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House & Garden 
QUENCHING THE 
GARDEN’S THIRST 
Modern Sprinkling Systems Take the 
Place of the Rain that Fails to Fall 
E. I. FARRINGTON 
For smaller areas there are 
portable oscillating sprin¬ 
klers that can be attached 
to a hose line. Courtesy 
Campbell Irrigation Co. 
The nozzle line, especially 
adaptable to vegetable gar¬ 
dens, produces artificial rain 
when you want it. Cour¬ 
tesy Skinner Irrigation Co. 
E VERY garden has a 
healthy thirst. Its 
very existence de¬ 
pends upon moisture in abun¬ 
dance. The average garden 
can worry through the aver¬ 
age season with what moisture 
it gets from occasional rain¬ 
falls, especially if there is 
frequent cultivation so that 
evaporation does not rob the 
soil too fast. In times of 
drought, however—and such 
The sprinkler at the right 
is ada p ted to wat ering 
quite large areas, yet with 
its flexible hose connection 
it is easily moved around 
the garden. Andrew Wil¬ 
son, Inc. 
times are inevitable in all but 
the most favored sections of 
the country—artificial water¬ 
ing must be resorted to in 
order to obtain anything like 
an average crop. 
Irrigation, therefore, be¬ 
comes crop insurance. Such 
insurance is worth while, but 
probably irrigation would not 
be much practiced in private 
gardens if it promised no 
more than that. In point of 
Upright nozzle stand-pipes, 
connected underground, 
will water the vegetable 
garden with the minimum 
inconvenience. Courtesy 
John A. Brooks and Munn 
& Munz 
