. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . Fig. 22.—Map of Jefferson County Rice Companys farm, showing irrigation canals. branching off. Mr. Ward irrigated about 400 acres in 1899 and 900acres in 1900, but the plant is now leased to Bigham Brothers. Jefferson County Rice Company system.—The farm of the Jeffer-son County Rice Company is 17 miles from Beaumont, and is the lastone on the. south side of Taylors Bayou, all the land below beingmarshy and subject to overflow from salt water. Two pumps, one22-inch Marri and one 15-inch Ivens, of capacities of 20,000
. Water Supply and Irrigation Papers of the United States Geological Survey . Fig. 22.—Map of Jefferson County Rice Companys farm, showing irrigation canals. branching off. Mr. Ward irrigated about 400 acres in 1899 and 900acres in 1900, but the plant is now leased to Bigham Brothers. Jefferson County Rice Company system.—The farm of the Jeffer-son County Rice Company is 17 miles from Beaumont, and is the lastone on the. south side of Taylors Bayou, all the land below beingmarshy and subject to overflow from salt water. Two pumps, one22-inch Marri and one 15-inch Ivens, of capacities of 20,000 and 7,500 U. S. GEOLOGICAL survey WATER-SUPPLY PAPER NO 71 PL VII J m _ + __jfr m &A Jfev 1 \R^MM^mh*^ ~ A PUMPING STATION OF JEFFERSON COUNTY RICE 11 RICE THRESHER AT WORK ON PORT ARTHUR IRRIGATION COMPANYS PLANTATION. Taylor.] BEAUMONT SECTION. 91 gallons a minute, respectively, raise the water from the bayou againsli lift of feet. The engines arc of the Erie make, of capacities ofL50 and 50 horsepower, respectively. The boiler is of the same make, and has a steaming capacity of* 200 horsepower. The flume is L2 feetwide, 3 feet deep, and 180 feet long, and discharges into a canal LOOfeet wide. The soil is a deep, black, sandy loam and has a day sub-soil. In 1899 it yielded 8 sacks to the acre. This farm has been irri-gated six years. Fourteen hundred acres were planted in L899, butI lie number was reduced to about 800 acres in 1900. In 1901 abouti 3,000 acres were irrigated. PL VII, A, is a view of the pumping sta-tion. The smaller pump was installed in 1896, the larger (a 150-horsepower) in 1898, The company owns 10,424 acres of land, whichthey have divided into quarter sections and thrown open to actualsettlers. So far 3
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