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of strawberries and allowed the water to run under the mulch to the 
end of the row, and then moved it to the next row, and so continued 
through to the last row. I did not have sufficient water to g0 over 
the patch more than twice, as I was watering the new settings of 
strawberries during that time, and then had to transfer the water to 
the raspberries before they began to turn color. Where there was 
mulching there was no waste whatever and very little where there 
was none. 
My yield of strawberries was 1,400 quarts from one-third of an acre, 
the receipts being $170.00, besides the value of berries that were 
eaten at home. The rate per acre would be one hundred and thirty- 
eight bushels or $510.00. The yield of varieties based on the length 
of row required for one quart of berries is as follows: Capt. Jack, 
22 ft.; Crescent, 23 ft.; Warfield, 23 ft.; Haverland, 3%4 ft.; Glendale, 
4ft.; Parker Earle, 414 ft.; Bubach, 51% ft.; Lovett, 53g ft.; May King, 775 
ft.; Mt. Vernon, 7! ft.; Louise, 914 ft.; Michaels Early, 103 ft.; Gandy, 
11} ft. 
You will observe that Capt. Jack asa producer eclipsed the Cres- 
cent and Warfield, in spite of its being a staminate; the Michaels 
Early was nearly at the foot of the list, or not much over twenty per 
cent. of the Jack. I think the Parker Earle would have done as well 
as the Haverland if it could have had the water but being a late 
berry the water was taken to the raspberries too soon. The pro- 
spective yield, if everything had been Capt. Jack, would have been 
216 bushels per acre, and more water would have added to that con- 
siderbly. 
Where there is so much lost space where Parker Earle and other 
slow running varieties are planted, 1 would humbly suggest that 
they be planted closer together, but maintain about two feet in the 
row and be able thereby to cultivate both ways with a horse. 
I will state in conclusion as evidence of the severity of the drouth 
on fruit this past season that the one inch of rainfall in June, the 
.270f aninchin July and the .55 of an inch in August were the 
smallest in twenty-two years excepting in August, 1883. Therefore. 
a windmill would not irrigate this year what it would nicely answer 
for ina season of ordinary rainfall; but in spite of that I would not 
recommend a mill unless it was found practical to have large cis- 
terns or ponds and keep the mill going continually in order to store 
water for future use. 
IRRIGATING WITH A ‘VAPOR ENGINE.” 
J. E. EMPENGER, HOPKINS. 
My farm is situated in the N. E. quarter of sec. 26, half mile west of 
Hopkins. The land which I irrigate is on top of a hill sixty-seven 
feet above the level of Shady Oak lake, from which I pump water 
with a vaporengine. My engine house is located below this hill, 
four feet above the level of the lake. The distance of athree-inch 
suction pipe from the pump to the lake is 1,657 feet, the discharge 
pipe is two inches and is laid under ground deep enough to plow 
over. Hose bibs are attached at intervals so that every part of the 
garden can be reached with a hose; the hose bibs can also be left 
open and irrigation by furrows can be done at different places, if de- 
