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ter price. There are three systems of irrigation used in 

 gardening: First, running the water along ^ the rows on 

 the surface; second, sub-irrigation, which consists of car- 

 rying the water underneath the surface in porous tile; 

 third, spraying the water over the surface by the use of 

 pipe nozzles and pumps driven by steam or gasoline en- 

 gines. While either system is far better than no irriga- 

 tion, the first is to be recommended only to parties who 

 are not able to install better systems. In using the first 

 a uniform fall of three inches to the 100 feet, is required, 

 and a thorough wetting once a week should be made, and 

 light harrowing should be done within a few days after 

 watering. The second system has proven to be very sat- 

 isfactory on land that is low, and requires draining, and 

 where cheap artesian wells can be had, as no power is re- 

 quired to distribute the water, and the tile acts as drains 

 during the wet weather. On all soils where cheap arte- 

 sian flowing wells can not be had, or which do not require 

 draining surface, irrigation or spraying is in all cases to 

 be recommended. Of all the systems, the Skinner system 

 made by the Skinner Irrigation Oo., is by far the best. In 

 fact I do not see where any material improvement can be 

 made on this system. It consists of lines of small pipe, set 

 upon posts' overhead, fifty feet apart, with small brass noz- 

 zles, every four feet, in each line of pipe. The water is 

 forced out through these small nozzles in the shape of fine 

 spray, and never packs the ground. These lines of pipe can 

 be turned at any angle, and by an ingenious turning device 

 every pipe on a twenty-acre plant can be turned by 

 simply moving a lever. By the use of a gasoline engine, 

 a twenty-acre plant can be watered thoroughly and uni- 



