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Juno, and about tlio ond of Juno tho first crop is out. If tlio woatlior 

 roniains dry tho land is irri^^atod for pasturo. Irrigation doubles the 

 yield. 



At the State Insane Asylum there are Irrigated 65 aores of grass with 

 sewage water, which is pumped into a reservoir on a hill and distrib- 

 uted through pipes and 2i-inoh canvas hose, from which the water 

 discharges freely over the land. The yield of hay is 2^ tons j)(>r acre. 

 This irrigation plant is described at length on page 1(). 



Mrs. Sarah Butz formerly irrigated 8 acres yielding about 3 tons ])or 

 acre in two cuttings. An embankment for a trolley-line has recently 

 been erected through the farm, and as no provision has boon made for 

 conveying the water through the embankment tlio farm was not irri- 

 gated the past 3'ear, with the result that the yield was reduced to less 

 than a ton per acre. 



G. W. Amey irrigates from a spring 5 acres, which ^aeld two and 

 sometimes three crops, or a total of 18 tons per year. The owner 

 behoves that irrigation doubles the crop. Tho same piece is irrigated 

 continuously for a month. 



In the -s-icinity of Richlandtown are a few farms where meadow land 

 is irrigated by surface drainage from tho roads. Xo reliable figures, 

 however, could be obtained of the value of such irrigation. 



Jacob Knecht irrigates 5 acres, which yield Ih tons per acre. The 

 crop from nonirrigated land is hardly worth cutting. The land in the 

 past has been irrigated once a week, the water running continuously 

 for three days on the same piece. Tho owner thinks the water should 

 be changed every day and that the farm has sufi'orod from overirriga- 

 tion. A considerable growth of sour grass, which is mainly due to 

 overirrigation, may be seen in many other places throughout the 

 country. 



liEHIGH COUNTY. 



C. H. Kline irrigates 4 acres, pelding nearly 2 tons per acre in two 

 cuttings. Nonirrigated land has only half this ^deld. Water is 

 applied continuously for five days, every three weeks, the first crop 

 receiving six irrigations and the second crop four. 



J. C. Ackerman irrigates 8 acres, yielding 2 tons per acre for the first 

 crop and 1 ton per acre for the second crop, after wliich the land is 

 pastured. The land is irrigated once a week, the water running con- 

 tinuously for a day on the same piece. The first crop receives twelve 

 irrigations, starting in April, and the second crop eight. The time 

 required to change the water is not over a quarter of an hour a day. 

 Twenty-five head of cattle are w^intered on the hay from 8 acres. 



