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non-irrigated sections. The plots were to be irrigated as often as 

 seemed necessary to get good commercial results. 



Comparative Yields in Quarts on Irrigated and Non-irrigated Plots 

 of Strawberries, 1895. 



Plot 1, Irrigated. 



Plot 2, Non-Irrigated. 



Plot 3, Irrigated. 



Plot 4, Non Irrigated. 



The yield on the two irrigated plots was at the rate of .5,318 

 quarts per acre, and on the two non-irrigated, at the rate of 2,083 

 quarts. 



Water was used on the irrigated plots on June 10, 15, 18 and 

 20. The water was applied by means of 2-inch hose from a 2.^-inch 

 iron pipe laid on the surface of the ground. The size of the stream 

 and the force of the water was sufficient to give thirty gallons 

 (about one barrel) per minute. At this rate of flow one man 

 could sprinkle about one acre per day. The ground was given a 

 thorough wetting each time. 



On June 24 the writer visited the fields and made the following 

 notes: "Plants on non-irrigated plots are drying badly. Leaves 

 shrivelled, and many dry and dead. Fruit small, dark colored 

 when ripe, and shrivelled and seedy. Fruit looks over-ripe when 

 picked. The darker color is probably due to the increased sun- 

 light that the fruit gets, owing to the shrivelled condition of the 

 plants. 



"Plants on the irrigated plots look fresh and vigorous; fruit 

 large and abundant ; much green fruit continuing to develop. Size 

 of berries large, color bright. Fruit not quite as sweet as on the 

 non-irrigated plots. Should judge the fruit from irrigated plots 

 would sell for two to three cents per quart more than that from 

 non-irrigated." 



Mr. Eddy found that the fruit from the non-irrigated plots had 

 to be sold for an average of nine cents per quart, while that from 

 the irrigated areas brought eleven cents. At these rates per quart 

 the fruit on the irrigated plots sold at the rate of $584.76 per acre 

 and that on the non-irrigated at the rate of $187.47 per acre, a dif- 

 ference of $397.29 per acre in favor of irrigation. 



