BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



weeks at a time, then we say we have a drought. 

 If people have irrigation it does not matter so much 

 because they can cool the earth and give their plants 

 a drink; but all the irrigation in the world will not 

 do our plants as much good as water from the 

 clouds, because nature sends something to our plants 

 with her rain drops that gives them new life and 

 vigor. We do not know what it is; some people 

 say electricity, others ozone; but whatever it may 

 be, a 10 minutes' shower will do more good than one 

 hour of irrigation. 



There are three ways of irrigating under the 

 ground, on the surface of the ground, and overhead. 

 The underground way is to allow water to run 

 through porous, loose- jointed pipes buried under 

 the plant ; the water leaks through and so makes the 

 ground moist. When we irrigate on the surface 

 we dig trenches between the rows of plants and fill 

 these trenches with water which sinks down into the 

 soil. Watering with a water can or a hose is over- 

 head irrigation; in large gardens the water runs 

 through pipes set on posts and a fine spray of water 

 comes from the pipe every few feet. 



People think many ways about this problem, and 

 each person thinks he is right. I think overhead 

 irrigation is right because that is the way nature 



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