Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1894 — Irrigation in 'Drouthy” Kansas. [ARTICLE]

Irrigation in 'Drouthy” Kansas.

A large indiviuual irrigation plant in Kansas is described as follows by a paper in that State: “Among the irrigation plants in course of construction in Kansas probably the most extensive is that of Mr. G. M. Munger, of Eureka, Greenwood county. He is constructing a reservoir which will cover about 160 acres with water. This is done by building a dam 2,800 feet long and 38 feet high at its greatest height. This, as described by the Irrigation Farmer, will catch the storm waters from a large area and will be used primarily for the irrigation of a 500acre orchard now just beginning to bear. The water will be raised by two compound duplex steam pumps, the water cylinders of which are twelve by fifteen inches. Each pump has ten inch suction and eight inch discharge. These pumps will elevate the water to a height of sixtyfive feet, delivering it on the highest part of Mr. Munger’s farm. The estimated cost of the plant complete, including ditches for distribution of the water is $15,000.