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Show SUMMER CULTIVATION. AlaieM Ualvereal Prattle With Pawl Pa-wl t'a frmll Unwm, Tba adoption of a policy of clean cul- j tivatloa In tba dry aeaaoa by fruit grower of tha Paclflc coaat la not conditioned con-ditioned upon tha amount of molaturt available either by rainfall or Irrigation. Irriga-tion. It la puraued both where Irrigation Irriga-tion la practiced and where It la not and alto where tbt rainfall la greateat aad where It la leant. It prevail In tba humid region where ralufall may rite to elity Inrbea er mora and In the arid region where It may not eireed ana-tenth aa much. Aa a matter of fact, there dora not appear to be a good fruit toll ao deep and retentive that It can retain enough even of a very heavy ralufall to effect good tree growth and fruit bearing If It la forced to enataln tba loae by evaporation from a compact aurfar during tha long dry aeaeou following. Therw may bt. It la true, eotlt weak In capillarity In which water cannot rlae from a great depth and la whlrb deep rooting plant may And ample water In tba aubtoll, provided provid-ed It la held there by luipervloua underlying un-derlying atrata. There are many mora luatam-ea where loaa by natural drainage drain-age la added to loaa by evaporation; but. Ulari'gurdlng exception, the lou of uiniatur by both drainage and evaporation evap-oration during the dry aeaeou la ao great that the eoll In a depth of aeverul foot lo- practically all the water which la avalluhle fur plant growth, and the ttwt fail or become unpru&t-atile. unpru&t-atile. Ita by drainage cannot, practically, practi-cally, be prevented, but loaa by evaporation evapo-ration can be ao reducvd that treea and vlnoe will be adequately aupplled In aplte of the loaa by ilruluaite. liecauae, therefore, the eoll cannot rctalu ruoiiKb watnr In It natural elate, no matter how much It may twelve, clean auui-uier auui-uier cultivation, Involving quite complete com-plete and more or loan frviiueiit atlrriug of the eiirtace to th depth of four to alx tuchea. la the alinnat unlveraal practice, prac-tice, Irreapectlvt of local rainfall. terwte Reervlr. Storage iwatrvolra preaout many favorable fa-vorable phaaea. Hlored water la. In fact, auperlor In Ita character to run ulng water, Inaeiuuch aa It can ba held for ua In auch quantltlea and at audi tlmea aa It la moat needed, while ditch water muat bt uaed while It It running. Rraervolr water la depended upon al-moat al-moat altogether In northern Colorado for lata Irrigation, eeiecllly for the Irrigation of potatoea. In fact. It bat alinnat become an axiom that the culture cul-ture of potatoea In Colorado la hardly foaalble unleaa It la doua under aome ditch that la backed up by ttoragt ree arvolra. Cor. Country Uentleman. j Wrklaa Peed Pe Fara nre. In tht weatcrn raucbea. where alfal-: alfal-: fa bay oonatltutea ao much of the feed j aupply, it la tha aule feed of many of the fnrru horwi-a doing onllnary I work, aud with a little corn or barley It aupplloa good wurkiug feed. |