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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
February, 1918 
pipe lines 250 feet in each direc- 
tion from my feeders. 
These lateral lines are graduat- 
ed in size from about I 14 inch at 
the feeder to % inch at the ex- 
treme ends. 
Each of these lateral lines has a 
small special nozzle every 4 feet 
the entire length. 
These lateral lines are suspended 
about 8 feet above ground, from a 
galvanized wire cable. The cable 
of each lateral line is supported by 
18 ft. two inch iron pipe posts, set 
in three feet of concrete 125 feet 
apart, the cable is anchored at 
each end and has turn buckles so 
it can be given the proper tension. 
These lateral lines are connected to 
the feeder uprights with a flexible 
union so the laterals may be ro- 
tated to give any desired angle to 
the nozzles, thereby controlling 
the distance of the spray. The ad- 
vantage found in the overhead 
system is the noninterference with 
cultivation; my entire plot of 140,- 
000 square feet has only twenty 
posts of two inch gaspipe, 56 feet 
by 125 feet apart. 
I have four lines of laterals 500 
feet long, 56 feet apart, and by ro- 
tating the laterals, T can cover 28 
feet in each direction from the 
laterals, with finest kind of artifi- 
cial rain. The power required for 
my system is an 8 horse power elec- 
tric motor connected to a Centri- 
fugal pump at the brook — pump- 
ing direct into the system. It can 
also be accomplished by a gravity 
tank, which requires pumping the 
water into it, but I prefer pump- 
ing direct. 
All of these details as to the 
best method depends largely upon 
locations. 
By making a plan of your gar- 
den be sure to have the rows run 
parallel with your laterals or 
sprinkler lines, so that if you have 
crops that do not require as much 
moisture as others, you can con- 
fine your spray on such rows or 
crops that need it more. You can 
pick strawberries on a portion of 
your patch, and as soon as you 
have picked a few rows you can 
follow with the sprinkler on the 
picked-over portion. The further 
advantage of the overhead system 
of irrigation over the flooding of 
the soil, or running water in 
trenches between the rows, is that 
you can work the soil almost im- 
mediately after sprinkling, which 
is impossible by the flood or trench 
system. This feature alone is 
worth much, besides you wash the 
foliage keeping it fresh and green, 
which is not accomplished by the 
flooding of the ground. 
Now then you no doubt want to 
know the benefits derived in the 
way of crops etc. In this regard 
I wish to mention that I believe 
that crops can be doubled and 
trebled, by applying water in 
proper amount at the right time. 
When 1 first installed the system, 
I told my gardener to make a test 
on Melons ; he planted a plot of 
about 250 feet square, one half the 
plot under the system and the oth- 
er half out of the reach of it. The 
irrigated half plot netted $275.00 
worth of uniform size fine flavored 
melons and the other half of the 
plot not irrigated, netted $47.00 
worth of illshaped stunted melons 
of inferior flavor. In this particu- 
lar test it showed a gain of about 
five to one in dollars and cents. 
On Strawberries or any fruit 
that needs water just at the right 
time it insures the crop, generally 
speaking, it can be termed crop in- 
surance. 
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After heavy snow storms it is a 
good plan to shake the snow from 
evergreen branches. Too much 
snow is likely to cause them to 
break down. 
Let us not give up the culture 
of flowers this year entirely, but 
give increased attention to grow- 
ing good gardens. 
