38 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



tical to haul it any great distance, especially up 

 hill. 



This subject of water supply has been brought 

 home to us so forcibly in our own orchard 

 management, that we wish, if possible, to em- 

 phasize the importance of a bountiful supply in 

 the beginning. As has already been said, it is 

 hard for the beginner to realize how the de- 

 mand will increase with the growth of the 

 trees, and we are apt to depend upon most any 

 supply that may be at hand, not thinking of the 

 future. 



After drilling a well, erecting a wind-mill, 

 and building reservoirs, which are located on 

 the orchard hill, 2000 feet distant from the well, 

 and have a capacity of 3000 gallons, for the 

 spraying of 75 acres of orchard. Then after es- 

 tablishing mixing stations on the various hill- 

 sides, where they would be the most accessible, 

 and laying two feet below the surface a system 

 of galvanized pipe with brass fittings, we 

 thought we had one of the most complete water 

 systems for orcharding in the country. 



But after a few years' experience, together 

 wiA the growth of the trees, we found we had 

 made several mistake,. Firs,, the main pipe, 

 which was one inch, and had to carry the water 

 from the well in the low land to the reservoir, 



