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ask if anyone here has had any experience with irrigation in 

 a raspberry plantation. 



(No response.) 



QUESTION: I would like to ask the gentleman when 

 he sowed the Canada peas? 



ME. JENKS : I have forgotten the exact time, but I am 

 pretty certain it was the very last day of July. All sowed 

 at the same time. 



MR. COOK: I have never irrigated raspberries, but I 

 have irrigated about everything else and I have no doubt 

 that it will do good to the raspberries. Two years ago last 

 June there were a large amount of raspberries injured in 

 this section, and there was almost a failure, on account of 

 drought. If they had had water to put on at that time they 

 wouldn't have had that great difficulty. Whether you can 

 use the Skinner system is a question, but there is no ques- 

 tion but that with irrigation you can increase the crop in 

 some seasons, sometimes doubling and sometimes giving 

 three times as much. 



THE PRESIDENT : It is very rarely that you get 

 through a season without needing moisture. 



MR. HITTINGER : Years ago, when we grew the Fran- 

 conia, you would be surprised to see how much the berries 

 would swell up in the wet season, and I think if you could 

 have the Skinner system to use in dry weather, you would 

 increase your berries very much. I have it on strawberries, 

 and find it is well to irrigate them after the last little blos- 

 soms have set. Don't wet them just before picking, for that 

 Avill soften the berries up too much, but just water them at 

 night and you will increase your crop wonderfully. 



MR. MARGESON : I have had a little experience in irri- 

 gating in a small way. We irrigated by open trenches run- 

 ning between the rows, and we have found a very large 

 increase from that irrigation over what we had in the dry 

 spells. 



QUESTION : I would like to ask what percentage of 

 fertilizer is used in the different varieties. I suppose rasp- 



