. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. 40 dreer's vegetables under glass. We here present a picture of a cheap, practical and effective scheme for watering an extensive plat or border. The picture is drawn from a photograph made on the large, well-kept place of the Messrs. Hittinger Brothers, at Bel- mont, The essential feature of the scheme is an elevated two- inch central pipe, running the length of the plat. It is held up by iron posts made of pipe. A horse can pass under th
. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. 40 dreer's vegetables under glass. We here present a picture of a cheap, practical and effective scheme for watering an extensive plat or border. The picture is drawn from a photograph made on the large, well-kept place of the Messrs. Hittinger Brothers, at Bel- mont, The essential feature of the scheme is an elevated two- inch central pipe, running the length of the plat. It is held up by iron posts made of pipe. A horse can pass under the main horizontal supply pipe. The water pressure is 25 lbs. to the square inch. At points say 18 feet apart cross pipes extending twelve feet in both directions are inserted, as shown in the picture. At the end of each lateral pipe is an umbrella (revolving) sprinkler. The weight of the sprinkler and small lateral pipe is supported by a wooden stake or pole. At the Hittinger establishment this scheme of irrigation covers about an acre of ground. Sixty sprinklers are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. Philadelphia : Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated
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