Show NEW METHOD OP OF irrigation water wate instead of being liberated on the th burbace bur face la in injected into the boll underneath A heyel method ot of irrigation to IB eing being tried in some parts parta of the west it la is called the system be because causie tho the water instead of being liberated wt on the Lurf surface ur face aee Is ia injected into the soil boll under iander tho the surface this method has a number humber of advantages advant agea the use of apen irrigation i ditches in the first arst place wastes one tenth of the elabd on the average and often this land la Is very valuable whereas with the he subsystem all tho the soil can be utilized then the new system requires only about one seventh OB as much water for or by the old way most of the water la Is loa t by evaporation and leakage A typical plot in texas ot of twenty acres es gets all the water it needs by the new system froni from a single well pumped by a n two horse engine says the path finder the entire twenty acres la Is honeycombed with a system of concrete pipes made on tho the spot tor for conducting the irrigation water tho the main conduit runs the length of tho the farm and Is four inches in inside diameter from this run laterals literals late rals two inches in diameter thirty three feet apart these thes e laterals literals late rals are pierced at threefoot intervals with a small hole only the size of a p pin ln this being covered with a cap to keep the dirt from filling it up the water oozes from tho the hole constantly but in minute quantities thus keeping the ground supplied with sufficient moisture but not flooding it |