SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



features, and the outlay usually being large, pru- 

 dence demands a careful study in advance of all 

 attendant conditions and circumstances. Then, 

 after one has made for himself the best scheme he 

 can individually devise, and before embarking his 

 means in the execution of it, it will pay to call 

 in the services of an expert, skilful enough to com- 

 prehend the particular case, and to utilize in it the 

 experience of a large professional practice. It will 

 not do, however, to leave all to him ; the proprietor 

 must make it his own business, none the less, to 

 understand the whys and wherefores, and to take 

 no step of which he cannot feel he clearly under- 

 stands the method and the reason. 



Amongst the first questions to be weighed and 

 decided is that concerning steam boilers and wind- 

 mills which (or whether both or whether either) 

 shall be utilized for power. The pump must 

 be one adapted to the power employed. In case 

 wind and steam are both put to service, two sepa- 

 rate and distinct pumps will usually be required. 

 With steam, the direct-action horizontal pumps 

 (of which the Deane pattern is a good example) 

 are well adapted for the work. Various makers of 

 steam pumps offer various other patterns which 



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