Show the irrigation of orchard orchards it has been demonstrated in california that surface irrigation is not the best method for orchards the system is un 0 tidy wasteful and causes an unnecessary growth of noxious weeds ve eds it also stultifies tho the tree growth causing the roots to form in a ball near the surface an orchard desIgn designed id for market fruits should bo be irrigated irrigate uby by means of underground conduits or cement pipes these are laid below the freezing point and made of sufficient rient dimensions to carry the requisite quantity of water within three or four feet of the tree small holes cut in the top of the pipes and covered by boxes to prevent the holes filling with earth allow the water to percolate slowly out from the pi pipe po and moisten the soil at the roots of the tree by this method the roots go downward giving the tree a firmness to resist rainstorms brainstorms rain storms and withstand the effects of continued dry weather in case the water supply is temporarily exhausted T kufs 1 I system may be considered expensive pu Lut t 0 the additional yield of fruit will vill justify such expenditure the field of the future irrigated fruit market will bo be large enough to justify systematic underground tiling as well as piping will be more extensively practised practiced as the market orchards increase and although expensive as it may seem these orchards orchard will swill be valuable dividend paying properties irrigation age |