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earth on the surface, which, as every gar¬ 
dener knows, helps to keep the soil moist 
below. As to how frequently it will be 
advisable to irrigate, depends on the crops, 
different soils, and the weather. As a gen¬ 
eral thing, unless on wet land or in antici¬ 
pation of wet weather, it is better to give 
the soil a thorough saturation which will 
be enough for a week or so! Frequent 
light showerings are of little use, and tend 
to keep the roots near the surface, where 
they are more quickly injured. 
The automatic lawn and golf green irri¬ 
gation machine is by far the most efficient 
method ever devised for watering lawns, 
hardy borders, shrubbery, and all the 
nooks and corners of the grounds outside 
of the vegetable garden. It can, of course, 
be used for that purpose as well, if one 
does not want to put in a permanent irri¬ 
gating pipe such as is described in the first 
part of this article. 
For the small place, where a machine of 
the capacity of the above would not be 
necessary, and for drives, banks, terraces 
and walks, another arrangement is shown 
in the illustration on page 15 . 
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