232 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
near the top of the bluff. By building a dam across a narrow 
ravine, 300 feet above the irrigated fields, a storage pond cov- 
ering about five acres was formed. ‘The water is conducted 
through a 3-inch pipe laid on the surface of the ground, and is 
used in furnishing power for a small granite works as well as 
for irrigating. The pressure is so great—about 125 pounds to 
the square inch—that a small stream runs a water-wheel fur- 
nishing seven horse-power. ‘The water is mainly used at night 
for irrigating purposes. 
For watering purposes, branch lines of respectively one and 
a-half and one-inch diameter pipe are laid on the surface of 
the ground some fifty feet apart. Short pieces of hose are 
attached to the line of pipe once in about fifty feet, and the 
water is applied by spraying through a 34-inch nozzle. ‘The 
pressure is so great that three or four of these 34-inch streams 
may be kept ‘‘playing’’ from a single line of pipe at the same 
time. The water is forced to a great height and spreads over 
a large area, like a lively shower. 
While Mr. Leigh has about eighteen acres upon which irri- 
gation might be applied, its use has been confined to straw- 
berries. Beginning in 1887, he has irrigated this crop every 
year since. In 1895 about three acres were under irrigation. 
The water is first applied about the time the plants bloom, and 
is continued till near the end of the fruiting season, if needed. 
Mr. Leigh prefers to use the water largely at night, as he 
claims it blackens or blights the leaves if applied near the mid- 
dle of the day when the sun shines brightly. No accurate 
comparisons as to the yields with and without irrigation have 
been made, but Mr. Leigh estimates that double the crop has 
been obtained as a result of the free use of water. 
IRRIGATION ON THE FARM OF J. C. HDDY, SIMSBURY 
Mr. Eddy is making a specialty of small fruits and vege- 
tables, and the severe drouths which have occurred each sum- 
mer for the past three or four years. have forced upon his 
attention the importance, for the financial success of his busi- 
ness, of an abundance of water. ‘The farm is located near the 
western limits of the Connecticut Valley, and is composed 
mainly of a light, porous, rather sandy soil that requires large 
quantities of water to grow crops successfully. A small stream, 
