main line and 6,300 feet of 10-inch
concrete or steel pipe carrying the
water to the field. Revolving sprin
kler heads are used. The system will
deliver a little more than 2/5 of an
inch of water per hour. At this rate,
6% acres are handled in a 10-hour
period and at one setting—with an*
estimated 4% inches of water ap
plied.
The pipe carries 2,400 gallons of
water per minute down the 180-foot
hillside drop to develop a pressure
of 70 pounds. Hansen sets his sprin
kler system on a 6%-acre plot in
the morning and changes it in the
evening, allowing the system to run
all night. This means that he actual
ly spends only 2 or 3 hours a day
at the job of irrigating and has all
day to do his other farm work. An
irrigator would have to be paid at
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the day and night operation.
System Cost $10.000
The irrigation setup cost about
$10,000 with $3,800 in the sprinkler
system and $6,200 in the concrete
works and piping from the hillside
creek to the field.
The farm includes 540 acres at
which about 220 is tillable and the
balance timberland. One hundred
acres can be irrigated now by the
sprinkler system and another 120
acres can be cleared for eventual
irrigation. The tillable acreage was
all nonirrigated before this June
when the sprinkler system was in
stalled. Thirty acres was in alfalfa
and 70 in a sweet clover green
manure crop last year.
Half of this green manure crop
will be plowed up this year and
seeded to permanent pasture. Han
sen figured that with such a small
tillable acreage, he could not com
pete with the large scale grain farm
ers—especially from standpoint of
machinery investment necessary. So
he plans to go into the beef cattle
business. He hopes to buy 25 to 30
head of Angus bred heifers this year
and build the herd up to perhaps 200
cows.
He will then plan on selling calves
at weaning time. He also plans to
have about 150 head of Rambouil
let ewes with Suffolk bucks to pro
duce feeder lambs.
The cash crop in the past has been
grain but with irrigation, Hansen
plans to have permanent pastime
supporting a beef cattle and sheep
operation.
When the farm is converted com
, pletely to livestock production, the
100 acres will be half hay and half
permanent pasture. The system re
quires no pumping and no ditch
maintenance—in other words, ns
upkeep.
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