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five thousand gallons to irrigate the place once. Then you 

 would want one hundred and twenty-five thousand gallons 

 for the second irrigation. 



Mr. Sage. How many irrigations? 



Mr. Rawsox. It depends on the season. This fall we 

 have not had to irrigate at all. [Laughter.] 



Mr. Wilson. I would like to inquire how it is about the 

 frost in this climate. Would it not spoil the drain pipe? 



Mr. Rawson. Not if laid upon a board. 



Mr. Wilson. Would not the frost freeze the water and 

 split the tile at fifteen inches of depth ? It certainly would 

 an iron pipe. 



Mr. Rawsox. In the winter time? What do you want 

 water then for? 



Mr. WiLSOX. Well, sir, the water is not wanted for use ; 

 but if the water is where it will freeze, it will be pretty sure 

 to split the tile. 



Mr. Rawsox. I do not understand how the gentleman is 

 going to have the water in the tile and have the ground all 

 frozen around it unless the tile is filled with water before the 

 ground is frozen ; and if that is the case, the tile is stopped 

 up somewhere. 



Mr. AViLSON. I have had experience with a good many 

 thousand feet of iron pipe in the ground, and I have never 

 yet been able to convey water fifteen inches under ground 

 without its being frozen and splitting the pipe. 



Mr. Rawsox. I understand you now. That is a different 

 question altogether. You speak of tile and pipe. I speak 

 of the pipe four feet under ground and the tile fifteen inches. 



Mr. WiLSOX. Then I understand the water will leave 

 the tile through the winter? 



Mr. Rawsox. Yes, sir. The water will not remain 

 through the winter in the tile ; but in the pipe it will re- 

 main, and that should be four feet below the surface. 



Mr. WiLSOX. How about irrigating strawberries ? 



Mr. Rawsox. I have used irrigation for strawberries. I 

 applied the water in furrows, every three feet ; or make a 

 little ridge and plant say two feet apart, and let the water 

 run down, a slow, steady stream. I should recommend, in a 

 case like that, not a flood of water, the same as you put on 



