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similar to those described above. (PI. I, fig. 1.) It requires two men 

 to tend tlie witches and one man to run the engine. He lias no method 

 of measuring the water and does not know how much he uses, but he 

 adds water until he thinks the plants are sufficiently supplied. His 

 plant cost about $1,500 and has been in use four or five years. He 

 estimates his net profit from irrigation to be $500 a year. 



JOHN SCHUMACHER, ELMHURST, LONG ISLAND. 



Mr. Schumacher irrigates 6 to 8 acres of onions, lettuce, celery, 

 radishes, and carrots regularly, and cauliflower and cabbage when the 

 weather is dry. He obtains his water from the city reservoir and 

 pays $3 per thousand cubic feet for the first thousand, $2 for the sec- 

 ond, and ^1 per thousand thereafter, and finds it is cheaper for him 

 to purchase from the city than to provide his own jtuminng plant, 

 which he formerly had, as the total cost of water used annually is onlj- 

 about $200. The water is carried in pipes and applied by the same 

 method as that used by Fred Schumacher. He has irrigated for about 

 ten years, and while he has no definite data as to the profits, he feels 

 certain it pays, and saj's he would not attempt to grow market-garden 

 crops without a guaranty of an abundance of water when needed. 

 His experience teaches that it is necessary to water thorough]}', and 

 he therefore soaks his soil at each application. Such plants as lettuce 

 and celery he waters daily. 



H. SCHUMACHER, JERSEY CITY, N. J. 



Mr. Schumacher also uses city water, for which he pays at the rate 

 of $1.50 X3er thousand cubic feet. He applies the water b}^ means of 

 a single " water witch " at the end of hose of varying lengths. He 

 irrigates chiefly celery, beets, and lettuce, and applies water to about 

 seven to eight acres. The cost of water ranges from $100 to $150 per 

 year. He has kept no record of the cost of its ai)plicatiou other than 

 the cost of water. His estimate of the net profits from irrigation is 

 from $500 to $1,000 annually from the area mentioned. 



W. W. RAWSON, ARLINGTON, MASS. 



Mr. Rawson has irrigated market-garden crops for twenty-five 

 years. His plant consists of pumps and i^iijing. His pumps have a 

 capacity of 2,000 gallons per minute, and when they are working to 

 their full capacity it requires four men to handle them and apply the 

 water when irrigating in furrows. When irrigating small garden 

 truck it requires three or four times as manj' men, although usually 

 some are using one method and some another. The water is drawn 

 from a river and is usually pumped directly into the pipes, as he has 

 only a small tank for storage for use in sj^rinkling and watering 



