THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



plan followed at the station last year was to place common porous 2 

 inch drain tiles in a continuous row, end to end, on the surface of the 

 soil, and vegetables were planted on either or both sides of the line. The 

 tiles were a foot long, and by pouring in the water at one end of the line 

 it was distributed at the joints throughout the whole length desired, 

 when the opposite end was stopped up. Take celery as an example crop 

 for irrigation on uplands. We plant the celery as above stated, and 

 while it is young we have simple surface irrigation; but as the crop 

 grows we bank it up, and finally have the tile covered, and thus have 

 sub -irrigation. The tiles are cheap and last indefinitely. When the 

 celery is harvested, the tiles are dug out also, and piled up c r used for 

 sub-irrigation in greenhouse beds. Potatoes and various other crops can 

 be grown in the same way. The celery watered grew well and did not rust. 

 Besides this we were able to water twenty times as much space in the 

 same time as in the the ordinary way with open ditches. Besides saving 

 time this plan delivers water where it is most needed, and we have rea- 

 son to believe is fully as economical with water as with time. 



Rows of celery watered in this manner were planted in a potato field, 

 leaving every other space between the potato rows vacant, so that two 

 rows of potatoes could be dug together when ripe. Besides watering 

 the celery, the moisture reached the tops of the potato hills as was 

 plainly seen every morning by the dampness of the surface throughout 

 the intervening space; thus showing that the watering was sufficient for 

 at least 3 feet 3 inches on each side, or 6 feet 6 inches in all, the rows 

 being 3 feet 3 inches apart. Where the rows were on a slight incline, we 

 slipped a piece of tin between the joints and held the water where it was 

 needed; then by pulling it out and inserting it further down another sec- 

 tion could be treated. The section can be made longer or shorter, ac- 

 cording to the angle at which the ground inclines. 



A SEASONABLE BLUFF. 



" ! Tis now the time when buds do blow, 

 And roses burst their tender fetters, 



And fair, wise women whom we know 

 Sit down and write regretful letters. 



"Dear Aunt Jemima, I so grieve 

 I can't invite you all to stay here: 



Because Chicago we must leave- 

 My health grows poorer every day here. 



"We rent the house and go abroad. 



Belinda wishes me to utter 

 Her sorrow not to see your t Maud 



How kind of you to send that butter." 



