Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — MAN MAKES HIS OWN ‘“RAIN”' [ARTICLE]

MAN MAKES HIS OWN ‘“RAIN”'

Woodbury Farmer’s Little Irrigation Experiment Works Well In New Jersey. Woodbury, N. J.—While the frequent rains have diverted attention from rlgatiqn to some extent among farmers, yet this up-to-date method of farming is bound to come in south Jersey sooner or later, and the matter is being discussed at all gatherings of farmers. The Irrigation plan of Arthur Seabrook, in Cumberland county, has been visited by men from all over the country, and they are delighted with the results. Dr. John C. Cury, former councilman of this city, who has a small truck garden surrounding his pretty home on Holroyd place, Installed &n experimental plant this spring, and it Is now in full operation. It Is known as the “overhead system,” and Is operated every day with the best of results. Two long lines of overhead pipes with operatives at regular distances are stretched the entire distance of his lot, at the end of which a well is dug. The water is raised from the well by a gasoline pump and forced through the pipes, which are so arranged that they can be turned to throw the little streams in any direction desired; water can be turned into a spray or thrown out to fall like a gentle or heavy rain.