Show irrigation OF BARLEY the utah A ri cultural experiment I 1 station h b is recently publish ed cd the results A f a 3 years experiment peri ment on th ta u arri irrigation V aaion of barley which wa conducted on the greenville fai farm in just north of logan it sho s results of using using different quan aties of irrigation water on oil barl bar y and aind of applying icat different i in the grow tit of tile the plant the highest yields ields were prodoc ed when 15 to toua acre inches of water were a applied lied to the croop each season reason R ore or less water then ti this Is redu ed the yield F flooding th field after the grain was pla ted but I 1 before it was hig big enouf it t to shade the ground serio seriously decreased the 0 yield water applied as soon as the plants shaded diftler the ground enough to pre prevent ent baking gave the largest returns for each acre inch used L later aar irrigation were of reactively vely less importance for each irrig irrigation atio the largest bield yield was produced with three 5 ach inch irrigations ap plied when till tha plants had five leaves when the leaves were in the boot ani and when the grain was in full bloom the entire results u its 0 of f th the ale expert experiment may be aps obtained bained by address ing the eap exp experiment e ament station lo 10 gan utah an and asking for bulletin no irrigation of barley I 1 ey it I 1 |