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rainfall. Maximum yields are made possible, better 

 quality is secured, crops are matured earlier, thus 

 giving the advantage not only of earlier products 

 upon the markets, but likewise greater opportuni- 

 ties for inter and double cropping. Natural oppor- 

 tunities for irrigation throughout the central and 

 eastern parts of the United States exist upon every 

 hand. Streams, ponds and lakes in many locations 

 furnish an abundant water supply that could be 

 made available at 

 slight cost. Many 

 locations may be 

 found where the 

 water could be 

 carried to the 

 garden lands by 

 gravity without 

 any pumping ex- twelve-tooth cultivator 



pense. In many 



other cases a lift of from five to 20 feet would sup- 

 ply water to great areas of land admirably adapted 

 to garden purposes. In still many other cases in 

 the vicinity of larger cities and towns, direct con- 

 nection can be had with the water works and water 

 secured at from five to ten cents per thousand 

 gallons. 



The prospective commercial gardener, looking for 

 a location, should take the matter of water supply 

 under careful consideration. Irrigation is becom- 

 ing more common and popular with commercial 

 gardeners every year, and the man who does not 

 follow this plan of crop insurance will find himself 

 seriously handicapped in the competition with his 

 fellow growers more favorably located. 



Three possible methods of irrigation deserve 



