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Show Vnluo of Winter Irrigation. iit i'jll A bulletin from the New Mexico As- flfrlTB l ie ulluriil i:xporiinint Htntlon uttrnttB 19 attintliin to tho great vnluc, under i-Sk! iHrBel Biime lomllllons, of vvlnlir Irilgatlnn, KM' 1JJB" lTllda of nlrulfll" It la Btutid, ' un- f IL " I S R. Irrlhaled up to tho present time (Mav), !f 1 jJjSl are tilmnst barren a In inldw Inter, 'it slM whllo the llclda Hint wero winter Iril- , '?' ;i-'lJBI giitnl me In flue Browing condition. ' Ilnr-HIM The ilirference In Ihe hrnwth nf alfalfa ' Hj T', : with wlntei IrrlBntlon nnd without la Mil! I'mIM prnctlcull) Illustrated with experiments 9,"ififB madu nn thu Hlatlein farm Two lints ' '-.''jJuIBi welt selee leal of nn nearly the samo if.l.I lypo of soli aa imsslblc One plot was , i'rt'lifB winter Irrlgnled whllo the other wax i La,1Ul not The unlrrlgulid plot at this tlmo !1 pirmlTII la almost llfileaa, whllo tho plot le- iMH'IWfflll reiving winter Irrigation hnfl mnilo a ifiirWirfl flue nrovv Ih nf finm six to eleht Inches" , ifiSSlfl Under winter Irrlgutlim tho snll la f 3tXlT(i ' used nx a Blornge teservolr, Water, BtkliJ ' which la nt Hint time Itl many locnll- f & j,i ,IS tits plentiful la sj r-ud iiion the lnn.l f llWlillf nnd allowed tn Ihoroughl. oak In, tn ' HLVal S le used b) Iho crops ' Hi gruwlni; S fi'w'lJl si ring months In tho alt tico of stor- B 13 J t nge iiaervoliB iiiuili water c.in be thus il 'ijlfl saved vtlile.il would otlicrvvlsc run to jj y ,11 vv ante. , ', Jij l |