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Show Tin Can Irrigation in Gardens. Owing to the scalding of the plants ir the baking of the gtouud, suifaco application appli-cation of water during thy hot, dry! season is often injurious rather than beneficial. By thoioughly saturating the subsoil, leaving the ury aarfacj to act as a aiulcli, tho plants gK the full benefit of all water applied, without harm. This can be done by uigtiK a miniature reservoir u foot or 0 from the plant hill, and with a long, stiaight icd opening an unJei ground passage to the roots of the plant. A much better plan, however, is to take old tin cans that can bi picked up in any quantity in all rubbish piles or dumping grounds, and perforating their sides near the bottom id a number of places, set Vina in th ground a few inches from thefhill to be watered'. Fill with water and the loots of the plant will do thu rest. Ouen the rootlets entei through thu periuia.ious and loim a mat iu the bottom of the cans. This plan is especially adapted to vines ol all kinds. J. L. Irwin, Kansas. |