Show successful JS IS BASED ON all successful ti f irrigation practice axe are baseil based upon sf 1 the water e t or requirements of 0 crops 2 the type of soil noli 3 seasonal distribution of ruo rain tall fall we e car can best beat understand the wit wilt or cr requirements idt of p crop ropa whom va w fully understand 4 the h af ot water in plant g growth the principal Ions ot eire 1 all food that enters eaten the he plant from the soil must be jn in water i 2 the sap of a plant which carrle carries the food to the tha growing parts ot of the plant blant Is water 3 water stabilizes the temperature e ot of the plant 4 during D u r i n g t tha ll 11 B growth ot of a pit it water la 14 constantly entering th the pla plant n t through L r 0 u gl x i its ts roots and being thrown off through the leaves fully 95 per ceat of all water entering a plant passes out again through the he leaves lea for this reason avason the water requirements requirement ot a crop ls greatly la in excess ot of the amount that crop actually contains 5 water Is a plant food the water require requirement meat ot of five alv of our principal crops in pounds of water required in the prodoc production foia ot of one pound ot of dry matter Is corn pounds pound sugar beets pounds wheat pounds potato faunda alfalfa 8 4 4 these will probably miss more to us it if stated la in aeri acre jahe 70 bu corn acre in 15 tons sugar beets acre la 50 bu wheat is 3 aeri in bu potatoes a acre ere in 3 tons alfalfa acre in IB A 3 pound beet 1 including n leaves contains contat ns about I 1 pound of dry ary snifter marter pounds of water must en n ter the beet to produce abia pounds benial nl in the root in the leaves and the balacco bala aco 3 39 pounds pass into the air through the leaves we all know that the best way to produce a prize wincing pig or an animal is to feet it properly and continuously from the time it Is born the same la is equally ally true of Cp lants plants secure their food film fie ie soll soil from water and from air since all of the food taken from the soli must be dissolved in water and taken into the plant with the water it naturally follows that it if a plant blant la Is to be properly and continuously fedia must have a proper and con ti sinuous supply ot of water available the purpose of irrigation la in to furnish this water supply farm bureau news |