Report on the Revised Settlement of the Jhang District of the Punjab, 1874-1880 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...the Chenab is good, though there are exceptions. On the Jhelam it is inferior. The definition of ' sach' is not easy, but it apparently means a good water-bearing stratum of pure sand through which water springs or percolates regularly and rapidly into the well. When the diver asserts that the ' sach' has been reached, the water supply is at once tested by borrowing 7 or 8 pairs of bullocks and working the well for two days as hard as it can go. If the water level in the well is thereby only a few inches lowered, the water supply is good. The 'sach' having been reached the well is worked for about a week to further test the water-bearing capacity of the stratum, and if everything is satisfactory the platform is taken off and the sand thrown down round the well. Where the ' sach' is good the well scarcely ever requires cleaning. All that has to be done is to pick out the well pots and fragments that tumble in from time to time; whereas with a bad or no ' sach' the well requires constant attention. Sand and mnd accumulate inside, and have to be removed, and the well has to be stopped because there is no water. When the brick work cracks or falls in, the well is rendered serviceable by sinking inside a small wood cylinder called 'chak, ' ' kothi, ' ' bachcha, ' 'chobachcha.' Sometimes the crack is patched up, but this is not usual. A kacha well is only sunk down low enough to ensure a good supply of water. They are not renewed or repaired, but have to be cleaned out. The water in a kacha well is never clear. A well with a wattle cylinder lasts about 6 years, one with a stake cylinder about 15 years. 95. The question--" What does it cost to sink a well?" must be an swered just as the question--" What is the area a a wc.. wejj can irrigate? - by...