February, 1918 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
91 
in" of Henry Ernhardt, C. M. 
Stephenson and John Holer was 
elected. 
Forming of the Fruit Growers 
Union results m combining all of 
the fruit growers in one organiza- 
tion, where formerly they were di- 
vided into two different organiza- 
tons. The fruit business has de- 
veloped to such an extent in Door 
county that it has great possibili- 
ties before it, among which is a 
canning proposition which is now 
under consideration by the offi- 
cers of the new organization. 
While the Union is incorporated 
to also deal in farm produce the 
fruit business will be its main ob- 
ject, and only those who grow 
fruit are entitled to membership. 
All members shall market all 
fruit sold by them for the market 
through tin* association, and there 
will be no exception to this rule. 
A penalty has been attached to ap- 
ply to those who violate this rule 
of the organization and it is the 
intention of the officers to strictly 
enforce it. 
As the output of cherries alone 
last season was 117,000 crates and 
many of the orchards are not ful- 
ly matured, another year or two 
will bring the crop up to where 
if all the cherries and other fruit 
are marketed through this one or- 
ganization it will mean the hand- 
ling of one of the largest business 
propositions in Door county. 
The Sprinkling System for the 
Vegetable Garden. 
G. C. Rasch, Burlington. 
To begin with I am not a pro- 
fessional gardener, but I love to 
play in the dirt. I enjoy planting 
things. I take much comfort in 
seeing my plantings grow, and to 
appreciate this to the fullest ex- 
tent, we must have the proper 
amount of moisture and at the 
right time so this brings us face to 
face with the sprinkling problem. 
I will give you as briefly as pos- 
sible my experience on “Sprink- 
ling”. 
In order to produce the quick, 
luxuriant, tender growth of vege- 
tables, we require water, and water 
enough at the proper time. 
We have all heard much about 
irrigation. In many parts of the 
country irrigating is done by flood- 
ing the land and this method may 
do very well in arid localities, but 
these parts a system of over-head 
irrigation appeals to me as the 
most practical, — especially when it 
refers to Vegetable Gardens. 
About six years ago I wrote the 
department of Agriculture at 
Washington for information on an 
over-head irrigating system, they 
referred me to the Skinner Com- 
pany of Troy, Ohio, and after due 
consideration, T decided to install 
at Spring Brook Farms, the Skin- 
ner System of over-head irrigation, 
covering a patch of ground about 
280 feet wide by 500 feet long. 
The first step towards installing 
the system, was to make a plan of 
the ground I wanted to cover, giv- 
ing slope, distance from source of 
water and a general outline, sent 
it to the manufacturers of the Sys- 
tem and they at once advised how 
to proceed. 
As the name indicates “Spring 
Brook Farms” we have a fine 
brook running through it, which 
never goes dry. I constructed a 
small dam across the brook giving 
me a small pond or reservoir of 
water about 200 feet from the gar- 
den plot. The main feed line is a 
four inch galvanized iron pipe 
laid underground deep enough not 
to interfere with cultivation. This 
main feed line contains a two inch 
connection every 56 feet holding a 
two inch upright; this now consti- 
tutes my connection for the lateral 
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