The gasoline engine on the farm; a practical, comprehensive treatise on the construction, repair, management and use of this great farm power as applied to all farm machinery and farmer's work indoors and out .. (1913)
Putnam, Xenophon Whiting, 1867- · New York, The Norman W. Henley Pub. Co. · leaf 405
ac-tually applied escapes, so that several times thisamount must reach the ground in which they grow,if they are properly watered. One inch of water peracre weighs something like 112 tons and it is esti-mated that on an average it requires six acre inchesto thoroughly irrigate the ground; that is,… … P^ 404 The Gasoline Engine on the Farm needed, or a total of 16 to 18 inches. Making dueallowance for the waste from evaporation, it requiresa little less than 28,400 gallons to irrigate one acre ofground one inch deep, and an acre-foot requires about325,900 gallons. 523. The Cost.—A general rule…
Internal combustion engines · Farm engines
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