Show A t irrigation BEFORE PLANTING water should not be allowed to fill the low spots leaving others high and dry liere lind la to be watered before planting emch Is a good plan the vater should be kept under control not allowed to till the low spots leav ins others high and dry I 1 or this purpose the ground may be listed and watered the same as when a row crop occupies it and this plan offers many advantages it land is hot well graded and there is a dip in it which it would be too expensive to till with scrapers on account of the long haul the water will do the work at the same time 4 prepares the ground to sprout the crop in such case a strong head of water can be run in each row and then the ridges split and the water turned into the new furrows in some cases this will make the land in the hollow very wet it cannot be worked so soon as the side hill above which should be cross harrowed as soon as the ground will carry a team without poaching the soil into clods nothing is more annoying than to have a dip in a field between upper and lower end and it is well worth while to do away with it by this cheap water grading even it some of the crop must be planted later ordinary fields can either be watered with the literals used the year before or checked with back furrows to produce uniform moisture there is little doubt that where water Is available alon will give much better results with beets and alfalfa than trust to the chance rains of spring our high spring winds so easly dry out the top soil and delay germina alon that an ample moisture below la very important it we would have beets and alfalfa at once secure a good root hold |