards. For many years he was my neighbor here in Montrose, and we think a lot of the Stewarts.

I have a daughter, Marlene, who is attending A & M this year, and she likes it very much.

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IRRIGATION CUSTOMERS

Total Total

KWH Used Billing Henry Swanson, Paonia Sch. 5

May 10, 1950 to October 13, 1950 9,768 $ 269.33 George O. Allen, Paonia Sch. 5

Vay 25, 1950 to October 13, 1950 5,504 5' 177.95 E. W. Paulicheck - Also records

household use. Sch. 1 _q

May through November, 1950 1,472 43.09

/-7,N Charles M. Bruce, Hotchkiss Sch. 1

¼41 March through November, 1950 March 192

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April 21 May

16

June 143 July Z, 11,656 Aug. Sept. 2880 Oct. 1400 l'Z Ig Nov. 4b0460 --._ 41.). i 6u 19a6 E. H. Divelbiss, Hotchkiss Sch. 5

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April 21, 1950 to October 10, 1950 28,640

$ 6.20' 6.67 570 5.60 - 24.97 ,sr 37.30 205.04 43.00 46.60 24.40 if I .(6 10.30 L * I 9. d 7 Ef 575.00 Palmer-Starr-Helmick, Cory Sch. 5 April 27, 1950 to November 10, 1950 26,760 537.65 wjs 1 -2cc

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March 23, 1951

Mr. DeLamar Holt Salo. Manacer

The ':estern Colorado Power Company Montrosas Colorado

Dear Mr. Holt:

Thank you for your letter of the 21st diving me the power use on a number of your sprinklor customers. The information covers completely what I had asked for.

I was aware that Bill Stewart was coming to take over the job involving seed certification. I have not seen him yet but since our linos of worliodo not touch it might be quite a while before I seek him. I an glad to know that your daughtor finds Colorado A & M to her liking.

Yours Ircaby truly,

W. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer

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DELTA-MONTROSE

RURAL POWER LINES ASSOCIATION

R. E. A.

F. M. PETERSON, SUPERINTENDENT DELTA, COLORADO March 21, 1951

Mr. W.

E. Code Irrigation Engineer Colorado A & M

Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Mr. Code:

COLORADO 20-A, DELTA

In reply to your letter of March 16, 1951, with reference to the operation of Mr. A. Baker's sprinkling irrigation pump, I submit the following data which pertains to 1950 operation, 1951 operation not as yet available:

Meter connected 5/22/50 Date KWH 5/22/50 to 6/20/50 1921 6/20/50 to 7/20/50 962 7/20/50 to 8/20/50 1932 8/20/50 to 9/12/50 6043 Total 5418

Total cost including tax $52.65 31.32 / 53.88 a 4

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$158.19

I believe this is the information you requested. If there is any further information we can give you please feel free to call on us.

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Very truly yours,

F. M. Peterson Superintendent

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COLORADO 7 MESA FIRST COLORADO R. E. A. PROJECT

GRAND VALLEY RURAL POWER LINES, INC.

ELECTRIFYING RURAL HOMES

Offices 120 No. 7th St. -:- Phone 2326

GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO March 22, 1951

N. E. Code

Irrigation Engineer Colorado A&M College Fort Collins, Colo. Dear Sir:

The information you requested regsred the B.G. 'Vest Sprinkler is given below. Please be advised that our billing dates cover from the 19th to the 19th of each month. As such, the march readinr co-Prs Feb. 19 to March 19th; the April readinr cover March 19th to April 19th, etc. Futher, the March, April, and Oct., readings are estimated and do not necessarily reflect true consumption.

Month KWH Consumption Cost (27 sales tax inc.) ---March 129 Arril 130 g44' May 722. a) June 954 July 794 August 798 /44°6 September 422 October 500

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If it would be of value to you and agreeable with Mr. lest, I would be2. hsppk to set a check meter on the sprinkler to accurately meter the KWH consumption for the sprinkling season. Please advise me if you desire this service. There will be no charge for this information.

