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Show GOOD POINT ON IRRIGATION No Greater Mistake Could Be Conceived Con-ceived Than That of Throwing Water on Plants in Sunlight. A good many people have an idea that water shali not be thrown on plants in full sunlight. No greater mistake could be conceived, says a correspondent in Gardening. The damage to a crop occurs during the noon hours, and if wa could spray our fields between 9 and 3 o'clock, say oaco an hour, we could overcome severe droughts very well. In our ease there was never enough water und to wet the earth so as to form a ""- we used Jhe wheel hoe freelv to keep. e RO,- only enougt, .- in the hot sun. - v were beyond expSV , made excellent progreeTli,j of this treatment would be no greats than the constant weeding and hoeing hoe-ing needed In a wet season; added is the high market prices for all goods of fine quality. |