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ones are sometimes less than $2, while the extra large 

 ones are in demand at as high as $8. There is no fear of 

 glutting the market with these extra sizes as tew are 

 willing to wait till they come into bearing. There is 

 no safer life insurance than a well established pecan 

 orchard. There are men to-day deriving a good 

 living from few trees planted by them, and others I 

 know of who are getting from $3,000 to $5,000 per 

 year from trees planted by their fathers. The land 



between the trees need not lie idle while the trees are 

 coming into bearing, but can be planted to hoed crops 

 and made to pay. I have netted on an average over 

 $1,500 per year for the past six years from my land. 

 I advise no one to plant in localities where there is 

 too much rain, as the pollen is liable to be washed 

 away, and thus keep the tree from fructifying and 

 making fruit. 



ONE METHOD OF MEASURING WATER. 



MEASUREMENT OF WATER IN STREAMS. 



IN TAKING out water from a small stream tor 

 irrigation or power purposes it is usually im- 

 portant to measure the amount of water that may 

 be secured from that source. James Leffel of Ohio 

 contributes the following from his pamphlet on water 

 power and its utilization. The method of operation 

 is plainly indicated in the illustration. Fasten a 

 stout board across the stream with each end set in 

 the bank. Cut a notch in the board, deep enough to 

 pass all the water, and long enough to reach about 

 two-thirds across the stream. The bottom and ends 

 of the notch B ir the board should be beveled on the 



down stream side, leaving the upper edge almost 

 sharp. The stake E should be driven in the bottom 

 of the stream several feet above the board, on a level 

 with notch B; this level being easily found, when 

 the water is beginning to spill over the board. 



After the water has come to a stand, and reached its 

 greatest depth, a careful measurement can be made 

 of the depth of water over the top of stake E. Such 

 measurement gives the true depth of water passing 

 over the notch, because if measured directly on the 

 notch, the curvature of water would reduce the depth. 

 The line D is a level from the bottom of notch B, to 



