SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



Unfortunately we do not know from one day 

 to another what weather to expect, whether a 

 deluge or a drought. We are in constant fear 

 lest the shower that comes to-day may be the 

 last for a month; yet we have to put the water 

 on lightly for fear there may be a deluge the next 

 day. One inch of water at any one time is all 

 that is safe to apply. If there is no rain for a 

 week, then another inch; and so on through the 

 season, as the necessity appears. I think that 

 one inch of water over the surface once a week 

 will keep any crop growing in the driest weather. 



A good steam pump will supply that amount 

 over one acre of land through a three- inch pipe 

 in six hours. 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 suffi- 

 cient supply for all seasons. 



On a later page we shall present a cut of a com- 

 pact 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, 



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