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Mr. Daaforth: We have an artesian well. 



Prof. Green: How long are your rows? 



Mr. Danforth: The rows are about 400 feet long-, but there was 

 one end on which we could not get the water. 



Prof. Green: Did you notice any great difference in the growth 

 of the plants watered? 



Mr. Danforth: I think there was a good deal more vigorous 

 growth of plants, but so far as the fruit was concerned I did not see 

 much difference. I think it was soine better, but nothing remark- 

 able. 



Pres. Underwood: As I understand it. Mr. Danforth, you had 

 plenty of rain any way? 



Mr. Danforth: Yes, we had enovigh rain the fore part of the season 

 any way. 



Prof. Green: What kind of soil are you growing your strawber- 

 ries on? 



Mr. Danforth: It is a clay subsoil. 



Mr. G. J. Kellogg: You spoke of the rains injuring your plants 

 when in blossom; were the}^ cold rains? 



Mr. Danforth: Yes, we had very heavy rains when our strawber- 

 ries were in blossom. 



Prof. Green: "What is the slope of your ground? 



Mr. Danforth: It slopes about one foot in a hundred feet on one 

 side, and about four feet in a hundred on the other. 



Mr. Kellogg: What did you expend on your irrigation plant? 



Mr. Danforth: About $450. 



Mr. Kellogg: About how inany acres can you irrigate? 



Mr. Danforth: About fifteen acres. We can put it across" the 

 road, however, and irrigate thirty. 



Mr. Kellogg: Would it pay? 



Mr. Danforth: As the seasons were two years ago, I think it would. 



Prof. Green: Where are you located? 



Mr. Danforth: Forty miles below, at Red Wing. One thing in 

 regard to watering. Mr. Gardner spoke as though he never watered 

 plants; we water our plants right along. We start in right after we 

 set them out; we cannot wait for a favorable day. 



Pres. Underwood: You mean you w^ater when you plant? 



Mr. Danforth: Yes, we haul with wagons when we are setting out 

 plants. 



Mr. C. W. Sampson: How many acres have you in strawberries? 



Mr. Danforth: A.bout five acres. 



Mr. Wedge: When do you begin to irrigate? 



Mr. Danforth: We usually start as early as we can. Sometimes 

 we have plenty of rain. 



Mr. Clarence Wedge: Judge Moyer asked some time ago where 

 we would advise him to set a strawberrj?^ bed on the prairie, about 

 one hundred-miles west. I think the point Mr. Pearce brought out 

 is of very great importance; some place where the winds do not 

 have a great sweep, and where the snow is inclined to stay; and I 

 also think the bed shovild be planted somewhere where it can re- 

 ceive artificial irrigation when it is needed. I used to think a few 



