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was installed he had two areas on high ground which he could not 

 irrigate and two acres on lower ground to which pipes were laid 

 for conducting the water. Early in June a drought began, which 

 seriously injured the strawberry crop all over the State. At the 

 end of the season it was found that the two acres which were not 

 irrigated had yielded 150 crates (32 quarts each), while the two 

 acres which were irrigated yielded 415 crates. After the first few 

 days picking the fruit on the non-irrigated fields was much smaller 

 and dai'ker colored and soon after shrivelled. The quality of this 

 fruit was so much poorer than that on the irrigated area that it 

 had to be sold for several cents per quart less. 



Until within a few years, since the blight became so destructive, 

 Mr. Eddy has been very successful in growing muskmelons by aid 

 of irrigation. This crop has frequently been sold as high as $350 

 to $400 per acre. Asparagus and onions have also been grown 

 with great success where water was applied. Cauliflower of ex- 

 cellent quality has been grown on this farm. This crop is one 

 which responds readily to the use of water, and Mr. Eddy has 

 irrigated it as often as once in five or six days when the rainfall 

 was deficient. The crop has generally been grown on a medium 

 heavy loam soil where the surface fall was only about 4 feet in 100 

 lengthwise of the rows. The water was allowed to flow down 

 between the rows from a series of troughs at one end. With so 

 slight a fall the flow was very gradual and the water would gradu- 

 ally soak laterally underneath the rows. The cauliflower headed 

 earlier than usual where irrigation was practised, and the crop has 

 generally sold for about $400 per acre. 



Experiments with Irrigation on Strawberries. 

 In June, 1895, the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station began 

 some experiments on the farm of Mr. Eddy, for the purpose of 

 studying the effects of irrigation on the quantity and quality of 

 strawberries, and to ascertain some facts regarding the profits 

 to be obtained from the use of irrigation. A section of about 

 two acres was chosen from a field of strawberries. The soil 

 appeared to be nearly uniform, and the conditions were favorable 

 for applying the water. The field had been set to strawberries in 

 the spring of 1894. The Haverland was the variety used, with 

 every fourth plant in the row a Jessie, the latter being used for 

 fertilizing. The plots were laid out 115 feet long and 12 feet 

 wide, three rows to a plot, two plots being irrigated and two not. 

 Two rows were left between plots, which were not included in the 

 experiment, in order to thoroughly separate the irrigated from the 



