SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 

 discuss principally pumping by steam. However, 

 gasoline pumps are being used more extensively 

 every year, and it may be an open question whether 

 they can do the work at less expense. In many 

 places there are elevated ponds or rivers that can 

 be caused to flow by gravity to the point desired, 

 either through closed conduits or pipes, or in 

 open canals; when such is the case, no pumping 

 is necessary. 



After a sufficient supply of water is found, and 

 a method of raising it to a proper height for dis- 

 tribution, by the use either of steam pumps or 

 windmills, or both a tank or reservoir of the 

 largest attainable capacity must next be provided 

 for the purpose of storing the water so raised 

 until it can properly be distributed to the crops. 

 Where windmills are used, for obvious reasons, 

 the storage capacity must be greater than where 

 steam pumps are employed. This may amount 

 to a considerable addition to the first cost; but, 

 on the other hand, the cost of steam pump and 

 boiler is somewhat greater, and the running 

 expenses considerably so. There are incidental 

 advantages attending the use of steam which may 

 be of great importance. The preference must 



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