Show irrigation FOR AN ORCHARD watering of trees during first sea son after transplanting done through furrows gently sloping land Is preferred lr righted orchards A tall of ten to twenty feet to the mile insures good drainage and the soil Is not eroded by small streams of water on very flat slopes the excess water from lr rl gatlon has frequently to be demov ed by artificial means and on very steep slopes the difficulties of applying water are much greater farrow and basis irrigation are the usual methods employed but the former Is more common in setting out land for commercial orchards a section is usually divided first into ten acre tracts the lateral ditches supply the divisions and individual owners control the respective tracts when the width of driveways Is deducted the length of the tract by trees is seldom more than feet this distance governs the length 0 the furrows the watering of ard trees during the first season after transplanting Is most commonly done through two furrows spaced tour feet on each side of the tree As the roots expand more furrows are necessary |