24 Market Gardening. 



For about nine months of the year a windmill would 

 furnish all the water required by a market garden, but 

 during the other three months a steam-pump would be 

 required in addition in order to furnish a sufficient 

 supply for all seasons. 



On a later page we shall present a cut of a compact 

 and serviceable steam apparatus designed for pumping, 

 under Deane's patent. It combines all the essential 

 features needed for drawing water from the source 

 of supply (well, spring, stream, pond, or tank), and 

 forcing the water any distance and height to a point 

 suitable for distributing it, by gravity, over the land to 

 be irrigated ; or, as sometimes practised, forcing it 

 through pipes to hydrants, where hose can be used for 

 further distribution. In some cases the hose may run 

 directly from the pump. It is much more easily under- 

 stood and managed than might be supposed, owing to 

 the simplicity and compact style of its construction. 

 It is claimed to be the simplest arrangement of the 

 kind on the market, and such that any one of ordinary 

 intelligence can learn to operate it in half a day. 



The easiest and perhaps the best way of leading the 

 water to various localities at will is by the use of rubber 

 hose ; this is cheaper than pipe, which is heavy, and 

 very awkward to handle. At the present time it is 

 easy to obtain rejected steam fire-engine hose which, 

 although not strong enough to stand the pressure of 

 the steam fire-engines, is amply strong enough to use 

 for irrigating. There is seldom more than thirty 

 pounds' pressure, as the water is not forced, but is 

 allowed to run through the open hose. The amount 



