Show IRRIGATION OF AN ORCHARD 1 Not Necessary to Use Water In Such Quantities as to Transform HIghway Highway High High- way Into It Is not necessary In the Irrigation irrigation tion of an orchard to use water water In such quantities or In such manner as asto asto to transform the adjacent highway Into into into in In- to a continuous le for the length of at the farm or If t. t the road Is Ison ison ison on a grade wash deep gullies gullies' In it nd nd thus make travel either disagreeable disagreeable disagree disagree- able or dangerous as Is so often Illegally Ille ille- gaily gally done In our irrigated districts writes S. S 0 O. O Jayne in the Denver Field and Farm A Again gal Ii at the opposite opposite opposite site extreme are Instances in which only a small head of water Is used and none nona is permitted to run off art the field d yet the loss is as' as great In proportion proportion proportion pro pro- II portion to tho the amount applied as when it runs into a road This may occur through a desire on the part of the irrigator irrigator- to be economical The water is applied in homeopathic quantities quan quan- titles lilies at frequent intervals not enough at one time to thoroughly moisten the tho ground and as n a result of dr i the subsequent subseQuent subsequent quent baking of the top soil in fhe ie e shallow furrows practically all the water wa ter applied quickly escapes by evaporation evaporation evaporation oration and a accomplishes no good I Very often otten much water Is wasted or at I least mst excessive amounts are needed for Cor orchards because of undue haste in planting and lack of care in first mt 4 tO n t fn T t thA n A properly grading J 1 1 eland e b bLand b I Iland land so that the tho tr trees es may be economIcally economically economically econom econom- irrigated This Is a matter that should always be given careful attention atten alien alien- in getting the orchard orchard orchard or or- tion for patience chard established ed h has s sometimes made it ft necessary to replant and is by a n source of aggravation expense and waste for tor years ears We know by ex ex- that depth of furrows used In Irrigating bears a n marked Influence upon th the rate at which evaporation takes place and Is therefore a factor into account in checking to tobo be taken When they are losses by this cause the three Inches deep made only Esses are arc three times as great grea as In Incases Incases n losses where the tho water Is applied in cases oases The TheIse Inches in depth furroWs twelve Ise shorter than those commonly com com- ese lse of at furrows made would likewise make a considerable saving possible in most instances |