Show ADVISED TO USE UHE 1 KAHLY WATER IN PLACES I 1 i it Is extremely important that far tarn mers nira genet generally ally examine tile iti soll with u view to determining to what extent they need I 1 t ouse early wa gatof toe in preparing their land tor for crop production this abl season during tile tho past two weeks according to L at winsor irrigation engineer with the U ua 8 department of agriculture and tile the utah agricultural Exten extension slon service an exam has beon been made which reveals the fact lint tho MOIR moisture turo supply in fit wimp anime soils of several different counties la Is insufficient to produce the boat beat results unless it il la ia supplemented by early curly irrigation A farm arm that hat contains the proper amount ot of moisture moli turn nt at the beginning of tile the hoakon so akon says bays professor Prote saor win vor will stand stand two chances to one of producing a maximum crop when compared with the samo same farm under an inadequate supply our but taste and observations havu proved time and again that an increate increase of from 1 2 20 10 to per cent in yield may bo be by the simple process of applying sufficient water in every irrigation surface to connect with the permanent ent moisture deep own down in tile the soil soft and thus ell elf the dry subsoil which may often ile bo found on a well drained farm at this time of year it if this thin subsoil la Is not soaked early in the season before the crop removes the amill amount of moisture which may hayo have penetrated durling during the winter it usually happens that the late season water will not soak flown down no matter how often it to la applied personally oven even if I 1 had bad only a limited supply of stored water I 1 would rather tap the resor reservoir voir in february or march and soak up a dry subsoil than to hold this stored water irr itil later lit in june or july before drawing it out for the reason that a u agall application in early spring will go much farther than it will in summer in fact a supply supple of water applied to land fand which needs it bavly in the season will nill produce pro duce duco lully fully twice as aa much crop as the same amount of batee held over until mide enson the startling discovery made in the recent study la Is the fact act that with out exception the farmers in the different ferent sections sect tona believed that the winter precipitation had been RUM sufficient clent to soak their lands all the way down they were invariably to find that the winters rain andl andi snow had soaked down only six to nine inches in most ev cc pa on land which was dry at the close at 0 last sea season sull where the soils were ft ore kept moist last reason they atre are moist now and in many cases will not need water for some months in other cases caes however it would bo be bettor better to apply a very light irrigation even where no dry subsoil sub soil la Is but shorts it will stand a light soaking before antu saturation it is important to know that surface conditions at this time of yeav are not dependable Indica indicator of what may be found deeper down it if the boll poll was dry at tho tha close of last lasi se season n I 1 am almost sure that the water waier user can encounter a dry subsoil now within a fr fw w inches on ane vast majority ot of utah farras farms tf he does I 1 am also s sate in recommending an early irrigation followed folio w ed by a very use of water during tho the balanco balt of nf the he seaon it if any anny one doubts the of this statement let him try it for him ahlm r calf in chiq way test his soil of winter moisture penetration ion and thon select a uniform section of land divide it into strips and irrigate two or more of these thee alternate strips now and leave the balance of the field until hla his irrigation season ordinarily opens aparis up let iet him then irrigate only the strips stripe which havo have not been irrigated early eany after that h he may irrigate the etire field in the samo same w way ay and observe carefully the comparative yields if ho ha wants to carry the tet teft still further to observe the far reaching effect of the one early irrigation let him withhold oil all succeeding irrigations pans from gnp or more of the trips strips of land which were irrigated early tt if the acho soil Is deep and not too por per wis ons I 1 am safe in that the OR no irrigation will he be sufficient fent to produce prod tice a crop to maturity olph though thren or four late inte isenson ap may m ay usually ile be required on an tho the same aal land |