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Show SAVING OF WATER AND TIME Much Harm Done to Soil and Crop by Unbualnesslike and Ignorant Das of Irrigation. The amount of water used In differ-lit differ-lit districts runa from V to 4 feet the acre, but why the growera use so much water few i; any stm to fully understand. The fact la most people use three or four times more water than is necessary and do a good deal 9f barm to their soli and also to the :rop by an unbusinesslike and really Ignorant use of a valuable quantity. The soil la a sponge which will retain anly a certain amount of moisture. If more water Is supplied It simply leaches down and 'a lost or runs way, carrying with It a fertilizing element of the soil In solution and only those which are In solution are of any value to plant life. The principal prin-cipal value of water Is to make the fertlllilng elemente eoluble. proper tillage following l.tlgatton eitends the time of service of the wster In the soil and thereby lessee the amount of irrigation as well as the frequency of application. Ti ls mskes a saving of both water and time and at a season w'wu both are valuable. |