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furrow svsteni was used for strawberries, the furrows being 150 feet 

 long and 3 feet apart. One hundred feet of 2-inch hose w^as enijiloj'ed 

 for this purpose. In a dry year the strawberry crop w^as doubled. 

 The greater part of the farm is now devoted to fruit trees, and irriga- 

 tion has been practically abandoned. 



No. 51. C.H.Slade, of Suffolk County, irrigates 10 acres by pump- 

 ing from a dug well 15 feet deep, the water standing 6 feet below the 

 ground. A boiler, which in cold weather heats a greenhouse, fur- 

 nishes steam to a direct-acting pump which delivers water against a 

 75-foot lift into a 10,000-gallon wooden tank, which it fills in eight 

 hours. The water for the tank is pumped through 500 feet of 2-inch 

 pipe. The hose system of irrigation is used. A |-inch hose will 

 empty the tank in ten hours, and in this time wall irrigate 1 acre of 

 land to a depth of 0.4 inch. The water is used largely in greenhouse 



Fig. 4.— Adjustable hydrant with hose and nozzle. 



irrigation, a hose and sprinkler being employed. Cucumbers are 

 irrigated every day in dry weather. This plant cost $1 ,000, including 

 tower and tank. 



The same owner irrigates 12 acres by pumping directly into a 3-inch 

 pipe line, provided with T's for hose connection every 300 feet. The 

 pump will supply a 2-inch hose stream. Hose is used in lengths up 

 to 300 feet and the water is distributed by sprinkling. This plant 

 cost $600, and uses J ton of coal, at $4.50, in a day. In 1905, 5 acres 

 were irrigated. The pump will irrigate 1 acre in two days to a depth 

 of 4.5 inches. The great difference in the depth recpiired inside a 

 greenhouse and in the field shows very clearly the effect of the glass 

 cover in preventing evaporation. 



No. 52. A. H. Long, of Suffolk County, irrigates 1 acre with city 

 Waaler, costing $1 .20 ])er thousand cubic feet. The water is distributed 

 by sprinkling from a single water witch, the annual cost of water 



