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INCREASES BERU RAZIG WITH LAS
By CLAUDETTE McINNIS
Anyone who has ever watched a
crop burn up from lack of water, will
agree with the importance of water
and its conservation. This is what
Ernest, Charles and W. C. White had
in mind when they installed a lake
pump on W. C. White's place six miles
north of Springlake in Lamb County.
The pumping unit is a 50-50 en-
deavor with W. C., who owns the land,
and the two brothers, who farm the
property.
With the centrifugal p u m p the
Whites were able to water 10 acres of
Bermuda pasture that otherwise would
not have received water, because the
well was being used for watering field
crops.
This 30 acre lake and the pump-
ing unit manufactured by KMP Pump
Co. of Earth, made possible twice as
much pasturage as the White Brothers
would have had without the additional
water.
The lake filled in May, and the
pumping system was installed in July.
The water supply lasted until Sep-
tember.
According to the way the pump
worked this summer it is profitable
from an economic stand point, and
easy to operate. Priming is not neces-sary for this pump which is motored
by a six cylinder Chevrolet, number
292. Another extra-ordinary feature
of this pump is that there is no screen-
ing necessary. The system has pumped
tad-poles and water-dogs.
In the beginning the pump was set
in the lake-bed, as the water was
lowered the pump was gradually mov-
ed toward the reseeding water. Final-
ly, the Whites decided on a perma-
nent placing of the pump. A dozer
pulled out a dump for a stabilized
place for the pump, this dump is
above the high water level of the lake.
The pumping system, which costs
approximately $1,425 will pump as
much in a one week period as an
eight-inch well, and in some cases
considerably more. Broken down per
item, the expenses for the unit are
pump, $650; trailer, $150; engine and
carburetor, $625.
"In five years, the pump should
pay for itself, and based on this year's
operation it will do it," said White.
This type operation is not saving
the Whites' well, but utilizing what
would be waste water, had they not
used the lake pump to provide water
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W. C., Ernest, and Charles White have improved the value of their land as well
as utilizing lake water with this pump. The pump has made possible twice as
much grazing as they would have otherwise had on their Bermuda pasture.3r,
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The certrifugal pump that is manufactured by KMP Pump Co. of Earth will
pump at almost any angle. This easy to operate unit which the Whites have is
fueled by a 55 gallon gasoline drum and uses about one and one-half gallons of
gasoline per hour of pumping time.
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Charles White, Ernest White and Gus Parrish inspect the lake pump after it has
been placed on the dump. This will be the permanent location for the pump,
as it is above the high water level of the lake. Because the pump's bowls are
submerged, it needs no priming.Fertilizer Problem -
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at the expense of fruiting.
Since September 1, 1962, a new
water testing service has been offer-
red by the soils laboratory at Texas
A and M University. Farmers interes-
ted in having their irrigation waters
tested may have a combined nitrate
and total salt content test made forEPUMP
$5. per water sample. One pint sam-
ples of the water should be sent to
the laboratory in plastic containers.
The containers should be rinsed with
the water to be analyzed at least three
times before being filled to prevent
contamination of the water sample.
The samples should be well packaged
and mailed to the Soil Testing Service,
Texas Agricultural Extension Service,
College Station, Texas.lOSE ABANDONED WELLS!
A LITTLE LIFE IS WORTH MORE THAN A LITTLE TIME, CLOSE TH
September 1963
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High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.). The Cross Section, Volume 10, Number 4, September 1963, periodical, September 1963; Lubbock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1532862/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.