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words and syllables, though oddly mixed in their lofty tumble, are 
as follows: “Culture, culture, horti, horti, mod-mod-modern, horti- 
culture, horticulture, woman, modern, culture, horti,’ and so on, 
until there was a whole basketful of them and they, seemingly, 
covered the ground, and the dazed human being, sitting in rapt 
astonishment at the sudden evolution and revolution in nature 
whereby the birds are furnished with the power of speech, is dimly 
conscious of existence, and queries, wistfully, What has “Horticul- 
' ture” to do with the “Modern Woman’? 
Mr. William Danforth was called upon to give ‘‘“Some Late 
Thoughts from the Fruit Fields.” Mr. Danforth spoke briefly, 
but touched upon a subject in which all were deeply interested. 
Referring to the drouth of last year, and the results as seen 
this season in the runners not having taken root, he said he 
had learned the lesson to prepare for the dry weather, and he 
believed the drouth’s ill effects could in a great measure be 
counteracted. All were much interested in the description of 
his well, which has just been prepared for irrigating purposes. 
A number of questions were asked Mr. Danforth, which drew 
out the following points: The well has a bore of six inches 
and is 496 feet deep. It isa flowing one and is situated at Red 
Wing on a bench of land of the same height as the city, about 
55 feet above the river. It is an iron water, rather soft, of 
about 50 degrees temperature, good to drink and not too cold 
or injurious for the plants, at least no ill effects had been seen 
from this summer’s use. This well has a capacity of three 
barrels a minute and will water an acre of land in a day. A 
two-inch pipe is used to carry the water to the field. It is car- 
ried part of the way by ditch and partly above ground, which 
tends to raise the temperature somewhat. The entire expense, 
with pipe and valves, was about $500. The 500 feet of two- 
inch pipe cost $78, the valves and other attachments $16, and 
100 feet of two-inch hose $34. 
Mr. A. J. Phillips, secretary of the Wisconsin Horticultural 
Society, being present, was called upon to say a word of 
friendly greeting. Following Mr. Danforth, he described the 
well of Mr. Wolcott, of Sparta, which was sunk last year. 
Having lost his berries two years ago from drouth, he sank an 
artesian well, which cost about $300 and is half as deep as Mr. 
Danforth’s. It has a capacity of three barrels a minute. The 
water is conveyed in a two-inch pipe. Mr. Wolcott thinks the 
well paid for itself the first year and says that if he could not 
have a well he would not try again to raise small fruits. Last 
year, after mowing and burning his vines, he turned on the 
