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Show I AIR IRRIGATION FOR THE GROWING OF CROPS H Success of 11 n Indiana Fiirmer In Hicliitinlrnr I.niul on H Cluy Form. M Yvlll V Hooker, attorney, who ll , HI lowing wnra Injury In a Morion ' BH wrKk several year ami returned to BJ th eod M n farmer ttt mlnrc hi I MV shattered nerve, ha attracted the l BH trillion of llw department of agrlcult BH nro nt Washington ami the Indie BH lion are that the crr.lll will In- given HH tu him of being I ho father of a new HH Method of Irrigation and dulnage HH Herri tary Wllann and Ma esperta HH nre watching the mnlta that art- fnl HH lowing the trial of Hooker discovery HH or new system on hli farm two mile HH tost nf llroad Hippie Ind I HH Ho Is succeeding In aconmpllshlng BH (ho feat of niaklnK ti nml wime- BH times three blades grow where one I BJ grew before, of raising ill bushel of I HH corn on land that for ymn averaged HB between 30 and 40 bushels, of Km Huj Ing 10 bushels of ola to (he acre BE while hi neighbor am growing only HH 26 or 30 and of rehabilitating and re HB Invigorating oor misused, clajr land HJ According to the experts of the do- H partment nf agriculture at Washing BH too, heJs dnlnK thin br methods that BW are absolutely now and that, while BH expensive are profitable BH , The Hooker farm Ilea on llio cle- BB vated wator shed between Fall creik HB nr While lifer In fact tho rainfall BB part on til farm and flow to tho HB dlttorunt outlet Tho aectlon I ao BB elevated that though It la ten, wHjl H -" TTom-inr,fintr"r-irroiaHaio1l, one BB ran sen the tall liulldltiK nnd tho BBJ state house dntne Th land, jxvaaltily BBJ at ono time Jiut after the forest bad BBJ been cut off of the elevated aectlon, BBJ might have been very roductlve but BBJ It ha washed In recent decade and BBJ loft only n thin clay oll over a clay BBJ abalo lng ago moat of tlm fertility BBJ win carried Intu lira lower land by BB the processes of nature or wm loat by BBJ Improper farming, and to-day n great BH deal of the country around the Honker BBJ farm ha been left to underbrush BB In talklnic with a representative of BBJ the Indlaiiaiwll New, Mr Itwiker BBJ ald BBJ When I bought tho farm there BBJ wero n few tile drain tinder It iirdl BB nary threw and four Inch tile laid 18 BB Inches to two feet under tho turfaro BB A half Inch of water ct incut nvory BBJ thing swimming, kept tho dltche run BBJ nlng full, and contributed to tho lake BBJ which had funned on the Inbteland be- BBJ causu them wa no outlet fruiu them BBJ "I began to run sonio inoro tllu BBJ dltche nnd In doing mi It occurred to BBJ me that perhnp tho dltche wore BBJ Hko bottle In omu reaped Ynft BBJ All n IhiKIo with wutur nnd turn It up BJ lilo down What Is tho result? Due BB the water run outT No only n nlr BB seeps In A the air get Into tho but BB tlo ail tho bubble come to the top, BB the water gurgle out If ono would BB wliti the water Ui run out freely be BBJ mould make n hole lu the bottlo to BJj admit the nlr BB 'Jut o l reasoned, with tho tllo BB drain Ihey were to un intent nlr BB tight and ran liack from tho outlet to BH a dead wall It oceurretl to me that BH tho other end of the tile should bo BB brought to the surface nnd left open BH so Ilia nlr could get Into the drain H9 I did thl, nnd put miiik block of BB wood oer the tile, which I brought BB up well above the surfaco of the H ground Tho pine block were laid ao BH a not to ahut out the nlr BB l lt.fi them there for auine time BH and one day a I waa passing one of H them I went over and lifted It up It wo very dry wither nnd very hot BJB I wa nuMied to And that the block ot B3 wood wa a wet a though It had BB been aoakeil In n oreek I thought BB tome local rondltlon might bo reiin WM alble for It ao I went to the other BB tile and examined the block over BB them All were the nme aoaked I H throw the block away nnd began to H itudy I went to tho outlet and found B that n current of nlr