HOUSE AND GARDEN 
ULY, I 913 
nection, or patented union, is a coupling 
which is packed instead of threaded on one 
side so that the pipe can be revolved in it 
without causing any leakage, and in which 
is inserted a strainer to prevent any for¬ 
eign matter from getting into the pipe¬ 
line to clog up the distributing nozzles. In 
this coupling is also inserted a short piece 
of pipe which serves as a handle to re¬ 
volve the nozzle line and also permits, by 
removing the cap at the end, the washing 
out of the dirt or other matter which may 
have gathered on the strainer within the 
coupling, an ingenious but simple device 
which does its work most effectively. The 
nozzle lines are simply runs of small pipe, 
preferably galvanized, the size depending 
on the length of the line. For the average¬ 
sized garden, however, nothing but three- 
quarter-inch will be needed. For runs of 
150 to 200 feet half of half-inch and half 
three-quarter-inch will give satisfactory 
results, the larger pipe, of course, being 
used next to the main line. The nozzles 
are very small and made of brass. They 
are inserted every four feet in a straight 
line along the length of the nozzle line. 
The nozzles are so constructed that the 
water is forced through them in a tiny 
concentrated stream. The resistance of 
the air, however, breaks this up into a fine 
spray before it falls to the ground, so that 
each nozzle covers a space approximately 
four feet wide. When the nozzles are 
turned to the extreme right or left, and 
enough water has fallen where the spray 
strikes the soil to saturate it thoroughly, 
the nozzles are turned a few degrees up, 
so that the falling water wets another 
strip the whole length of the pipe, and so 
on by degrees until each fifty-foot strip 
covered by a nozzle line has been made as 
moist or as wet as may be desired. The 
position of the pipe-line has to be changed 
only once every twenty or forty minutes, 
according to the water pressure, the wind, 
and the amount of water to be applied, and 
the pipe will have to be shifted only four 
to eight times, depending on the water pres¬ 
sure, whether the wind is blowing, etc. 
The application of the water, however, 
compared to putting it on by hose or any 
other method of irrigation heretofore used, 
is practically automatic. 
Furthermore the water is applied much 
more uniformly than by any other method. 
Watering by means of hose is not only ex¬ 
tremely laborious, but in moving about 
from one place to another you are pretty 
certain to injure things, and the water, un¬ 
less a very fine spray nozzle is used —- 
which makes the task that much slower — it 
strikes the plants and soil with such force 
as to damage flowers and foliage, leaving 
an open invitation to injury from diseases 
of various sorts, and also makes the ground 
so packed and muddy that it is in the worst 
possible condition for evaporation from 
wind and sun. And unless extreme care is 
used, some parts of the soil will be watered 
much more heavily than others, especially 
on a surface which slopes more or less, as 
it does not have a chance to soak down 
into the soil but runs off to hollows and 
The Corbin Night Latch 
will protect your treasures. Quickly and easily applied 
Adjustable to thickness of door. The best dealers sell it 
P. & F. Corbin 
Division 
The American Hardware Corporation 
NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT 
P. & F. Corbin 
of Chicago 
P. & F. Corbin 
of New York 
P. & F. Corbin Division 
Philadelphia 
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