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Show EVEN IRRIGATION OF SOIL! s Whert Land I Light loa-iny or Sand) Nature It la Great Problem for . Farmer to Deal With. v To evenly Irragte Hunt loamy or , anndy soli la a problem t hat most lr- c rlK'it Uin farmers inut contend with, a Of course, there are irrigated arena I where the noil la clay ami not enslly t cut away by the water, but generally o where Irrigation U practiced a large ' part of the anil la of a light character. easily wnshod and rut away. Thereby are not only the plnntroots exposed g to the aun, but they are deprived of a ( roothold. i. To Irrigate auch land the most eeo- a nonilcal method la the use of the t bordered strips and checks. If a pump 1 la relied upon to furnish the Irrgstlon t water, thli system la the rheapeat way 1 to Irrigate any kind of aoll. 1 Krert rldKea, uHtinlly by plowing, ao ' na to border flat atrlpa of land, ao ar- 1 ranged that the water may be discharged dis-charged Into one end of the atrip and f ao that It will flow flat by the rldgca ( that border If. Tho ridges ahould be from 30 to f0 , feet apart, depending mainly upon the j amount of water and the slope of the t land. Some Irrigators nmniiRe to throw up their ridges at one plowing by back furrowing, hut. of course, this method j leaves a deep double furrow between the ridges that mnkes leveling more difficult. The quicker way In the long run la to plow the entire tract aa level aa possible, and after dragging ' It with a good drag plow up thorldgea about three or four furrows wide. When you get the strip ns near level as you think necessary, It Is well on new land to turn In the water, and If 1 there are any irregularities they will ' show up and ran be leveled Inter For grain such great care In leveling la hurdly necessary, but for alfalfa time, spent In leveling means tiro saved In Irrigation later. Of course, the soli next to the ridges la likely to be goft and easily waahed out. To prevent this small dikes two or three feet long should be hoed up. extending from the ridge out Into the flat. .Thl harks up the water nnd helps spread It to the center of the tlat. Some garden or orchard crops are better Irrigated by ditch Irrigation, but the flat culture, ns has been here ' described, rffers less surface for cvnp- 1 oration and facilitates cultivation. i |