Show MELONS REQUIRE MUCH WATER will grow and produce crop with small quantity of moisture Mol ture oo 00 better irrigated generally speaking the watermelon will crow grow und and produce a crop with a small quantity of water but it will do considerably better if irrigation Is supplied the number and frequency of irrigations depends to a large extent of at course upon the eoll soil and climatic conditions A soil which conserves cons errea the moisture near the surface where the roots of the dineh are located will naturally require the least amount of irrigation water As a rule however under ordinary condition conditions the alon should be more frequent after the plant begins to bear the first irrigation Is usually given to the ground juat just as eoon moon as the ditches are made and before the eced seed Is planted if the seed Is blow slow in germinating it la Is sometimes advisable to give a sec ond irrigation to produce germination but care must be taken not to allow the water to cover the hills tor for the reason that it would pack the eoll soil and thua thus retard or prevent germination all of the irrigations are applied through the ditches after the plants have passed the blooming period the ditches should i be well filled BO so that the moisture can I 1 soak into the ridges and reach the I 1 roots and from now on during the hot i weather a big melon plantation wil require an ocean of water |