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the ground, but where you have a 
limited amount of water and the 
ground is not situated where you can 
make the water flow, I think the ce¬ 
ment system with Cactus sprayers is 
the best and cheapest system I have 
even seen. 
DISCUSSION. 
Dr. Inman—How far under the sur¬ 
face do you lay the cement pipe? 
Mr. Skinner—Twelve inches. 
Dr. Richardson—What is the name 
of the sprinkler of which you speak? 
Mr. Skinner—Cactus Lawn Sprin¬ 
kler, No. io. They are made by the 
Phrenger and Hanger Company and 
are for sale by the Baird Hardware 
Company, Gainesville, who are the 
state agents. 
The most perfect system of irriga¬ 
tion for vegetables that I have ever 
seen is at Sanford. It is a revelation. 
Their system of irrigation with ar¬ 
tesian wells is really marvelous. 
Mr. Rose—I am not well acquainted 
with the Sanford system. As Mr. 
Winters has described it, there are 
varieties of the same system. There 
are admirable systems where the tile 
is perfectly laid; where the irrigation 
where needed is perfect and drainage 
where wanted is perfect. The greatest 
trouble is that the fields frequently get 
more water than they want and their 
plants take diseases and die. 
Mr. Skinner—The place I visited 
specially, had the tile so arranged that 
the gardener could draw the water off. 
I was told by Mr. Chase and some of 
the men who lived there, that in 
former years water would stand all 
over the country, but now the drains 
are all open, and when the artesian 
wells are shut off by the gate valve, 
the water flows off in a few hours. 
The men who had the best fields had 
level fields. 
That system has gradually grown up 
by their needs and their wants, and it 
certainly has served their purpose. It 
certainly has proven a great success. 
I do not believe I have seen so many 
new homes going up in Florida. Men 
who used to get two dollars and three 
dollars a day are now getting thou¬ 
sands a year, easy. 
We all agree that with plenty of fer¬ 
tilizer, plenty of water when we want 
it, and a way provided to carry off 
water when we do not want it, there is 
no place on earth that will blossom 
like Florida. 
