Show WHEN SOILS LOSE THE WATER two thirds in first three days after irrigation cultivation con serves moisture the quantity of water sucked out ol 01 the soil by plants in any one day ID midsummer depends upon many con the drier the atmosphere and the greater the amount of sun shine and the wanner the day the greater will be the amount of gatei taken from the soil more important than any of these factors in causing a loss of soil moisture Is the amount ol 01 water found in the soil from wet soils more water will be lost than fram dry ones both from direct evaporation from the soil and from the greater amount passed through the plants consequently immell abely after an irrigation much more water Is lost than one or two weeks later it has been found that of abo water lost during the first two weeks after irrigation 31 per cent went the arst three days 29 per ent the next four 23 per cent the next three and 17 per cent the last four days thus nearly one third of the water waa lost tho first three days and mora than one half the first week since it Is impossible in practice to apply water so as to keep the right amount in the soil all the time it Is necessary to learn methods by which the evaporation from wet soils can be almin dished careful cultivation or stirring of the top boil no doubt tends to con serve the soil moisture it is clear however that it alon Is to have much value in preventing the loss of soli water it should be put into operation as soon as possible after irrigation that Is as soon as the soil Is dry enough to make cultivation possible could the farmers see the thousands of tons of fly off water that arise as vapor from the soil the farst few days after irrl gallon they would certainly do all in their power to stop the waste it must be remembered in this connect alon that the of water taken from a wet or moderately dry soil on which plants are growing Is con larger than the amount evaporated from an equal area of tree i water surface |