Evening star., 1932-07-07
Templeton Jones is going to pose as a

Templeton Jones is going to pose as a
rain maker.
He can make rain any time he wants
he declares. by spending an afternoon
sprinkling his yard.
No matter how dry the week end. rain
will surely fall within "a hours after
Jones puts up the hose.
Perhaps there is no better way to de-
termine when a downpour is in the Of
flng.
Despite the best advices OF the Wealth
er Bureau and others. the home owner
can never be sure if the blessings OF
precipitation are to be granted to his
garden.
If he could feel certain about It. one
way or the other. he would know
whether to wait or not.
Consider the gardener who realizes
that his precious plants need moisture
badly.
The forecast is for rain--but there is
no rain.
He waits another day, and still no
water falls.
The third day-the third after his
plants show signs of suffering-he de-
cides to get out the old hose.
Now there are several devices on the
market which claim to make the
handling of garden hose a positive de-
light, but few gardeners seem to
possess them.
Most use the old drag and carry
system-that is, they needs must haul
out the hose in its several lengths, At
them together, and drag the result
around the yard.
The use of nozzle or whirling
sprinkler Of some sort is strictly up to
the user.
The main trouble with sprinklers. as
most people know, is that their position
in the yard must be changed, every now
and then, in most cases, and that this
necessitates ones keeping the sprinkler
on the mind when the big point of
securing it was to get it off the same.
And then one almost invariably
suffers from an involuntary wetting
every time he attempts to move the
sprinkler.
Personal direction of the flow of
water is something, too, especially to
the tussy gardener who insists on be-
lieving that the mind of man is superior
to any mere mechanical force.
Such a gardener invariably falls back
on the use of the nozzle, the usual sort
which. by twist of the wrist. can be
put through a variety of sprinkling
PAGES, from a bold rushing stream,
guaranteed to flatten any plant what
soever, to misty spray which looks
very pretty but does not impress the
user as of much practical value.
Happily there is a sort of mid-spray.
which every gardener will find for him
self according to his own preferences.
and especially his theory of watering.
No Two home owners seem to have the
same theory. There are as many ways
Of lawn Sprinkling as there are garden
erS.
One group operates on the belief that
mere dash of water is all that any
plant deserves.
These feel, evidently that the use Of
the hose is hopeless. any way you look
at 1t, and that therefore there is no
real need for wasting much time over
the operation.
Another group believes that the more
water one is able to place on flower
and vegetable beds and on the lawn
the better for all concerned
Still another group spends its time
spraying the water high into the air,
often wasting it on such objects as side
walks, cement driveways and the like
There is group. too. of just-bsfore-
the-stOTm sprinklers, who always wait
until it threatens to rain before they
drag out the hose.
Whether these are men of little faith.
or just contrary individuals. 1t is hard
to determine, and not essential that any
one should.
We are concerned here chiefly with
the difficulty Of gauging the weather, SC
that one will not waste water and time
in watering the home grounds when
Nature intends to do 1t for us, If we will
give her time
Unfortunately, Nature is a somewhat