Show GRADING AX AID TO IRRIGATION For alfalfagrowing sandy land Is more desirable than clay loam lxe plowing should if possible b done m the fall In the spring before seeding the land should be carefully graded to a surface so even as to obviate the necessity of the IrrigatQr ever to st pinto p-into the growing crop to force the water with the shoveL Whoever neglects neg-lects to do this will when too late have abundant and unceasing cause to repent his folly The labor and cost of grading land at the outset are infinitesimal in-finitesimal compared with the aggregate aggre-gate labor and loss incurred In Irrigating Irrigat-ing rough uneven land twice or thrice each season for an indefinite term of years After grading and Immediately before sowing the seed the land should be flooded Irrigation at this stage serves a threefold purpose First It reveals the high spots if any remand rem-and these should at once be we r down and irrigated As soon after as the g Und Will bear woflHZ the H kould be sown 4 |