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"Plot No. 2, 1898. Early Harvest, 295; Wilson, Jr., 

 1618; Erie, 2164; Agawam, 318; Taylor, 2535; Eldorado, 

 2330. 



"Plot No. 1, 1899. Early Harvest, 913; Wilson, Jr., 

 1875; Erie, 809; Agawam, 2106; Taylor, 1092; Eldorado, 

 2408. 



"Plot No. 2, 1899. Early Harvest, 1833; Wilson, Jr., 

 1735; Erie, 2535; Agawam, 1618; Taylor, 1209; Eldorado, 

 4109." 



The above figures represent the gain in quarts per acre 

 of the plots irrigated over those watered by nature. In 

 Plot No. 1 it will be noted that the gain of the Eldorado 

 in 1898 was 3395 and in Plot No. 2 it reached 2330. In 

 1899 the gain on Plot No. 1 of the Eldorado was 2408 and 

 on Plot No. 2 it reached the surprising gain of 4109 quarts 

 over and above the Eldorado plot without irrigation. 



