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Show IRRIGATION OF THE GARDENS Practice In Eastern Part of Country Will Be Adopted Mainly for Truck and Orchards. A few people have been Irrigating n the eastern part cf the country for l number of year It has paid them md they continue. A Wisconsin grow r produced ?00 north of strum ber Hes per acre after the un!rrlgate; ! art hBd quit hearlirt, due to drouth : K southern ?rrtner grows late eel i ry every year by the sld of Irrisa t ton. He als um the ter for Ix't jjabbsge. bee.ns a4 tomatcs hu ! onslders it essen'.lal for bis eelerr j Thus by mesrs of this rernlar wate. tupply this gardener is a Mo to gre elery for a good home trade. Statistics surprise us bv showing hat there Is a tonsiderstlo total , -lod In each year when Irrigation sould be beneflrlnl. It is considered t hat when a 15 day period passes ithout as tnu-n as one Inch of rain rrtgatlon would be beneficial Hy thla itandard It Is found that some psrts f the south have more than two nonths of each year hen Irrigation sould be beneficial. IrriRatlon In the eastern part of the yon o try mill be adopted, of course nainly for truck and orchard crops, tome testa bave shown, however. &at It gives results oa Held crops a on IntUnce It Increased the yield f corn, three times. In another case t made luxuriant alfalfa where eoe titles otherwlee were cot very faor tble. |