. Notes on irrigation in Connecticut and New Jersey. asturned into the canal by a small and inexpensive wooden dam. Komore water is allowed to enter the canal than can be carried ofi throughthe drive pipe of the ram. The supply that flows in the brook is manytimes the amount that even the heaviest form of ram could lift. At quite an elevation above the cultivated fields, on soil of a heavy,clayey nature, w as located a small pond that usually became dry irLsummer. This was enlarged by dredging and by building an earth dam 20 on two sides. A storage pond was thus provided liaving au area ofabou
. Notes on irrigation in Connecticut and New Jersey. asturned into the canal by a small and inexpensive wooden dam. Komore water is allowed to enter the canal than can be carried ofi throughthe drive pipe of the ram. The supply that flows in the brook is manytimes the amount that even the heaviest form of ram could lift. At quite an elevation above the cultivated fields, on soil of a heavy,clayey nature, w as located a small pond that usually became dry irLsummer. This was enlarged by dredging and by building an earth dam 20 on two sides. A storage pond was thus provided liaving au area ofabout lialf an acre and an average depth of about 4 feet, with a bottomtight enough to prevent much soakage. This pond is located about 80rods from the stream at the nearest point, and high enough to give agood fall to most of the cultivated fields. The water has to be lifted to a height of 70 feet before it enters thestorage pond and is conducted through a 2^-inch iron pipe. Connec-tions can be made with this pipe at various points between the ram and. Fig. 1.—Irrigation system on the farm of J. C. Eddy. Simsbnr}, Conn. the storage pond, and thus the same pipe can be used to conduct thewater to the pond or directly to the fiekls where needed for use. Themain pipe used is 2^ inches in diameter, and is laid sufficiently deepnot to interfere with cultivation. Mr. Eddy has been so successfulin his operations during 1893 that he proposes to enlarge his plant andto force the water over a large area of land x)lauted in peaches on theo])posite side of the valley from the i)ond. The accompanying plan of Mr. Eddys farm Avill give a clear idea of 21 the position of tlie ram, the storage pond, the lines of pipe, and thevaiions fields upon which the water may be used. The different fieldsnpon which the water was used in 1895, as well as some of the fieldswhere it is prox)osed to use it are marked out by dotted lines. It willbe noticed that the land on either side of the brook to the
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