Show OK TO IRRiGATION I st t Seasons Season's E rought Causes III Minnesotans in ns to Think I tm nt Some Insurance Against Loss of finch Such Crops as Fruit G Garden Truck ruck and Some Varieties of ofField ofField ofField I Field Products r ow last seasons season's drought has set men In Minnesota to con- con the possibilities of irrigation an insurance against tho the loss of at at least of such crops as aro are aroon on limited areas arros like fruit trott n ond end some varieties s of rO Is is 3 is shown by an art artly artl- artl y F. F L. L Marsh of in Stoop and Home Homel which is in info fo follows tion in arid regions Is at a a. t m. m So is conservation 1 i moisture manure in semi arid regions b p o one ant thinks It Impious or r fool fool- d to to try either fr When a section a humid becomes temporarily s 11 han semi arid arld can we wo not at attry attry try to pr prevent present harm and to toe 11 e extent tent make malce up the deficiency solIne e or wind power is cheap water at ater r is in many localities plen plen- 11 pl Why y not use it I am aware t t is isa a mans man's size problem When s e people try to wet their gars gar gar- s with h a sprinkling can and then watering Is of no benefit we weld weld weld ld recollect that an Inch of rain rain- means eans more than barrels ban to acre acre and six aLe barrels to the square And it needs not one inch but oral eral feral Thus something more Is kl ed d than the pail method the 1 t tj application that makes a sur sur- r crust and leaves the soil dryer er a day of sunshine than It was re reo A thorough soaking Is reed re- re red ed d and the amount of water Iton it on sandy land is surprising kOn p the other hand the amount water ater a good pump will throw InaY in inay insy ay sy aY is surprising The amount that r fl be e raised on an acre or two of 1 well tilled and well 1 red land Is very surprising Ane An An- e r r. r favorable point Is when it Is isit it it Is likely to be hot and soaking cold i cold water is better than the iding ding vapor bath from sprinkling ot soil Likely it will be bo wet next year do you know It will take much mucho o r rain than we have had yet to the he subsoil In decently moist conton con con- Jon ton an and a lot let of rain or snow to toke toke ice ke ke a store for toi- next seasons season's con- con lV or waste Which of the shall It be here shall v w e get the water at ft about the thousands of lakes l streams In Minnesota 1 Can we rye fee no use of them What That about underground lake that wonderful Binder under all this drift covered re- re ji ii often orten only a few feet from the therlee face rlee face and in strata through which t fer ter r will wm flow freely to a drive at it Cant Can't we tap and use that that that- ps with reservoirs made water- water ti i with mud as are our lakes lakes lakes-If If annot reach a lake or stream l Wow Now w I 1 cant can't tell much about how I 1 know how I Intend joy ry next season if I dont don't put it off J. J forget but my method might not another farm and I hope to tow jw w t tie the e how better later I do doL RV that I could have made several Ir L' L red dollars on a strawberry Jh which the hot sun Bun and drying ns were ruining while we were Ping rg well wail diggers' diggers luck trying to water ti water enough to supply the enN en- en N pump and pipes I already had pow I we had results from what er r we did cUd get and no harm My f error was in waiting till Ull the was needed before I tried to mil have never seen a season with- with j a drought here or in the east in an a good soaking sometimes durie dur- dur the ie growing season would not Sp been a great benefit to berries 3 toes oes garden stuff grass land S-In S ln lesser degree degre perhaps perhaps to to lher crops I would not suggest dig Into i the matter heavily or t but why not try it on le patch at least It would give ej vegetables and fruit for winter many many have none this year A i there here here In the village has pumped r r on his garden by hand and has crop than many times the land Iff fi ut rt water He did not sprinkle 2 1 ept the pump going r for fr r hours at its In e. e los I s |