Show P IRRIGATE IN GROWING SEASON By Proper Handling of Water Farmer Farm May Draw From Lower Depths Depth for Plant Food While It Is te true that the majority of field crops reach down Into the soil soU two wo or three feet and tap the plant foods at these depths yet the surface of the soil would still be deficient were It not for the water which the foods up from the lower and distributes them evenly amon among amone the roots Thus by the proper handling handling han han- dUng of Irrigation water we can draw from the lower depths the fertility oil 01 the soil soU equally distributing It It fur fur-f a greater feeding ground fait fait- the plant system and consequently f ft a stronger and better growth A. A McPherson In Ranch and Range Ranges Each farmer should study his soil soil know Its depths and have some somo Idea of the plant foods therein To be able to Irrigate Intelligently a farmer should be possessed of th theses these facts It is necessary that he shome know the depth of the soil soll In ord order order- that he may know how long he should Irrigate or to what depth he may safely safely safely safe safe- ly saturate his ground If more wat watIs water Is forced Into the soil BOU than It ha hat haa- power to assimilate damage will re sult suit Deep soil soU will stand more water water- than shallow soil and shallow soil requires more frequent Irrigation ur der del ordinary conditions If I were asked how long water should run on ona oni onLa a particular piece of ground I would wout first want to know the depth of the that soil and also how long It would tak takes to force the water to the required depth All the soil soU needs is just Juht enough water to moisten Its particles thoroughly More than this quantity of water would be detrimental an and damaging To Irrigate properly means to supply the needed moisture at the th right time to equally distribute th the tha plant food by reaching down into th the tha lower depths dissolving the plant food foods there and raising it up to within reach of the plant roots This is accomplished by rain under certain conditions If we could havo a shower Just when we needed on onit onit one it would be all right but we ca cannot We have too much water or too little little as a rule seldom rule seldom if It ever the right amount By irrigation the water ca can caD i ibe be forced downward to any depths depth thus Increasing the he area of the feeding feeding feed ing ground for the plants We might have a dozen good rains during th the tha growing season none of which would force the water downward beyond a a. certain depth or tap additional strata of plant food and make It available One good Irrigation would force the water far beyond the depth reached by the rains and bring upward a much larger quantity of ot plant food The Th idea Is to get as much out of the sort sol ti as possible and the deeper the feeding feeding feed leed i ing ground the more plentiful the foo food I and the better the corps 1 T This Is why I believe that irrigation Irrigation tion Uon fertilizes the soil soU better than rain fall for it draws the plant producing g qualities from greater depths and at atmore atmore more opportune times making cro crop failure absolutely Impossible Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore Further Further- more the upper strata of the soil soll In irrigated districts are not constantly constantly- being robbed being robbed of more than their share of plant producing elements being being- constantly restored by the drain from below |