IRRIGATION OF THE GARDEN. 185 



banks. This water passes off and must have an outlet, 

 and should run in the furrows until it has soaked the 

 soil to the center of the rows for about six hours. 

 After the ground is sufficiently dried it is cultivated 

 in the same manner as described in flooding. We 

 a iv rather in favor of the furrow system, which is the 

 only one to use in "the new onion culture," or the 

 transplanting method. In doing this transplanting the 

 water should follow in the furrow, and a slight ridge for 

 the sets is preferable. It might be well to know that 

 onions grown with too much water are apt to yield scul- 

 lions, and the bulbs will be of inferior quality and prove 

 poor keepers. In, no case would we advise irrigation 

 of tener than once a week. 



String Beans. A sandy loam is better than a, 

 heavier soil for this crop. The garden beans should be 

 planted in rows twenty-eight or thirty inches apart, and 

 they are to be drilled in on ground that has been previ- 

 ously well irrigated if not damp enough already. By 

 this we mean when the earth will ball in the hand. The 

 first irrigation will be proper when three or four leaves 

 appear on the young plants. An irrigation of three or 

 four hours' duration once a week throughout the season 

 will not be too frequent, and especially a good one at 

 blossoming time should be given. Cultivate thoroughly 

 after each irrigation. The harvest period may be pro- 

 longed by planting at stated intervals. 



Peas. As a matter of fact this crop requires about 

 the same treatment as do beans. The rows should, 

 however, be three feet apart, and the writer prefers to 

 plant on the north side of the ridge, halfway between 

 the bottom and top. The pea will require plenty of 

 moisture during the growing season, particularly at the 

 period of bloom, which is a good rule for all the legumes. 

 Mellow soil is quite a consideration, and this is a natural 

 sequence with irrigation where cultivation follows. Peas 



