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IRRIGATION FARMING. 



throw water over the tops of the trees, I use the nozzle 

 instead of sprinkler. I run the pump from 7 a.m. to 

 6 P.M. without stopping, using less than one-half cord 

 of wood in eleven hours. I find no bad results from 

 applying the water in the hottest sunshine, but would 

 if I applied it through an open hose. I think the 

 sprinkler method of applying water requires less help 



FIG. 57 — IRRIGATING WITH A HOSE. 



than any other I have seen, and is without any danger 

 to fruit or trees. The fireman can manage the sprink- 

 lers within reasonable distance of the pumping station. 

 For other portions only one man is ever needed and it 

 is light work for him." 



While using the hose in irrigating fields with an 

 underground pipe system to supply the water costs- 

 more at the beginning, it often proves less expensive 

 and much more satisfacftory in the end. A field irri- 

 gated in this way is illustrated in Fig. 57. 



Hillside Methods. — In irrigating hillsides great 



