NEW METHOD OF IRRIGATION 



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the case of a windmill, during the dry est time the wind does 

 not blow regularly even on the sea-coast. 



A NEW METHOD OF IRRIGATION 



An account of this was given by myself in Garden and 

 Forest, December 5, 1894, and again in The Rural New 

 Worker, June 1, 1895. The plan recommended was about as 

 follows : 



Try irrigation by simply placing the tiles slightly in the sur- 

 face of the ground, or at any convenient depth ; give them a 

 slight incline, this varying according as you have pressure or 

 not. In most cases, the water is scarce, and the object is to 

 get it to the roots of the plants with as little waste as possible. 



Fig. 6. Onions From Seed With and Without Irrigation. 



The plan followed by us last year was to place common, 

 porous two and one-half inch drain tiles in a continuous row, 

 end to end, on the surface of the soil, and vegetables were 

 planted on either or both sides of the line. The tiles were one 

 foot long, and by pouring in the water at one end of the line 

 it was distributed at the joints throughout the length desired, 

 when the opposite end was stopped up. Take celery as an 

 example crop for irrigation on uplands. We plant the celery 

 as above stated, Fig. 6, and while it is young we have simple 