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F. M. PETERSON, SUPERINTENDENT

DELTA, COLORADO

1953

. E. Code Irrigation Engineer

Colorado Agricultural Mechanical 'ollei7e Fort Collins, Colorado

Dear ':r. Code:

COLORADO 20, DELTA

With reference to your letter of May 5, with reference to the power use and cost onr. A. Baker's pump of Bowie, Colorado, I submit the following data on the 1952 season: Pump 7.^ias connected iJay 15, 1952

5/15 to 5/20 48 KIT_ (estimated) • 3.24

5/20 to 6/20 1908 50.31

6/20 to 7/20 1437 44.30

7/20 to 8/20 1497 45.83

8/20 to 9/26 731 24.92

Very truly - -ou.rs,

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l'eterson Superintendent FIZP/bho

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COLORADO AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE FORT COLLINS, COLORADO

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

December 17, 1951

Mr. F. M. Peterson, Superintendent

Delta-Montrose hanch Power Lines Assoc.

Delta, Colorado

Dear Mr. Peterson:

Would you again favor me with the use of

power for 1951 by Mr. A. Baker at Bowie' I am

still keeping track of the cost of sprinkler

operations and as you know Mr. Baker has a

sprinkler system.

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Irrigation Engineer

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO

Grand Junction, Colorado December 20, 1951

MT. W. E. Code Irrigation Engineer Colorado A.& M College Fort Collins, Colorado Dear Bill:

The following are the 1951 consumption and revenue figures for the customers requested. Also included are 1950 and 1951 figures for M. W. Eyer of Palisade, who is operating a 5 H.P. sprinkler system. Perhaps you can use him

next year, at least. (..C/ C. U. Baird 7,984 KWH 5,850 KWH 4154.841 A. Brueckner 103.50 C. H. buttolph 18,074 KW H 255.74. W. H. Buttolph 14,096 KWH 215.96-G. W. Epeneter 20,700 KiiiH319.50 Homer Flick 4,680 KWH 126.45v Fred Johnson 25,977 KWH 361.78v/ E. M. Morgan 5,264 KWH 116.46" M. W. Eyer (1950) 3,896 KWH . 80.94 M. W. Eyer (1951) 6,716 KWH 112.16'

Sorry the wind and snow dumped that tree on the drainage pump loop. The only obstacle around would have to fall just the right direction to catch it. A small angle of difference in the fall either way would have prevented a service Interruption.

If we can be of further help, call on us. I'm looking forward to seeing you in January.

Yours very truly,

Don Earcue

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4.ay 27, 1946

Ur. Jack W. Davis District Engineer

Johns-;lianville Corporation,

1755

Glenarm ?lace

Denver, Colorado Dear Mr. Davis:

Tank you for your kincness in providing me with your Supplemental Irrigation Book. The valuable data it contains silould be very nelpful to your salesman in handling problems on sprinklor irrigation. I feel quite nonored in finding some

of tne data in it from my bulletin on cost of pumping. Incidentally my name is misspelled.

Very truly your,

E. Code

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Johns-Manville

SALES CORPORATION

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May 21, 1946 Mr. 4. E. Code Engineering Bldg.

Colorado A.& M. College Ft. Collins, Colorado Dear Ls. Code:

1755 GLENARM PLACE DENVER 2,C0LO.

Mr. Brown has requested that we furnish you with a Supplemental Irrigation Book as published by Johns-1:anvi11e Corporation. Ar. Brown felt that you would have use for such a publication, e are happy to

place this book in your hands for your information.

If Johns-Manville may be of further ser-fice at any time, please notify us.

Very truly yours, Jack W. Davis District Engineer

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SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION*

Although the primary market for Tran-site Pipe has been for municipal and in-dustrial water and waste disposal lines, for many years there has been a continuous growth in its use for underground lines in irrigation systems. Installations to carry water to orchards and fields had been made in states as widely separated geographic-ally and as diverse agriculturgeographic-ally as Cal-ifornia and New Jersey, Florida and Penn-sylvania, Ohio and Oklahoma. An asbestos-cement product, Transite Pipe is manufac-tured in dimensions ranging from 2 to 36 inches andin four pressure classes design-ed to accommodate working pressures of 50, 100, 150 and 200 pounds per square inch.

The company has long been aware that a substantial part of the many Transite irri-gation installations had been for the pur-pose of supplemental irrigation--the type or irrigation employed in humid areas to augment natural rainfall and provide a means for bringing water to crops when it is needed and in the required amount.

