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Show IRRIGATING A GARDEN. Cheap 8ub-lrrlgatlon Plant Which tho Gardener Can Install Himself. Tho gardon ptat should bo near!) lovel, and near enough to tho forca pump or supply tank to be supplied from ft hose. Tho pipes used como In eight-foot lengths, are of galvanized Iron and ono Inch In diameter. Thoy aro not soldered, so havo nn open seam tho ontlro length. Theso lengths oro fitted together llko stovo plpo, so you can add as many as you need. Tho supply pipes aro two Inches In diameter di-ameter and soldered. I havo thrco boxes, explains the writer In Farmers' Farm-ers' Mali and Drcczo, mado of ono by six fonclng 1C Inches deop, tight at bottom, but looso cover on top. :f ttt VH5st LBAPWO TO Mm TANK 8howlng Pipe System. Whero tho supply plpo enters boro a two-Inch liolo four Inches from bottom nnd lot tho plpo fit In closely. Whero tho small plpo enters boxes boro a ono-lnch holo two Inches from bottom and fit pipo. Dig your trench for supply sup-ply plpo 11 Inches deop, so that whon In placo only six Inches of your box will bo nbovo tho ground. Dig tho long trenches eight Inches deop and leavo open until you connect tho ontlro on-tlro sysom, being sure that tho open seam Is at tho bottom of long pipes. Put corks in tho end of long pipes (not In tho box), then drop tho end ot your lioso in ono of tho boxes. If your pipes aro lovel tho water will trlcklo out ovonly from tho bottom bot-tom of all thrco long pipes, nnd you can thon fill up your trenchos, turn off tho lioso nnd plant your seeds. I Then turn on tho wator until you see damp spots on tho Burfnco ot tho ground, then turn It off. Tho long pipes cost ono.cont per foot nnd tho two-Inch two cents. I bought mine ot our dealer, but think It Is mado at Oakloy, Kan. Each long plpo wators tho ground for four feet on each sldo, making irrigated ir-rigated plot 24 foot wldo. If you want to shut oft ono long pipo, put a cork in It at tho supply box. This plant Is cheap, a ton-yonr-old boy can mako It. It docs not causa tho top of tho ground to bako, and produces excellent results In overy way. |