Channel Two – Irrigation
The sprinkler irrigation system.
Irrigation with sprinklers. In the middle of the clip, the end plug is pulled to wash out the sand. In the latter portion, you see the family members moving the aluminum pipe.
Drilling the windmill at the old home place in Brice.
Moving the pipe
Next dirt roads to travel:
In the Panhandle before widespread irrigation, farming was event-driven, not clock-driven. Rain determined not just yields, but moods, debts, and futures.
The Arrival of Irrigation
These pictures were probably taken because irrigation was new enough to be notable.. Irrigation itself was the subject, not crops, not scenery, not people.
Daily Irrigation
This shows the windmill being drilled on the home place. Before this, water had to be hauled, and heated by fire.
Windmill Drilling