The increasing use of Transite Pipe in supplemental irrigation led the company to make an intensified study of the market possibilities in this field. In the course of this survey, it was found that inthe humid parts of the country, made up mainly of some 340,000,000 acres of farmland east of the Mississippi, supplementalirrigation was practiced in every state, and that it was being used successfully to grow a wide variety of crops.

THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLENENTAL IRRIGATION it might be asked why farmers are turn-ing to irrigation in humid areas where the rainfall is generally thought by the lay-man to be, under ordinary circumstances, sufficient for raising most crops. The answer lies in the fact, so well known to farmers and all concerned with agricul-ture, that even in those areas where there maybe a relatively high total annual rain-fall, it does not always come when it is needed to assure maximum yield and high quality.

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SUPPLENENTAL IRRIGATION

The problem is well expressed in the fol-lowing quotationfrom a bulletin* published by the University of Georgia:

"The annual rainfall in most sections of Georgia would be sufficient for the production of our crops if it came at a time and in a manner that would en-able our plants to use all of it. Unfortunately, our most liberal rains come at a time when our crops cannot use the water, or the rain falls in such torrents that much of it is lost by run-off. In -many instances, it carries with it a considerable quan-tity of the enriched top soil. Our experience at the College convinces us that there are thousands of acres of land in the State -- especially in North Georgia -- which can be made more profitable by the installation of a system of irrigation."

The significance of supplemental irri-gation lies in the contribution it can make to the prosperity of the American farm population and thus indirectly to the prosperity of every section of the Ameri-can people. There is,a rapidly growing realization throughout the country that there can be no general prosperity unless tt, farmer is also prosperous.

The great economic importance of the farm-er has made his welfare an important con-cern of the federal government. Of the many ways the government has sought to advance and safeguard the well-being of America's rural communities , the oldest is through the establishment of the Land Grant Colleges.

It was to these institutions that we turned for information when we decided to -;ontinue further our studies in the field of supplemental irrigation. The teaching and administration staffs of a number of leading agricultural colleges showed great interest in supplemental irrigation when we discussed the subject with them. These agricultural specialists, teachers, and re.,earchers were aware of the importance

of supplemental irrigation to the American farmer. Their own investigations and studies had convinced them that it could help bring greater certainty and control to farming. They felt also that it could contribute to the raising of better and more varied crops, and eliminate the risk of financial failure caused by prolonged dry spells.

For our approach to this relatively new and undeve.loped field, it was decided that the first step would be the preparation of a book for the use of our personnel ex-plaining all aspects of supplemental irri-gation.

CONSULTING THE AGRICULTURAL COTJRGES The first step was the preparation of a dummy to serve as a working. model and framework which we could show to agricul-tural authorities in order to benefit from their guidance and knowledge. The sugges-tions we received from extension special-ists, and from deans, teachers and experi-ment station personnel gave a greater degree of accuracy and authority to our book. They checked the contents and made valuable _{suggestions as to the book's} scope and completeness. furthermore, they were quickto see in it a wider usefulness. They pointed out the value it would have if we made it available to county agents and other extension field workers engaged in improving the efficiency of farming

practices.

In our further investigations of all as-pects of supplemental irrigation connected with the preparation of our book, it be-came apparent that nearly all the Land Grant Colleges in the humid states were conscious of the significance of supple-mental irrigation. For many years they had been aggressively engaged in helping the farmer to better his economic position through more efficient practices such as by the use of better seed; by enriching the fertility of the soil through crop ro-tation, and the use of cover crops and

*Research and Investigational Activities Bulletin, College of Agriculture, Volume XI/I, No. /5, June ..?O, /942,

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SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION

fertilizers; by checking soil erosion; and by using advanced methods of insect and disease control.

If, to all these efforts to assure suc-cessful growing of crops there were added control over needed moisture, then the farmers , activities, from the viewpoint of planned productivity,would more nearly ap-proach those of the manufacturer. Like the business man, the farmer would be more nearly able to gauge beforehand when and how much produce he could send to market.

