IRRIGATION IN CONNECYICUT. 235 
The fields to the north of the farm buildings are wateréd 
through pipes directly from the storage pond. Some difficulty 
has been experienced in getting a good flow, because air accu- 
mulated in the pipes where these ran over a slight elevation. 
By changing the course of the pipes a little Mr. Eddy found 
that he could avoid this difficulty and get a constant fall. ‘The 
air might also be allowed to escape, under such conditions, by 
having a small petcock placed in the pipe at the highest point. 
Two acres of strawberries on the north side, which were irri- 
gated during the season of 1895, were on land of such slope 
that either surface flowage or sprinkling could be used. 
CROPS GROWN BY IRRIGATION ON FARM OF J. C. EDDY, 
SIMSBURY. 
Strawberries, muskmelons, onions, and cauliflower were suc- 
cessfully grown by irrigation, by Mr. Eddy, during the past 
year (1895). ‘These have proved especially important crops, 
because of their high value per acre, and the fact that the 
farm being located at quite a distance from markets, bulky 
crops giving smaller profits per acre would be expensive in 
handling. ‘The variety of crops grown did not necessitate 
water in very heavy quantities at any one time during the 
season, unless, perhaps, for a few days during the fruiting 
season of the strawberries. : 
RESULTS OF IRRIGATION ON STRAWBERRIES. 
Mr. Eddy had four acres of strawberries in 1895. Two of 
these were located on high ground at the east side of the farm, 
and could not be irrigated, and the other two on quite low 
ground north of the buildings to which pipes were laid 
for the water. A severe frost in May appeared to have 
destroyed many of the blossoms, and lessened the crop 
prospects very decidedly for the two acres located on low 
ground, while but little damage resulted to those on the 
high ground. Owing to this condition Mr. Eddy had expected 
to get larger returns from the field located on high ground, 
provided rainfall had been. abundant. As it was, however, a 
drouth began early in June and seriously reduced the straw- 
berry crop all over the State. At the end of the season Mr. 
Eddy found that the two acres which were not irrigated gave 
a yield of 150 crates (32 quarts each), while the two acres that 
