Show GOOD RULES FOR foft irrigation among other things excessive use of water washes out plant food and crowds out air hy BY W P SNYDER superintendent nebraska sub experiment station north platte pla t te too much water ta Is an injury to eoll boll first it washes out plant food nitrogen la Is the plant food element clement that the western soll soil to la most deficient n t in it Is easily washed out it if washed below feeding ground ot of plant roots it Is lost second it clogs the surface few inches of soli soil by cementing the small particles together arid and thus produces which all recognize as very injurious to soil third it crowds out air this lessons lessens the action of bacteria in making plant food fourth it lowers the temperature of soil this regards retards relar dB growth seasons a on H are too short in northern s states t atea and growth should be hastened fifth the excess water that goes into the soil roll comes out somewhere it often seeps out on the land lower and injures it or even destroys its use for agricultural purposes pAr purposes poses sixth water has a balue the same as any other material no roan man has hae a right to mure more than he uses properly it if he ha uses more than he be needs or of wastes it he Is using up ng that does not bolong to him |