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Show n.-mally tho man wtio gives out. Kit-h an expression does not know wVat ho is talking about and is merely a guesser. Fur instance, cabbage and cauliflower nro rapid growing, leafy succulent plauts that require much water. Their heads are important commodities in every good vegetable market and generally sell at prices that render their production profitable. At the Wisconsin experiment station 17.2 inches of water was applied' in four irrigations. From the time the plants were set until the harvest, October 31, but 5J; inches of rain fell, while a normal rainfall during the same period would have been nearly 18 inches. Beginning September 12, they were cut, with the following results: re-sults: Twenty rows of cabbage watered, containing 4-4G plants, had 395 salable plants, which weighed 8S0 pounds to 100 ' heads. Twenty rows of cabbage not watered water-ed had 442 plants of which 347 were salable and weighed 590 pouiuL to 100 heads. Of cauliflower, cauliflow-er, twenty rows watered contained 435 plants, of which 347 were salable and weighed 42 pounds to 100 headu; twenty rows of 301 plants, not wanted, contained 235 salable heads weighing 306 pounds to 100 heads. TTatering increased the number of marketable heads twelve percent aj-d the average weight of heads was increased about fifty percent. Watering increased in-creased the cauliflower heads fourteen four-teen percent and in average weight about sixty-six percent. Sixteen rows of strawberry plants were irrigated ir-rigated the seasons of 1894 and 1895 and yielded 5G1 boxes of berries. Sixteen rows well irrigated irrigat-ed during 1894 but not 1895 yielded yield-ed 112 boxes and sixteen rows not irrigated either season yielded 66 boxes. Field and Farm. Cistern people too often remark that irrigation will not pay but |