Show I IRRIGATION OF THE GARDENS GARDEN Practice in Eastern Part of Country Will Be Adopted Mainly for Truck and Orchards A few people have been Irrigating In the eastern part of the country for 1 number of years It has paid them ind md they continue e. e A A Wisconsin grower grow er en produced worth woith of strawberries strawberrIes ries per acre after the ted part had quit hearing bearing due to drouth A A. southern gardener r.-ardener grows late eel eel- my every year by the old aid of Ion lon He also uses the tho water for l late I 1 I cabbage beans and tomatoes but It essential for his celery celen- Thus by means of ot this regular wate supply this gardener Is able to gro grow elery for fora a good home trade Statistics surprise us by showing hat there thero Is a considerable total period period pe pe- pe- pe nod In each year when irrigation would be beneficial It is considered hat bat when a day 15 period passes without as much as one inch of rain Irrigation would be beneficial By fly this it is found that some parts jf f the south have havo more than two of each year when Irrigation would be beneficial Irrigation In the eastern part of ot the will be adopted of ot course for truck and orchard crops tests have shown however that It gives results on field crops In jn one ono Instance it increased the yield f corn three times In another case I t made luxuriant alfalfa where con con- otherwise le were not very favor tavor ible able |