Show irrigation NEEDED IN EAST I 1 many farms ro in humid portion of country assured of crops crop by nw new method lf it a farmer could at a reasonable ex pe penio ones accuro cure an insurance policy guaranteeing him an indemnity against loss of his stow crops through drought there would bo be thousands who would jump at the chance the chance to li litre here explain of 0 the depart ment of agriculture but the number who take lake of it are tw few in tho the east and more humid portions portion of at the united states where land values vallien are ara high lbs lb intensive system ot of agriculture la Is rapidly replacing the th extensive lein lve A system of mixed bus hul bandry has ha ben been largely replaced by special branches of farming arm log the many thriving manufacturing cities and towns that are being built up tip have ai iMd a great demand for fruit and vegetables the high value per acre and the tha active nad and increasing deirl for fresh freih faults ault and vegetables acy induced many farmers to enter upon the production ot of these tha crops and they are the ones who need crop insurance chis can be af buted ed through the es e I 1 ent of fc a simple irrigation plant where the rot cost at 0 cultivation is 1 large the losses loic from drought are felt all the more elverel ee re verel as a tho the expenses ex pene tire kra essentially the same name whether a halt half crop or ora a full one la Is harvested harv eted louses of from otie to two hundred dollars per acre as ai a result of a few weeks drought are not uncommon in the east the th experience of practical men and experiments by a number of tho the state stations indicate that an investment in an irritation irrigation plant where market garden crops and small fruits I 1 are grown will pay exceptionally good interest Inter art r N mr air 11 williams ot of the department of afi who la Is in charge of irrigation investigations in the ined id region bus complied compiled a table showing mowing the number 0 of days daya when irrigation was waa required during tb the ten years yeara from 1900 to 1909 inclusive la in cepro tentative points in the humid reglia for instance at amos amels la ia irrigation was wag necessary nece gaary days during this abl period oshkosh wis va days day vineland N J days day columbia 0 C days and selma ala days day mr A 1 I r williams Wll llama arrives at this slon lon by determining that crops need water after every dry period of not lee legs than 16 days dayi so that each and every day included in the table cepro periods that the drought extended over the 15 day period while the humid region farmer fanner hasi nophile not t tho the largest witter water supplies t tb he g may bo be available for the ar aril id I 1 lair 1 P farmer he has many smaller smalle e w which litch may insy be dev developed d che I 1 St varying la in saxe from r 1 I to lurka large rivers riven lire are usually avi av for pumping purposes pur poso takes have few other uses than gatlon rl i 4 the process of 0 applying chopa by distributing it fields under will if it into the ar and W avit it rail alki ila gentle rain halt the tb humid regi region 0 a I 1 A 44 my lam will distria 11 v 1 surface irac ar roii kli or roil rolling litY 1 laabi i regardless gard gar less of boll BOH ir DC underground c bindl all llona crops com completely coven covering ng the ground can in this thin way be irrigated without da damage llinge spray irrigation li Is ise also well adapted to those humid conditions which demand small and tre re quent client applications of water in the preparation ot or the bolls boll for or setting out young plants planta and king kl ng them growing through the dry spell pell or for toft soft willing the surface to aid in weeding and cultivation investigations made by mr air williams have demonstrated that irrigation la ia profitable for truck berries and other high priced crops in all parts ot of the humid region as aa well as ai for cr citrus fruits in florida there ire are but few years he says flays when increased yield for auch crops as aa strawberries celery etc would not pay the interest on the first cost coat and the depreciation ot of the plant while in such bucl years as 1910 and 1911 when many sections were without rain tor for two months the yields lor for a single year might be sufficient clent to pay day for or ano tn entire system |