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Morgan County for its exhibits. If any one wishes to find a desirable 

 location for fruit growing, let him carefully consider the superior ad- 

 vantages offered on the northern slopes of the Ozarks. 



Land is cheap and if care is used in selecting the location, a profit- 

 able orchard may be had. We are far enough north to escape many of 

 the disadvantages of a warmer climate and also to secure the high flavor 

 and desirable texture of northern grown fruit. We are far enough south 

 so as not to be menaced by the losses entailed by excessively severe 

 winters. Our soil and climate conditions insure paying crops and best 

 quality of apples, pears, peaches and all small fruits and berries. 



Situated midway between Missouri's two great cities, with two 

 competing railroads, we have good markets at our door. Commercial 

 peach orchards would be a good investment, as peaches do well and are 

 of best quality. 



IRRIGATION WITH WAGON TANK. 



(J. H. Darsche, Parkville, Mo.) 



I have been much interested at different times, reading of different 

 methods of irregating berry plantations. In my experience in growing 

 berries for over twenty years, I have found there are times in some 

 seasons when there is drouthy weather for a few weeks, when a full ap- 

 plication of water at that time, perhaps only once, will save a crop or a 

 picking or a bed of plants, and carry the plantation till a good rain- 

 fall comes and do a better job than we can. At other times the dry 

 weather continues and there is no let up to the drying out process, and 

 some kind of irrigation becomes a necessity. Now if we have a good 

 supply of water above the level of the ground to be irrigated, it will 

 be a simple matter to find some method of applying it, but if our ground 

 has no supply of water at all and we have to team it some distance, say 

 a mile, then we will have to rig up some handy way of hauling and 

 putting it on the ground. I have used at different times the water tank 

 of a steam thresher, and changed the method of delivering the 

 water several times. The first plan was to obtain the water at the 

 city hydrant and have the sprinkler wagon tank and team to draw the 

 water from the hydrant and haul it to the blackberry field, which was dry- 

 ing up so badly that the leaves of the plants began to wither and drop 

 when the crop was half done. We hauled the water half to three-fourths 

 of a mile and the sprinkler was laid away and we used a 2 1-2 inch rub- 

 ber hose or the size of the water works hose, a piece of which about 



