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IRRIGATION OF TRUCK FARMS. 



The followino: list of truck farms, most of which arc clescril)C(l h\tor 

 in detail, shows the location and area of each farm. These farms are 

 referred to in the subsequent discussion by their numbers, as given in 

 the list below: 



Irrigated Inicl- farms. 



No. 



Louis Chassagnc Maryla nd Baltimoro 



N. II. Mack Pennsylvania Lancaster 



State Insane .Vsviimi do Berks 



I'. B. Dilks do Philadelphia 



M. V. Dilks do do 



Alfred Paul do Montgomery 



U.J. Wieand..... do , Lehigh 



John F. Weaver do i Northampton 



Ed C. Schaefer do j do 



Julius Karaltinus do do 



J. F. Engler do do 



Ilarrv Broadhead do | Monrce 



R. F.Schwarz do | do. 



M. Garrahan , do i Luzerne 



Mrs. R. C. Shannon 1 do j Northumberland 



W.J. Suter do ; do 



C. McWilliams do j do 



F. W. Kilbourne New Jersey Middlesex 



W. P. Stokes I do ! Burlmgton 



Ilenrv A. Dreer | do do 



r. R.'llunt do Hunterdon 



David Astle ' do | Cumberland 



Cuno Becker - do do 



Stii te As vliiiii for Feeble-Miiided Children do j do 



William Ash do ' do 



George Mitchell do do 



J. II. Shute ; do ,....! Gloucester 



L. M. Parkhurst i . .do [ Atlantic 



Hermann Graumann ; do ' do 



John I. .Sickles ! do Monmouth 



Julius Roehrs do Bergen 



William Young do Essex 



F.J. Forthuber do do 



Ilenrv Schumacher do i Morris 



John "Wilhelm do Hudson 



Arthur Robinson do | do 



W. Gurnheit do do 



F. Schumacher New York , Queens 



Phillip Bach do do 



Witte Bros do do 



B. II. Mohlenhofl do do 



August Plenge ' do do 



John Schumacher do do 



Acres. 



6 



4 



105 



3 



0.3 



5 



9 



Bender Bros do do 



Frank Coolidge Massachusetts Middlesex . . 



W. W. Rawson do do 



Weyman Bros do do 



James Purcell do do 



W. H. Allen do do 



Hittinger Fruit Co , do Suffolk 



C. II. Slade do do 



A.H.Long do do 



II. W. Locke do Middlesex . . 



Lovell Bros do do 



Pierce Bros ' do do 



J. W . Russell : do do , 



D N Potter j Rhode Island. .. .i Providence. 



C. W. Patt do do 



2 

 1.5 



2 



1.6 



2 

 15 

 15 

 7 



18 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 17 

 100 

 40 

 40 

 10 

 95 



DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF IRRIGATION PLANTS. 

 MARYLAND. 



No. 1. Louis Chassagne, of Baltimore County, irrigates 6 acres of 

 garden truck with water from the city main, costing 6 cents per thou- 

 sand gallons, or $19.50 per acre-foot. In 1904, 4 acres were irrigated, 



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