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Show IRRIGATION FOR LATE CROPS Water Should Be Applied Evenly and Not Allowed to Sour In Hollows, Nor Miss High Places. If there Is an ample supply of water wa-ter It will be best to Irrigate some of the fields that are ;o grow late crops-No crops-No amount of rainfall will take the place of Irrigation, and if you think It does, go out and dig awhi'.e and you will soon be undeceived. Ap ply water evenly; do not allow it to sour in the hollows and miss the high places. . The alfalfa will perhaps be i better to wait awhile for water this cold spring if you feel assured of a r late supply. When irrigating this crop always test the ground with shovel to see if the water is penetrating deeply, deep-ly, and do not be satisfied with the fact that it runs over the to;. Men will often come to the house and say they cannot tell the irrigated ground from that which has merely been rained on, which shows they have not used the shovel test, as no shovel will ever so easily enter ground merely moistened by rain as by irrigation, and the difference at the end of the shovel is easily felt. |