Show ALKALI SOILS from Irrigation niu nuu tIns It has frequently been observed In Inthe the Ihu irrigated region that soils which i bowed no signs or only of first brought have havo utter the t n a comparatively tow fow become 10 U widely Impregnated with alkali its o 0 render them hum completely or In large Art unlit for or the tho growth of the iry form crops The rho California ex CX experiment station has for n a number of yearn devoted especial attention to time the of the lie rise dee of alkali In tIme the soils Und find the division of soils of tho department of turc ure line has undertaken n a study of time the muses and conditions condition favoring time tho rise of pt alkali In Irrigated soils Holla anti and the tha of preventing or overcoming tho Injury from toni It A recent bul of the lb division gives eles an account of such Huch Investigations In the Yellow Yellowstone stout stone Valley near fillings Hillings Montana I i investigations indicate that the In that locality at leant lead Is due largely If not entirely to Injudicious J Fr r Irrigation Before gallon vas ties Introduced the salts Halts were tim indent ent In rather large amounts but bat jn ll the toll sell not ID lii such euch as to 1 Injurious to crops With the In jf cC irrigation however mtr tM In iii exceptive lo o and anti unU through to Hi lI lower soIls tarried with U It the soluble suits stilts whIch accumulated In exceptive In the tatter espe especially tally where drainage wan ran have been beaU reported by tb California slattern an as exIsting In th iari Joaquin valley California and are arc known to occur In I Salt Luke Lake coon coun county ty 13 In many other regions bulletin of the division of soils noil to states that the open having better n f nr nm not likely to be Injured by b a tise of colts except from an excessive application of water or In the tho low how Ia R Jn the tho path of the drainage lila especially when whan those are under a as they are liable to 11 be by the theL L oll It thus appear that the Injury may not Pc to the of water vater but to the U use P of or large quantities of water on OP In places siut i l away 1 These investigations point clearly to toa a tha thu of ot great rare care In to th It of water In Irrigation This car nr be li exercised not only oni for which Is being Irrigated IrrIgate but bat for C r adjoining lands on lower levels where me tie damage nas wen been imone or where the thi conditions are xa ao Imminent that ultimate ruin can be 1 foreseen the toM al method of Ut reclamation Is In pro providing viding systems of drainage to carry oft the of water and salts It not be assumed however that a thorough system of age one from coin exercising care 1103 judgment In applying water to the tho There Is less Immediate c ct ruining the land to be sure slim hut but thorn them ore two tan things to be b er erat d nam that an excessive use of v Water means Just so wi much loss losi to Irrigation gation so touch much less ieee land which can IP under the ditch anti and also lint In tile the removal of these salts by flo of ot the seepage waters out the drainage large of really valuable plant food boil are likely to be removed from the soil poll pollS S I lly 3 and under drainage we may remove In a few yearn farR the very ery conditions which contri contribute huts bute to tIme the wealth of the country In the tho of the soil On a California station bulletin bullet In states that lint while IN anil complete corrective n op II it does not follow that the indiscriminate use of U Is Uto Isto to b lIe since enormous amounts nf valuable soil ingredients v C on mild In bile thuc run to waste It therefore urges that other remedial a ll ha given due duil consideration the tite latter ate ato deep anti and loose tint of o soil poll to check surface Itoh mn culture of or hoed crops antI and Jt l Mants Blants which exert nn an In In the same Con from roam Farmers Bulletin States Department Of Agriculture ture litre |