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Show EIG MISTAKE IN IRRIGATION Common Error In Watering Potatoes Is to Turn a Large Head In Each Furrow. The rrost common mistake made In he Irritation of potatoes Is to turn large head In each furrow, jiermlt It ii How rapidly to the bottom of the ows and then shut it off. This way f applying the water wets only the urface layer and 1. It Is now followed p Immediately by cultivation two nys of sunshine will rob the soil or lost of the water which has been n tilled ti-lled and seal over the surface with hard crust. In this condition the rops simiii begin to suffer and the lihkllled fanner fancies that the uly remedy lies In applying more ater. A belter plan Is to turn only small amount of water Into a deep irrow and jiermlt it lo run without oppliiK for hours or even for a day night. In this way the toj laver not saturated, the soil around the ots and beneath them receives a ' rger sujiply and the surface may be I itivated shortly after each Irriga n so ns to check evaporation and I tain the moisture in the soil for the j liefit of the croj). j |