Show LOX LOCAL FARM NOTES ily by LEW LEM mait mail PRICK county agent irrigation now insures witter shortage iw tito warm warin weather early tills this month took most moat of tho the frost out of the soil an and d left it porous so that water applied rot got to a good depth and saturated the soil sell summer irrigation can thereby be cut down half alf and oven more depending on the type of soil crops grown on oil ground irrigated at this season are sometimes it a little 1 lato ato starting but soon catch up tip and I 1 pass ass those irrigated in the usual way ordinarily the alio farmer thinks the winter and spring storms saturate tho the soil to a sufficient depth but tests show that to bo be not so that water vator seldom gets into the soil more than lhnn a 1 I few indies inches or a foot and Is 14 soon gone when tho the summer sun stin and crops crops start their action likewise water applied after the soil liaa has become try dry penetrates only a few tactics into the soil and generally Is gone before another irrigation Is possible tills tends to check tile tho growth of tho the crop and hastens maturity before a maximum maxi muni yield let has ins developed apply water now or its as soon as all frost is out of the soil and a water shortage this summer will injure your crops very little |