8A'»rr- TROPIC CAT. I FOR NT A. 
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BUB-IRRIGATION. 
TITE invito careful invcrtfgalbM) flf our 
V V system of Sub-irrigation, wbWi 
being largely adopted on titrt Pacific Coast, 
*nrt ran tie used to great advantage in any 
region subject to drouth, f,*r water, rig 
orchards, small fruit*, vegetable*, lawns eh" 
ami consist* in corn! lifting tint water in con 
err to pipes laid below tfii? reach of the 
plow. At proper disunites “ plugs " " r 
outlet* are set into the upper side of the 
pipes through which, urn/ ii/in-fnTi « 
tlm water escapi-s, and is taken into the 
soil by capillary attraction. 
It raves front three- font tha to nineteen 
twontiehtfl of the water HMitl in surface irri¬ 
gation. 
It is under per fret- control, and ran he 
applied in an) soil — working perfectly on 
hillsides and undulating land. 
The labor of irrigating consists aim ply 
in turning a cock to let the water in and 
to shut ii oat of the pipes. 
Anything which the soil lacks as plant 
food, (manure, lime, etc.,) can he easily. 
riff. P. 
ri'i'ieei'nflnir surfuro r,f i 
The |ilug t* !■ n Miwrllia .. »>f vvunii, 
.,n nil, s.-i lii Mie |ilni- It, Inn In« Mni.null It n 
hiprrinu ti.it* tor |,UMilK > - 'll Wilier Tile ninsoil fur 
niflk'nf II it, til,Hull nnjltillu Which rail sd Into I tic 
a-tmte with tin- water multly j>w /An.ui/ft, unit 
will m>t, by iicn:uoill1iUlon, alia** It, 
taken) out and the jacket off, leaving the 
pipa as shown ill No. in, and laid after 
drying about a week, at greatly reduced 
cost over any other pipo. 
For conducting water from springs, a 
continuous, cement concrete pipe is superior 
. Jl. i. Sfl'iw* ilimll lull .it 
(iluj-Viitvi' V nciil* rlii..’it,« 
of wni"i iii I(i‘»'ivutr; upua . 
• Urvi-ll<>ii Of nil-on-, iismIiijc Into It. 
m 
•'■Wrtni water from ti 
«m ,mt«*“lrf5^ l ‘y ,lu *"'»'« foot t,. l,,ii 
Sr; in;,”; 
rr,*»'*;? * » Hyitraut tor mi 
liwd tiwi.tMU— *w ^ ami it Uin.ii,!, j|, )„ Klc / 
directly and economically applied in h„ , ,] 
form. ' ' i 
ItsM.MnnMp.t Inlo ll„, pi,,,. , 
C.,1 II*, Ml .,,*l_Jil||„,lll„ 
•>?»», Ml*. . ,r *ut, i„i g „„. ll 
lit, '■■ii—. png, || .. , 
B , u ., 
laying in the trench at one oparaYk.n 
.■oimtete pipe for sub irrigate vr dr*,n„,. . 
, , r rt "'•"kea a superior tile, prop- 
" f * l»v tile at the factory, 
Uemg made ow.ttnuuue, the bottom nj the 
pipe « smooth and Solid, *> that no %, .1, 
i it, mid being composed 
ami, is not affected by 
i> enter the pipe 
ment can Kwtf 
of cement hi 
frost. 
To enable the watt- 
is perforated on top. 
every ten or twelve 
made. 
The machines urn an simple and Inexpen¬ 
sive that every farmer cun make and lav I 
tile with only common fiirm labor. | *® an J " t " er: because it is cheap, indcstruc 
i cut one-half off 
Three men cun easily make and lay 
trench 1‘iOO feet of two-inch pipe m ton 
hours. 
Pipe from one to 6v» inches c.ilihor ia 
inailc ami Jad itnifiiruuimljf —lurgrr size» 
are made in section*, ns shown in cut No. fi. 
Tlie concrete being fed into the hopper and 
packed with the tump (No. 7) bct.vce,, i|„. 
corn and jacket. \\ lieu filled, the corn is 
I to any 
the ‘ u . s . P|* l- e **"i 'nsloless as’granite, re- 
iluc'*^ friction ami tlm liability to become 
clogged to a minimum. 
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Loa Angeles, Cal. 
Tuk An ki:i« an NevvefArKn Asni'ai. 
by IJessrt. N. W. Ayer & Son, Philadel¬ 
phia, w as invaluable .lh our cueydopcdiii, 
as Ooi great \Vabater, and is one, of tl e 
requisites of every well regulated publish 
jng ellieo, ami still more valuable tu every 
large ndvertiser who advertises imllcioualy. 
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