waa flowing line BB the tile n unmldakably and tead BB lly a the water flowed out of them BH following wet weather BB I began U eiporlment, and have BB brought forth whut I aud the agrtcult H ural dipartment call ntmiwpherlc Ir H rlgatlon Irrigating the aoll by nlr HH I have taken up all the old tllo drain BUI and have laid larger ono, running H from four to twelve Inche and have B jbued them ut u doptb of cot leu than five feet In any place, and from that to nine feel under lh aarface of the ground Wnatltbrultf Well, there It la and he motioned to the Held on hi ftO-acr larm My corn rrop laat yir ran UN biiahel to the acre and though Ihl crop waa planted on June II thin year after aotne of my neigh bora had cultivated their flelda twice It la a perfect aland and I believe that It will run 100 bnabel to the acre I have cut my It-acre Held of alfalfa twlre, and It I blooming a third lime now later he walked Into the field, nnd It came high above hi kneel My imta rrnp laat year ran SI btMhel to tho acre, and till year crop, which I will cut next week I a good ono Thl road under which the tile run la an ordinary dirt road that lined to be nlmoet linpaanable, but now It I a good rofltl. even In the prlng where It run between my two 10 acre tract I have put from 171 to 175 under every acre of the farm that I have drained thin far nnd my net earning loat year off of the BR acre IS kelng In wood -wa $1 M0 Thl I nej; t paid my tennnl and hi helper the BB (One End of a Oraln I Seen Protruding from the Ground. Through Thl BB Panel the Air from Which Molitur I Abiorbed by the Boll.) usual wage for farm holp and hod tho ordinary expenses of a farm jo deduct from tho gro I bollevo ttiat tho now ytem of drnlnago nnd 'nt-motphorla 'nt-motphorla Irrigation pay "finding that my tile ran water na onllnary drain when thorn wa neod of the water having an outlet, and Hint Ihey took In nlr In dry, lull weather, I began to figure on th proposition of mud and Mill Why but have the lx aeven eight or nine, feet of tuldlied clay Inalead of n mem klm why not make my farm n great aponge to absorb all tho water that . might fall on It, nnd to nick up Ihl water from great depths by capillary attraction when It wns needed' I put In n new drain with the air vent, nt a minimum depth nf (he feet In mine place It wa nine foot deep The result wns sntlnfaclory 1 took up all of the old shallow drains and linvu put down larger one at tho lower low-er level I now havo thesa ditches with laterals overy CO feet over most ot my farm, nnd the remnlnder of tho work will bu completed noxt cnr Mr Hooker mis Hint his drnln do not begin to flow In tho aprlng until tho shullow ono of his nilghbor havo gono ilr) nml that they then flow nwuy Into tho hiiiiuikt nnd when they do atop tho air begin to flow Into the drnln, nnd tlm Irrigation of the land through tho heated dry season begins Notwithstanding tho heavy voat of ucli n tem of drainage Mr Hook-or Hook-or thinks It vary profitable, and believes be-lieves that even tho must misused soil lu the state can lie reclaimed land made productive Tho drnlnago land ntmosphcrlc Irrigation will not of themsehe do It, but fertiliser, snj Hooker, completes the soil restoring I trinity Hooker feeil nil of hi crop, and hauls the maiiuro out Into tho Held eory day winter nnd summer. He board from 10 to 50 city home innd mule through the winter on hi farm, not only for the set en dollars month u head that ho get for keeping them, but for the soil enriching en-riching manure whkli he thus gets to aprend on hi soil He also feed n large mimU r of hog and thus market n great deal ut hi corn ou the hoot Tho "Docile" Dull. llenare of tho 'docile bull ' Don t bellee In him. Noter trust hint IXin t be caught off your guard Lead him with a ring and a staff not with a chain or rope attached to the ring Kery week or so we read of some farmer or helier who has been Injured or killed by a careless disregard ot thl last precaution |