To co-ordinate our activities on behalf of supplemental irrigation with the work of the Land Grant Colleges, we planned to place at their disposal our book on the subject and to assist them in bringing about its effective distribution. Thus, as a number of colleges had requested, they would be enabled to place a copy of the book in the hands of every county agent and every extension specialist in agronomy, horticulture, animal husbandry, agricultural engineering, soil conserva-tion, rural electrificaconserva-tion, etc.

In addition to placing our book in the hands of extension workers, the colleges realized they could also provide the ex-tension workers with concrete plans and directions as to the most effective ways of using the book. These could include a series of rural meetings and lectures ar-ranged by extension specialists, county agents, and soil conservationists. Such a program meant, however, that our book would have to be devoid of advertising and sales data on our material. It would be a book about Supplemental Irrigation, not a book about the use of Transite Pipe.

OUR BOOK IS COMPLETED

With this principle of non-commercial treatment kept firmly in mind, the book was written and printed. An introduction, covering the high spots in the history of irrigation, outlined its development from ancient times down to present-daysprinkler irrigation on American farms.

A chapter on plants and water was check-ed by Dr. William J. Robbins, Director of the New York Botanical Garden. The next chapter describes methods of supplemental irrigation. This is followed by a chapter devoted to actual installations, contain-ing 21 specific case histories of typical supplemental irrigation installations. A "results" section presents a collation of reports on supplemental irrigation pre-pared by the agricultural specialists at state colleges, and by experiment station personnel. These reflect the results of careful investigation of supplemental irrigation installations in actual use in many different sections of the country, as well as results of research work at the various experiment stations.

The next section of the book is devoted to planning data. It includes the recom-mendations of agricultural authorities concerning when to irrigate and how much water to use. Much helpful data from the Soil Conservation Service is included. To this information, we added a number of engineering charts, graphically present-ing useful data on the measurement and flow of water in ditches, flumes and pipes. There are also graphs and tables on friction losses and pumping costs for pipes of various flow coefficients, as well as a selection of data helpful in designing and installing irrigation systems.

An appendix deals with irrigation in the sub-humid areas of the United States. This section is composed of a number of repre-sentative case histories of installations on the Pacific Coast.

ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL In addition to the book, we are now preparing other material in the form of bulletins on timely aspects of supplemen-tal irrigation,articles for farm journals,

lecture material, radio scripts, and a sound-color motion - picture. All this additional material will be non-commercial in character and will be designed to give

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SUPPLENENTAL IRRIGAILON

extension workers and soil conservation-ists useful tools that will help them to present effectively the benefits that may be derived through supplementalirrigation.

PROVIDING THE CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM

The rapidly increasing interest n irri-gation is resulting in the establishment of local organizations throughout the humid parts of the country, equipped to design and install irrigation systems. They carry stocks of pipe, fittings, pumps, sprinkler nozzles, etc., and are in a position to supply all the materials re-quired for complete irrigation systems. For the handling of our materials, these distributor-contractor organizations are being carefully selected to assure integ-rity of management and thorough knowledge of the subject.

In the broad program to bring about a deeper understanding of the advantages of

supplemental irrigation, there is oppor-tunity for other industries to make help-ful contributions. For example, the electrical industry can unquestionably be of great assistance. For canners, supple-mental irrigation means better crops, ri-pening in more dependable quantities at more nearly forseeable times. Banks which lend money to farmers have a strong in-terest, since supplemental irrigation has the power to make a substantial contri-bution toward larger and more stable farm incomes.

The prosperity of the farmer is vital to the prosperity of all other sections of American life. Whoever helps to increase the economic stability of the farming

population makes a direct contribution to the nation's overall economic health. There is every reason to believe that the growth of supplemental irrigation, in combination with the increase in scientific farming generally, will promote the secur-ity and prospersecur-ity of farmers and farming communities.

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April 17, 1953

Don Marcue

Commercial Engineer

Public bervice Company of Colorado

Grand Junction, Colorado

Dear Don:

Thank you for the data on power used by

sprinkler customers for 1952. My visits to the

western slope during the coming year will probably

be restricted to one trip. This is because we

have closed up the irrigation, especially at the

Austin Branch Station. I will try to see you

when I am net in Grand Junction.

