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SURFACE- AND SUR-IRRIGATION 



plant, volume for volume. By using the tins already men- 

 tioned, the water can be easily controlled. 



In some places it is possible to dam up small streams which 

 run dry in summer, but during the wet seasons, as in the spring 

 and fall, carry a great volume of water. This would be a com- 

 paratively easy task in many sections of this state, and not onlv 

 in the more hilly sections. Recently, when visiting Massachu- 

 setts throughout the Cape Cod cranberry section, I saw reser- 

 voirs built on comparatively level land, which watered large 

 areas in a short time ; one in particular, that of Mr. A. D. 

 Makepeace, an extensive cranberry grower, who, by backing 



Fig. 2. View of College Reservoir. 



up a small stream with a strong dam about one hundred feet in 

 length, is able to flood, if necessary, upwards of one thousand 

 acres. The water supply at the West Virginia Agricultural 

 Experiment Station gardens comes from natural springs in the 

 mountains, six miles distant, and the Morgantown company 

 incurs only the expense of piping it to the consumer, the natural 

 fall securing sufficient pressure. 



Figure 2 shows our own college reservoir. When the insti- 

 tution was located here a few years ago, the water supply was 

 found to be inadequate, and a few acres of land were purchased 



