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drouth. It would have paid in one season for the expense. Straw- 

 berries can hardly have too much water. 



Pro/. T. J. Burrill, of Illinois — Would you apply water to the 

 surface ? 



3Tr. Hale — I would run it between the rows. One of our neighbors 

 used a sprinkler, which spread the water about forty feet. The 

 plan was successful, but he thinks better results can be obtained by 

 running it between the rows. 



Mr. Williams, of Kansas — This subject is one of growing inter- 

 est. We want experience instead of theory. I have had some ex- 

 perience in Texas, and now I am located in Kansas. I am growing 

 that Baptist berry (the strawberry) which must have a great deal of 

 water. I think sub-irrigation will be practical for us. If you pour 

 water on land it will soon soak away, so it is hard to get enough 

 when applied to the surface. Many of us have to rely on wells and 

 windmills. We have not advanced far beyond the Egyptians yet. 

 I hope within a few yfcars we will have a tile which will be within 

 reach of us all. 



Mr. Pearce, of Ohio — We have tried irrigation in Northern Ohio. 

 We tried windmills and they were a failure. In parts of Ohio we 

 can obtain water from artesian wells. Mr. Hale comes from a re- 

 gion where many strawberries originate, and they do not grow as 

 large sometimes as they are represented. You want to put shoe 

 boxes around over the ground, as he did, and water them. 



Mr. Grimes — Our hills have been considered valueless because 

 irrigation would wash them. I have arranged so I can cultivate the 

 hills. I make a flume from the top of the hill to the bottom. When 

 T come to a row, I bore a hole and fix a button over it, so I 

 can let out much or little water. In this way there is no danger 

 of washing. I can go about ray business and let the water run, day 

 and night if necessary. Flumes do not cost much. We have trou- 

 l)le with inexperienced men. One man opened the buttons too wide 

 and made it wash. 



G. Y. Johnson — I put in some tile for draining. I soon found 

 rootlets had filled the drain so water could not run in it. If you 

 can get the tile .so it will stay open, wind mills will do, for it will 

 not take much water. 



