Show GRAIN CROPS FOR NEW IRRIGATED LAND because the grain crops arii are we well sell self aligned against his fatherland I 1 adapted to virgin land irrigation fa farmers rm ers who wha expect to bring many i new acres under the ditch ln in the near future have a unique opportunity with food crops in strong demand tho the opportunity goes hand in hand with good tanning farming and in order that farmers contemplating grain growing under irrig irrigation atio n may have all the advantages of present knowledge on thia subject a special in the united states department of agriculture has collected and made aval available lable tills this information in farmers bulletin irrigation of 0 grain just published As a rule grains such as wheat oats or barley are for several everal reasons the first crops grown on land being brought under irrigation says the specialist they are food crops ard and therefore in demand they yo r c aure less outlay in preparing the th land for irrigation arid in s seed ced and bring quicker returns than most other crops they do well on new soil and bel help to put the soil in condition for otier other crops and in most sections their need for irrigation corresponds to the period ot of greatest water supply most ot of the streams of 0 arid regions are torrential having a flood perio period in ill tile the spring and early summer in and low water in the late summer the grains make their growth during tills this flood period and are ready for harvest when the streams subside grain Is essentially a crop tor for the farmer with a very limited capital L or for the farmer on new land according to the bulletin mentioned it Is not advisable however to grow many crops of grain in succession on nev and lid as the yields fall off of rapidly the land should be seeded to a al alfa and g grain used only in rota rotation efler the first year or two it la not a crop for revenue upon small farms nor where intensive farming Is practiced methods of irrigating grain crops are restricted somewhat because of the fact that such crops comer cover the entire surface of the soil on which they are grown the flooding method sometimes times objected to because of the loss by evaporation Is 13 more suited sud to grain crops bel because lause they seldom are irrigated before the grain is high enough to protect the soil from sun stin and wind the border and basin methods of irrigation are also well adapted to grain crops and are described in detail in the bulletin mentioned the proper time to irrigate the quantity ot of water required and the cost 0 krowne grain under irrigation also are discussed |