404. MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
and can look overinto the Canaan, the promised land, the hong of 
fine fruits. 
To all of our friends I extend the hearty welcome of this society. 
Not only to this but to all meetings of this society, we are glad at 
all times to have you with us; it shows your appreciation of our 
past work and gives us courage to do more in the future, and should 
any conclude that they like us well enough to become one of our 
number you will make us twice glad, and I can assure you that 
should you join our body you will find yourself connected with 
a right royal good set of fine fellows. To alll advise,ask questions. 
Don’t leave this meeting with an unsolved difficulty not stated- 
Sombody here will probably answer your query,if you will only 
give it voice. This will increase the interest and profit of our ses- 
sion, and when it has closed, and each member goes his own indi- 
vidual way, all will realize that it was good for us to have been 
here. 
IRRIGATION IN A SMALL WAY. 
G. H. PRESCOTT, ALBERT LEA. 
There are two points to be considered in irrigation; first, to get 
the water; second, how toapply it. I get my supply from a tubular 
well, two inches in diameter, 142 feet deep, twelve feet in the rock, 
the water rising to within twenty-seven feet of the surface, and 
pump it into a tank on a tower twelve feet high. <A pipe 144 inches 
in diameter runs from the tank along the side of my garden. This 
pipe is connected by couplings, every other one being a T fora %- 
inch pipe. Iusea pine pie to stop up the hole until we want to 
use the 44-inch pipe. ‘The 34-inch pipe is used for side lines of pipe 
and running the same ee as the rows of plants. I also have 
twenty feet of rubber hose, *%-inch, anda nozzle. Now, if your cul- 
tivator is arranged right the outside hoe will make a small furrow 
just right to run the water in. Run the %-inch pipe line 
along the row to the highest place and attach your hose, first taking” 
off the nozzle. Lay the hose lengthways of the furrows, and you are 
ready to turn on the water. When the water has run the full length 
of the furrow, put the hose in another furrow, and soon. If you 
want to spray or runa stream of water on your plants, put on the 
nozzle. To spray, put your forefinger on the under side of the noz- 
zle close to the water, and you will soon learn how to make a very 
nice spray. Your hose will water all the rows of plants twenty feet 
each side of the pipe. When that is done move the pipe to the next 
coupling in the main line. 
I use horse power todo my pumping. Blindfold the horse, and 
he will go right along without a driver. 
I sometimes spray the raspberry and blackberry bushes when 
they are repining, holding the stream at the root of the plant for an 
instant—it acts like a shower. Evening is the best time. It is 
cheaper to let the water flow, as one has to hoid the hose all the 
time while spraying. 
For cucumbers and other vines, make a good furrow near the 
hills; the vines will run over this furrow, but youcan use it just the 
same. 
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