Very truly yours,

W. E. Co-4.e

Irrigation Engineer

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PUBLIC

SERVICE COMPANY

OF

COLORADO

Grand Junction, Colorado

April 9, 1953

Mr. E. Code Irrigation En7ineer

Colorado Agricultural & Mechanical College Fort Collins, Colorado

Dear Bill:

We are very happy to be of service to you again. Enclosed is the information you requested on our sprinkler irrigation customers.

I added the name of Earl ,kilcox located on the eastern end of Middle Orchard Mesa just west of what we call the "Big Wash".

Any time we can asist further, our resources are available to you.

Yours very truly,

P7PLIC SERVICE COITANy OF MICRO() Don Marcue

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PUBLIC SP,RVICE COMPANY OF COLORADO Grand Junction Division

Sprinkle Irrigation Customers 1952

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OPMATII,TG SEASON Ed Johnson 5 10,196 $176.96 Tay 23 - Oct. 13 C. H. Buttolph 5 - 18,798 _;262.98 _{A?ril 9 - Oct. 27} W. H. Buttolph

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E. Y. Ilbrgan 5 6,224 $130.87 _{April 19 - Sept. 30} M. W. Byer 3 6,608 $111.08 May 12 - Nov. 14 Earl. liiilcox 7.5 12,720 $234.70 _{April 19 - Oct. 29}

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GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO December 20, 1951

W. E. Code Colorado A & M

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Attached is the billing sheet for B. G. lest, Grand Junction, covering the reriod March to November, 1951. "le did not receive a meter reading for April or May, so estimated 100 KtrIT per month.

If the copy billing is not satisfactory, please notify us.

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W. E. CODE. SECRETARY COLORADO A & IN COLLEGE

FORT COLLINS. COLO.

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An automatic self-propelled rotary spray irrigation machine, designed and built by Mr. 1. 1. F. Maple Brown, Springfield, Goulburn, New South Wales, seems likely to revolutionise existing methods of overhead watering.

In a special trial arranged recently for our benefit on sown pastures at Spring-field, which is one of the best known Merino studs in Australia, the machine per-' formed magnificently and reflected the greatest credit on the ingenuity and

re-sI urcefulness of its youthful inventor.

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HE basic principle of Mr. Maple Brown's machine is tI. t the back thrust of pres-sure from water pumped to its ro-tating delivery arms is used to pro-pel the machine forward, the sup-ply of water being maintained by a trailing hose connected to the pump.

A rotating T-piece with two long and two short arms having an overall diameter of 8ft. is mounted on a carriage, which in the prototype machine built for testing purposes. has a pair of solid iron wheels from an old water cart at the rear with old cultivator wheels at the front, with a short axle and a long steering pole to provide leverage on uneven grouml. The rotating T-plece is connected through a gear box to a 4-inch dia-meter winch rnounted on the frame-work on ordinary bearings.

The reduction through the gear-box can be varied between 20 and 80 to 1, the drive being by bicycle chain through sprockets of various sizes. The winch is 18 inches wide with sides 4 to 5 inches high and at pre-sent carries 500ft. of three-sixteenth inch galvanised wire rope, although it is capable of handling 80sft. of such rope.

The wire rope passes forward from the winch through a

pulley attached to a gal-vanised steel post driven into the ground at the end point to which the machine will travel, and then passes back to the front of the machine.

The steel post bearing the pulley is subjected to considerable strain when the sprays operate and the machine moves forward, and it is braced by steel stay-wires going back to short steel posts firmly driven into the ground.

Water is supplied to the spray arms through 180ft. of 2-in. diameter can-vas hose which trails behind the machine.

Pressure of around 501b. per square inch is maintained in the main, but the machine will work satisfactorily

Automatic

Watering

Mr. Maple Brown's self-propelled rotary spray irrigator watering sown pastures on the family property, "Springfield,"

Goulburn, N.S.W. with pressures down to 401b. per

square inch, and with a hose of a larger diameter still lower pressure can be used.

Water is supplied by a 4-inch single stage centrifugal pump driven by a Field Marshal single cylinder diesel engine delivering 40 h.p. on the belt, and Mr. Maple Brown says that this equipment could readily supply water for four or five machines operating

at the one time. The two short arms of the rotating T-piece are set to work against the long arms. The short arms are fitted with three-eighth inch jets, and the lona ones with half-inch jets.

