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Show BOX ELDER NEWS 'K Ci;AM CTY. UTAH 19 IRRIGATION INVESTIGATION c.ri U. CONDUCTED AT BRIGHAM , are conducted on the Valen-- i Jiam, Utah, under the direction i inre-t- v These r arm peach ' i e t the with am, n doulu ni'tmd that ulun a plant is trails planted c n when gnat eare is t ike n not to lueah lie nn - w tin. apt to oectir at tirst. because tin de lu it inn him hive hien torn oil, or luxe Hsult ot the slunk ot traiispljnta II Sunn wtvti new hairs are formed, watci irrigation engineer, connect a l Cxpcnn Utah By A. in Charge. i tli catering of the earth to help is Irrigation i Knapp, Superintendent J- - t- its fertiht ' fields direc tl rease , d and canals t Mate r pread the in very early times by and is now much and Babylonians, Fgiptiaiis In America, of the earth rts p n.e in many in more width applied "as piacticed It land d growing fruit in Utah on a hop witlio' t irrigation, therefore, I take it s nmld become acquainted with n deli grower tach variety grown, its method daractenstic' t what effect water has on the leedmg and ju the skeleton itself md There t roots, foliage riOit and a wi ng way of irrigating in regards amnnit tune, etc., this is what we application is no Trt cale t order that the growers as a The State and Govern It ma large sums of money in order ent are spending n the public III IV be educated along these lines Mils are pnblisiud and distributed among those have their n lines mi the free mailing list, and for them, but I am afraid a who send m a n quest are read rr small per edit ol these publications ead, they are placed on the shelf, and are neve i until cleaning d n ( solve irvmg to in bemond be tut water is necessary to plant what part it takes m how does it enter the plant, iling up the pi ml the root' luve all, both large and small, tin water, and with it, the soluble er to absorb admit all Wc ut'i lnit do materials d I' til know wc The Valentine called R. IlHtcl lu roots serve as a foundation to the tree, st md against storms, etc , and a passageway tor water solubles, and have not pnverof taking up iood The water and food con "ts pass into the trunk of the tree; then up into t'u M plant food n e large irder that it niav where it is eaves manufactured into a vv i i,i ' II - t r 'in it i n t n it mi i i iV v t'n tu-- 'in , be d in 1 phnlv, ,unl du 'lubti'iii plant pub, up -I lu snbibi, tin ro it squii will not ill vv pi moil I 1111 mini alls. it, w bti is ' i ' look tli what K tin i aiKe to tl pl in iv di nv i s m t lit mild Electric Well, discharging over 300 gallons per minute One of the best wells in the city; and it is this water the experiments in irrigation are being conducted with, by the Agricultural College Experiment Station. wall iK vv t e l i e i i ' till' (,ub, taints m solution m the nr, bv osmosi, and diffusion h me to go into details on tins i bv t o! aim ot taili grower sboubl he to broaden vqiullv distiibuti the roots of each tree '1 Ins in no tli it linin' unis upon thousands of these small ui burs ire .ull il enl.it ging the feeding capauty !h a! id ill 1 e the' epic'tion atists lmw are we going to and i qitallv distiihiite the roots5 Solely hv pmpir ill i lif o of application of water 'I lie i, tin should not lu applied close to the trunk il i tin. as is so commonly seen Some of tile nurs go so fai as to dig a hole hv the trunk of vv, h n l'i p order that more moisture m iv pcmtrite that p.uticular spot 'I i, inethol will li"iii the feeding capacity, proilin c a narrow eon tinted roof, because roots will um h ive moisture, lit it lie r seek it, thus the root, iri hi Id m a him lul in l - v V K . i I i . ini in , in ui li lhigham soil, 'a 1 r t t i U as i rub the moistute does her snh ol the furrow over a few pi end it the furmw is phued (lose to tile i,, llu trees the roots are held in a limited o ilmve st itul md when the tree becomes old, od constituents are drawn out of that t ui area therefore, the tru ri fust s to mature nitrate to c it i i l i -- p p i knowing that the roots seek moisture, is n isoiiahlc to suppo-- e tint the grower can roots pi any direction by application of In develop a broad toot system, place two lm rows mi each side of tile row of trees, furrow at U nt two feet from the trunks, V i Valentine Orchard, "l t0 P f Jf" 0i 11 ai ,a e UP new of nt bese d Tlume for Measuring Water i I buds and fruit netrate the soil to extreme v ere httle food constituents, on Ml il ''lU amount f air n tlie lllse chemical changes, dis- for the plant food. r nts 'lavc no the power of x ml, vv i sorptinn ,riiov x5. 1 f n' ' flhros roots perform this ey supply serve as rivulets lead- - n i i , 1 TJ"; i lit i I"Ms of the plant, storing some 'e aMI using the rcmaui- - We roots that C3ry but Brigham City, Showing Irrigation to Each Row of Trees. trie el tills method, the giowiis will s.tv, of lack of moisture, on sintered account tries have been a failure would no doubt t crop The growers n t e banged to the old method 1 he trees would suiter tor water, be-- , r ght v tried to remedy tluir mistake in hut one 1, ,, from i narrow, contracted root system The water was pi well distributed one i e j nt t I Heeling mots (root hairs) are not close to n the luge root, hut arc oil the small rots time limp the trunk .n lias been stated I |
