Evening star., 1915-05-22
Drought Took the Beans.

| Drought Took the Beans.
the matter with lima and bush beans.
They came through the ground, but
turned yellow and died before true
leaves were sprouted. That was plain
| ly lack of moisture. I lost a few peas.
| too, but most of them had been plant
ed earlier and had start enough to
carry them through. l don't think l
was retarded, first by the drought and
later by cold weather.
| I'm not doing any crying over Spit
milk, however. Last year, had my ini-
tial paintings been treated in any such such
cruel manner. / reckon I'd have been
| ready to throw up the sponge and quit.
This year I simply replanted and
thought nothing more OF 1t. spent
lot Of time last year trying to trans
plant and save few lima bean plants.
/ plowed up ten times as many the
other day without a minutes compunc-
tion. They were SO thin in the row It
wouldn't have paid to cultivate them.
| The day Is coming-not this year and
lless-when drought and fear of drought
will no longer worry me. The stream
Of water that runs through our place
\ has its source in a spring that never
Ihas been known to fail. Even when
other streams and most of the wells in
| the countryside have gone dry there
always has been water in the creek
| 1t is true that in time of drought the
head of water is not large, but 1t is
sufficient for my purpose. 1 am go
| ing to install an irrigating system and
pump water to II with a hydraullc ram.
! Purchase of the additional ten acres
of land, through a part of which the
creek flows. gives me the necessary
| fall of water to operate a ram Ihe
dam the boys and ] built last summer
/ impounds enough water to carry an
acre of garden through any drought we
ever are likely to have in this humid
climate, and the flow of water In the
creek is never too small to operate the
ram to pump the impounded water to
the needed height.
Cost Of Installing System.
| The cost of installing overhead irri-
| eating pipes for an acre of garden
| would be $50 to SITS. The ram and
| 800 additional. II that represented the
| total cost l would have work started
next week, for 1t would be worth that
| to have water carried into the barn,
| pigpen and chicken house. regardless
| Of the garden. But the question of
| tank makes me sit back and walt a bit.
| Though a ram works night and day
| without stopping to rest, doesn't get
| cranky or have to be fed or oiled. as a
| litter of water II is slow as II is
1
| quired for 1t to pump enough water to
| give an acre of garden one good wet
| ting.
| In order, therefore. to mako the ram
supported irrigating plant practical
| undertaking ! must have elevated
| storage for sufficient water to irrigate
| the garden once. Believe me. that
| means some water. 1t takes about an
inch Of rainfall to give the land a good
| soaking. Just take your pencil and
| figure out tho sized tank needed to
| hold water TO cover an acre Of land to
| the depth Of ono inch. When you get
| the answer you will understand why
| II fs tho tank that makes me pause.
Margery Picks New Pet.
healing time is beginning to exercise
| prise, she finds that the sun still shines
and the flowers bloom, and that other
/ creatures refuse to be unhappy. Even
| the calf's mother quit mourning after
| about the third day.
Jane asked Margery the other even
ing what she would like for q pet in
| place Of the calf. The temerity of the
question fairly took my breath away.
for 1 hadn't a doubt that her election
would be for a pony After pondering &
long and deeply. Margery decided she
would take tho problem to bed with her
| and give us an answer In the morning.
I asked Jane, after Margery had
gone, II she didn't think 1t was pretty
risky putting II up to the child to de-
eide. NO." Jane answered. II thought
IT all over, and We will stand by the
offer. II she decides for a pony, we
will get II for her and something else
can wait. I don't think It IL likely she
will ask for lion or an elephant"
\ Margery woke us up at peep o dawn
next morning TO announce her decision
She wanted a kitten.
SO now we are In the market for a
nice. healthy young cat. guaranteed not
to bite or scratch or be undesirable In
other ways. We never have had q cat
at Sunny Knoll. and I don't know Just
how Laddie. the dog, will regard the
advent of one. but he'll have to make
the best of it. whether he likes II or
| not.
Boys Are Boy Scouts.
| Jim and Ned are very busy these days