. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. How to Grow Tliem 148 Lifting- Water from Stream cumulating it in a reservoir and discharging at intervals in a volume four times as large, it would more than cover eiglit times the sur- face. A spring flowing two quarts per second will discharge forty-three thousand two hun- dred gallons in twenty-four hours. This would require a reservoir forty by twenty feet, and seven feet deep, or double that width if the depth is decreased one-half. The shal- lower it can be made the better, for many rea- sons, but especially on account of the temp
. California fruits and how to grow them. Fruit culture. How to Grow Tliem 148 Lifting- Water from Stream cumulating it in a reservoir and discharging at intervals in a volume four times as large, it would more than cover eiglit times the sur- face. A spring flowing two quarts per second will discharge forty-three thousand two hun- dred gallons in twenty-four hours. This would require a reservoir forty by twenty feet, and seven feet deep, or double that width if the depth is decreased one-half. The shal- lower it can be made the better, for many rea- sons, but especially on account of the temper- ature of the water. That of springs is gener- ally too low in summer for immediate use, and its value is greatly enhanced by being raised to an equal or greater temperature than that of the air. This is quickly done by ex- posure in a shallow pond. A reservoir can be constructed entirely in the ground where the slope will admit of it, and by lining the bot- tom and sides with clay well puddled, will an- swer for most purposes. Some are built of adobe, backed with earth and plastered on the inner side with hydraulic cement. Concrete of lime, sand, and broken stone, is, however, the best material, where lime can be readily obtained, and any person with ordinary me- chanical skill can construct them. The fol- lowing hints on a dirt reservoir may be sug- gestive : A reservoir should be built on the highest part of the tract sought to be irrigated by scraping the earth from the outside and from such a large area as not to affect the utility of the land from which it is taken. With a levee all around 5 feet high, 4 feet of water could be carried safely. The slopes ought to be two to one on the inside. A reservoir 20 feet square and 4 feet deep would hold gallons. With the slopes as above the reservoir should be measured 2 feet from the bottom, or half way up the 4 feet of water; consequently to lay out a reservoir to hold 12,000 gallons, put the stakes 12 feet square and b
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