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Show WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM Subject of Subirrigation Will Bear Investigation. Inexpensive Method Is to Put Three to Six Inches of Cinders in Ditch Some of Most Desirable Crops to Grow. Subirrigation by means of tile will bear investigation, under the different conditions encountered in the dry land districts. The ideal conditions for sub-irrigation sub-irrigation is where hard-pan or impervious im-pervious stratum is found underneath eighteen to thirty-six inches of soil in which capillary attraction is good, and just to the extent that the conditions approach the ideal is it a success for growing annuals. The roots of perennial peren-nial crops will eventually clog the tile in their search for moisture. A small plot of one-half acre, with tile laid at different distances apart, viz., 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 feet apart, will, after a series of years, determine the proper spacing of subirrigation tile systems for the soil. The most practical method meth-od of subirrigation, says a writer in the Dakota Farmer, is where ditches were dug just' as for laying tile, and filled in with from three to six inches of cinders with a piece of tile set on end in Hhe ditch on the cinders, for applying the water, after which the soil was filled in over the cinders. This is inexpensive, compared with other methods, if a supply of cinders is available. The most desirable crops to grow with a limited water supply are those grown in the vegetable and flower gardens, lawns, shade and fruit trees. Where an ample water supply can be developed such field crops as bring the largest returns per acre should be planted. To gain the maximum returns for money invested in the water supply.' and pumping equipment, winter irrigation irriga-tion should be practiced. On this portion, por-tion, field crops, the hardier vegetables, vege-tables, fruit trees and small fruits, can be grown very successfully. In the summer irrigated plots from which the hardier crops have been removed, re-moved, strawberries and dewberries can be grown if protected in some way. In soils that move during the high winds the strawberries and dewberries can be protected by a mulch that has A water tupply system of 5,000 gallons capacity, suitable for cattle feeding feed-ing Srid general farm purposes. been grown betfteii' the rows' Turin? the fall, a sowing of oats cjf barley. TY.lo will freeze down a'nd ttfrtM tt good mufoh. for the plants which cannot can-not blow away. Much attention should be given the flower garden and lawn in making the home niore attractive, for it is. of equal importance with the vegetable garden sr other foj"m of work. These' can always al-ways be grown with a very limited water supply, and as they add so materially to the comfort of the home, these 'little oases on the dry plains are a welcome sight and Worth many times the efforts they cost. |