fiPivlt, 
AMEmOA^f AGRICULTURtST. 
1877.] 
A HOME and FARM 
OF YOUR OWN. 
On the line of a GREAT RAILROAD, with good 
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NOW IS TH E TIME TO SECURE IT. 
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Irrigation 
FOE THE 
Farm, Garden & Orchard. 
Bt henry STEWART, 
Civil and Mining Engineer. Member or the Civil Enfftjieers' 
Club of the jyofili-icest, Aftaocidie Editor of the 
American Agriculturist. 
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER I. The Necessity for Irrisation.— 11. Im- 
portance of ail Adequate Supply of Water. — HI. Amount 
of Water Needed for Irrigation. — IV. Irrigation of Gar- 
dens. — V. Preparation of tlie Surface. — VI. Irrigation by 
Pipes and Tiles. — Vn. Irrigation -.vitli Liquid Manure. — 
VIII. Culture of Irrigated Garden Crops.— IX. Irrigation 
of Orchards and Vineyards.— X. Irrigation of Meadows. 
— XI. Use of Springs in Irrigation. — TTT Formation of 
Water Meadows. — Xm. Irrigation of Meadows and 
Pastures. — XIV. Drainage of Irrigated Fields. — XV. 
Management of Irrigated Fields. — XVI. Irrigation of 
Arahle Lands.— XVU. Preparing the Surface for Irriga- 
tion.—XVIII. Supply of Water— Dams— Pumps-Reser- 
voirs — .'\rtesian Wells. — XIX. Canals and their Construc- 
tion.— XX. Reclamation of River Flats, Salt Marshes and 
Submerged Lauds. 
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NEW AMERICAIV FARM BOOK. 
Originally by RICHARD L. AliLEN. 
Revised and greallij enlarged 
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