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Show will ii v lieller thiill II llll'e' m'tv. Il'i' lull I' lllteiletl to. ( Inliiuu ly fa rm iny lv proxy U not Niilisi'ai'tory Imt it unalile lo liifsuiiilly look after your laml Nialie sure lliat yon eii;.Mj;e n mail of pi net ii nl experience who will tfive i faithful llllelltioli the NillllC lis if lie owned it. .Make a firm, wrilleii coiiU'jicI specifying what lie is to do iiiid when, it in I don't pay until lie does it. II. K. Max-fielil Max-fielil of Delhi is it lelialile niim of wide iii'ipiainliinee and it in i j' h t li' well to make iiiipiiry froin liim or olhers eipially depend ihle as lo the stninliiii.' and experience of those with whom you may wish to cont rnet. Von are at liherty to make like iiopiiry from lis nl any lime and we will always iriv yon !he hest informal ion nlitainalile. A iruiid nuiiilier of uon residents li:ie heeu keenly d isn ppoint ei I al ilie olllcome uf Iheir ploXV fjlflll iiei at ions this season through liiilurc of those with whom they 'linl colli meled lo properly mid !ione,tly do their duly. In sonic uses local part ies have conl racteil lo clear and farm from toil to HIM icics, while nridinurily Ml acre? properly cured for requires the at lent ion of one man. The p-suil has lieen that the contraetiiiu party on the ground has ohtaiuei ii.i ney from the several participa; ill' lioll-residelils in advaiiee nl actually doiuj; the work, then suli let the Work to irrespolisihle part es. Iii nuiiiy inslanees they wen lale eoinmeneini: the preKirator work, failed to properly clear ,'iinl h'Vel. disked ilKtead of plowed ''oiled in lieu of i rriuii I iny ihroutrli corrugations, planted tlx Cop too late, Imilt small head dilches and connect in.' canals and were not prepared to received fill ordinary stream, ami when the did receive it could mil irriiralc properly, with failure in whole or pint tin' result. We are vitally interested in the .iieess of every settler and if mm residents will keep in touch with 'his office, or with our Field Kn-"ineer Kn-"ineer F. V. ( 'ollrell. at Delta, we W ill on reijllest endeavor to itis I the W ork lieillif oie ! olvise. Von Imulit your land from the Ijov et nillellt. w e colli racteil to sell you water for it. hence our inter-('-ts Hie lnlllil.il. All herein therefore there-fore reflects our lit-At jlliltrcllli'llt iinl is jriveii hy way of friendly siitru'cl imi with im desire to die-tale die-tale hut with the understanding lliat we are in no way to he held rcspoiisilile for the result in fol-lowinif fol-lowinif these smrjfest iAns. Very truly yours. DKI.TA l,AD & WATF.I! (d.MI'ANV. SUGOESEIONS TO SETTLERS. Some Seasonable Advice from the Delta Land & Water Co. (Concluded From Last We kl Drill the seed iii from 2 to :t inches, then lorrujratc deeply reiidy for the spring irrigation. A f I r the Krain come up ami especially es-pecially utter a tfood ruin harrow lightly in the dir linn of the corrugations, cor-rugations, tint providing 11 mulch and conserving morstui'e. If the isnil xhows lack of moisture niter the grain comes up give it one more fall irrigation. Don't irrigate in the spring until un-til the ground is wtirni nml needs it. otherwise you are likely to chill the grain nml set it hack. If this plan is followed one spring irrigation irri-gation nml not more than two should give generous crops. If the season is normal plant oats aliout May 1st, and spring wheat April loth, hut in either ruse we think it prcferahle t irrigate irri-gate hefore planting and otherwise other-wise follow the procedure of fall planting. My planting in the fall ami con serving moisture you should only n-ipiire ahout one-third the water needed if yon plant in the spring. The opinion of the hest ipiailified judges, holh practical and technical tech-nical is that the Kuil needs hut LITTLK WATKU and MICH rriNVATloN. Various methods are suggested hut our hest information is to sow ..!fidfa seed in the stuhhle after harvesting your fall crop of rye. wheat or hurley, then harrow well in the direction of the corrugations corruga-tions nnd irrigate soon. If you prefer to sow in the spring then sow with spring wheat hut we douht if it will fare so well if sown with spring oats. Don't attempt to crop more land than you can handle properly. A .smaller acreage properly farmed |
