Show CULTIVATION VS. IFUIIOATION. During a recent drive through the rural district south of Salt I.ake Clti the writer mw a number of small farms and gardens wherein cultivation cultiva-tion Is belrg made very largely take the place of Irrigation Most noticeable of all were the grounds of the Utah yurserv company where nesrly one million fruit trees are at present growing grow-ing The trees were in meet excellent condition and making good growth Upon asking how many tlms the water wa-ter had been applied this year we were told that most of the ground had not been Irrigated this season The fine-tooth fine-tooth cultivator lias been used and this followed by a light drag or stone boat Just wide enough to go between the rows This process leaves n mulch very nearly as fine as mad dust and the moisture cannot reenre I.xnml-natlon I.xnml-natlon showed that the soil four Inches down waa molit as need be The nursery nur-sery ginunds were free from weeds and altogether furnish not only n beautiful beauti-ful sight of thriving trtw but also one of the best possible examples of how cultivation may be made to tnko the place of irrigation |