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Portable System for Furrow Irrigation of Small Plots
Author(s) -
Heatherly Larry G.,
Ginn L. H.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1981.03615995004500050039x
Subject(s) - tractor , irrigation , center pivot irrigation , trailer , environmental science , marine engineering , suction , row , hydrology (agriculture) , ditch , geotechnical engineering , engineering , structural engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , biology , ecology , database
A portable apparatus designed for furrow irrigation of small plots was constructed with a 3,800‐liter water wagon and a piece of gated aluminum irrigation pipe mounted laterally on the wagon. The pipe is long enough to water the middles of a four‐row plot. It is clamped by two brackets to a frame which is hinged at two points on the underside of the wagon. The hydraulic system of a standard row‐crop tractor is used to operate two double‐action hydraulic cylinders which are pivoted on the underside of the wagon and to each arm of the support frame for the gated pipe. A pump mounted on the rear of the wagon is attached to the water tank by noncollapsing suction hose and to the gated pipe by flexible fire hose. A graduated sight gauge on the pump end of the water tank allows for accurate measurement of applied water. The maximum output of the system is 380 liters/min.; a fully‐loaded trailer can provide 10 cm of water to a plot with four 100‐cm‐wide rows 9.1 m long without refilling.