The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-03-25
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CATION. the results were In favor Of the
former.
With beans, tae results varied great
~. BY irriEating they had obtained IS
pounds Of beans per gquare rod. while
without water the returns were only
i7h pounds. Besides that the returns
from the waiercd portion were much
earlier than on the other, and II they
had been marketing them they would
have been able 10 get a better price for
these first ones. They picked q pounds
OF the irrigated lot before any were iii
10 be picked on the unlrrigated patch.
They had tried the effect Of irrlgating
the timothy field. and had put on water
az the rate OF 1000 barrels per acre,
the application being made but once.
Al harvest time the difference was very
great A field that was irrigated three
times gave stalks Of timothy feet
0 inches to 4 feet inches In
height: the yield was at the
rate Of $500 pounds per acre. The part
watered once gave 2.23O pounds per
acre. while without water the yield was
500 pounds TO the acre. The cost OF
pumping water was about 3 cents per
1000 gallons. In sub-irrlgatlon. great
care must be taken to lay the tile very
loosely, and too much water must not
be put on.
They had planted without regard to
irrigation a number Of rows OF early
peas. but when Il came time TO water
the other fields. they managed TO dis
tribute the water over some OF these
rows. The slope was about one foot
TO every four rods. June 10 they picked
the first from the irrigated peas. With
water they had At the FIRST picking 9H
pounds. and without water III pounds.
This dld ncs seem very favorable. but
they kept on. and the total harvest gave
"a pounds with water and without
water q pounds. The irrigated por.
ton had yielded nt the rate OF 1851
pounds per acre. The cost Of watering
had been NJ the rate OF Si.75 per acre.
They tried the effects Of irrigation on
cahbagca. and got three times th'
, weight with water that they did With
out &. with water applied TO the 20
b tatocs four times. they got AZ the ral'
: Of 1870 bushels per acre over the IN
watored lot Applied three times h'
gain was 60 bushels per acre. and twic'
= late IN the season the gain was only q
bushels to the acre Il Is often sat
: that Il Is advisable 10 wait I'LL IN
tubers form before applying the water
D. but no difference was detected at hi
station.
g. II the soil be not moist AZ time q
10 sowing the seed. provide tho molsluT
lc By applying tho water In burrows lou
le feet apart made BY a pillow. The see
Al may also be thoroughly soaked beior
i being planted.
ID Second never apply water to start u
seed after planting. In applying wat'
D. as directed. use from 900 TO 1000 ban
IN rels per acre. Il was found Ct the 90.
ic ton that $50 barrels gave the best II
sulta
io Again. IN irrigatlng potatoes. ayol
l. running the water over the surface
~ the ground. but have II directed hi
d the burrows.
Mr.. williams There are sever
H. kinds Of irrigation In use. This vail
al ton OF methods arisos from dlfieren
eT of conditions. Some OF our Michig,
a. fruit growers win probably fail II III
s- Try 10 use The same methods that are
nd use In California and Dakota on
lived In a Dakota town that had an o
a teslan well. Water was struck at IL
feet and the flow was strong. had
Ie- hydrnnt IN my front yard, and with
Ne. ono-inch hose could water my entl
IN lot. My cis,ern was nearly ruined fro
as The accpaec. and my present tona
us there writes that the cellar IL bel
flooded from break In the main
us feet away. while a neighbours cellar
.ly overlooked by the sccpage from an op
he ditch on the opposite side Of the ro'
60 feet away. All this shows the CHI
In. ac,er Of the soil. the scepage denoti
It's intense porosity. Now. my expo
OF snco In Douglas. Michigan, Is that
Is soil Ia very different from that Ia
described. and the seopage Is very sic
ng. sub-irrigailon Is good where It can
IN used, but for gencfal orcharding II
too expensive. and fear too that
n would be found that the roots OF
lot trees would penetrate the tile and
rs. Il up.
ms Making Hotbcds.-A hotbed, WI
Is properly made. will hold heat cons
ue' cradle time. Get good stable MANI
ler. and II Il be scarce, mix some leaves "
rod H. Stable manure and leaves max
uplendld and lasting bed. providing
gh' material IS we'll packed down. Soil
'eu' holbcds ought TO be prepared In the {
y AZ thii season. as q rule, everything
IL frozen up. A liberal amount o.
". docaycd manure that Is woll rot
'.'' down s. just the thing 20 mix IN "
ue- the coil. Seeds will come up well
'"e compost Of this-Am. GaidCnilg.
rose Best Fertilizer Professor Atw.
crit, Gays. chemists cannot prescribe
ear coils as doctors do for patients. so
manure Is a complete fertilizer. Il
life taine All the inercdlents OF plant Il