| Show OUR UNCLE SAM TO AID OV 01 18 experiments vill be continued this year by tho the government govern mont to ascertain how much water ater Is needed by the farmer for or irrigation purposes As more and more land la Is reclaimed by the government experts representing investors find greater need of ascertaining the exact amount ut moisture mole turo needed for crops in irrigated tracts heretofore observers went about among different irrigated farma farms to secure data on the crop yield and the tile amount of avater used 1 then I hen from the figures gleaned it was decided that fio vie amount of water necessary ua that quantity used by tho the farmer having the beat best crops the nature ortho oti tho soil the intelligence I 1 of the farmer and other conditions mere ere not considered in getting results the present plan Is to take an ordinary ordnary farm divide it into three parts in one portion the farmer uses the same amount of water he has been using in the in another r less anio amount and in the third portion a greater amount crop figures are made at the end of the reison season to ascertain which which amount of water on the same eoll soil and with the sat u crops gives the best result it A hart government assistant drainage engineer says s iya that the amount of water really neceE necessary sn for irrigation la Is usually far bet below ow the quantity used |