In extensive practical tests it has been found that the machine will supply three inches of water to a strip of land 400ft. long and 100ft. wide in 10 hours and that during this period it operates quite auto-matically and requires no super-vision or attention.

When delivering water at this ra;_e the machine moves forward with a speed of about 8in. per minute, and the traction force exerted is sufficient to pull it over all normal obstacles,

A close-up view of the winch which pulls the machine forrvard by nzeans of a wire rope.

such as rough, uneven ground, and even over fencing posts deliberately thrown on the ground in front of it. Moreover, it can be operated quite effectively up billion sloping cour.try and in the trials witnessed by the writer it readily Climbed a slope of about I in 3 with only a very slight reduction in speed.

Repeated performance tests carried out by Mr. Maple Brown have given the following results:

• At 201b. pressure 60 gallons a minute are delivered and distributed eVenly over a diameter of 60 feet.

• At 301b. pressure delivery is 70 •f

per minute and diameter of watering is 70 feet.

• At 401b. pressure delivery is gallons per minute and diameter of watering is 85 feet.

The experimental prototype mach-ine, described and illustrated herein, cost about .100 to build. It weighs about five hundredweight, including hose without water, and when in use water in the hose adds about 2501b. to the weight.

Extensive trials have clearly shown the soundness of the machine's working principles and its effectiveness in giving an even distribution a water with an abso-lute minimum of labor requirement. The next stage of development is to mount the machine on rubber-tyred wheels and to seek a smoother type of hose to reduce friction, as this factor at present reduces pressure by S. 201b. between the main and the machine.

It is believed that if commercial production is undertaken, the whole machine complete with rubber tyres should sell for less than E5O.

The high capital cost of purchasing anS installing spray irrigation equip-ment and the time and labor in-volved in shifting spray lines or fixed rotary sprinklers has always militated against the wide-spread adoption of overhead watering and it now looks as if this invention by a resourceful young Australian may revolutionise spray irrigation methods throughout the world.

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with R. O. Woodfin and C. H. Buttolph of the irrigation committee it was decided to use the county sprinkler equipment again if a suitable cooperator and crop

could be found. Mr. Buttolph recomzended a 4r. Kelley a G.I. agricultural student, who would attempt a 4 acre irrigated pasture experiment near Fruita. The sprinklar equipment was not of the correct character for this type of use and although Kelley obtained a fair stand, it did not look thrifty when seen on June 27, The oats were heavily infested with smut. To do a better job, I recommended some small changes in the equipment at County expense. On July 16 when next visited the pasture was in poor shape from lack of water. It appeared that Kelley could not afford the expense of operating the equipment and by common consent the project was abandoned. The equipment was removed to the County warehouse.

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Mr. W. E. Code Irrigation Engineer Colorado A & M College Fort ColiLls, Colorado Dear Mr. Cod,A

DENVER 1. COLORADO December 2E, 1949

We are glad to learn that the :rite-up on the use of sprinklers on sugar beets has been of value to you. You raise the question as to whether this information might also be applied to tomatoes grown in California, and the answer is in the affirmative. In fact, all crops produced in the Clarks-burg, California, ar-a are overhead irrigated including alfalfa.

The contour of the land is extremely flat and this in conjunc-tion with the fact that the area is surrounded by sloughs which make for a fairly water table results in an area tailor made for the use of the sprinkler system of irrigation compared to gravity methods.

In the Montana area a great c;eal of the land is rolling, and some of it is also new ground. It would be uneconomic to attemA to level some of this ground, and agronomically it would be unwise as a great deal of raw soil would be exposed, and which in this particula- instance would be mostly rocks. Therefore, sprinkler irrigation is a very practical solution to the problem.

In the Montana area as well as elsewhere where presently sprink-ler irrigation is coming into use we advocate gravity irrigation wherever pos-sible. I feel that your comments to the effect that you are refraining from recommending sprinkler irrigation wherever it is possible to do a decent job using the old method is a wise course. Certainly where sufficient water is available and where the contour of land is such z-s to permit gravity irriga-tion, this is by far the most economical and satisfactory method to use. There are, however, areas in Colorado where due to extremely short water sup-ply one coulluse to good advantage the sprinkler irrigation method.

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