The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1896-07-24
IRRIGATION MATTER
Practical Irrigation.

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TINE 10 iHmUArE. GENERALLY oil
bitches In the temperate zone should
be ready to receive water by the goth
Of May. The first water Is turned
upon the pasture meadow or orchard.
Just as II may bc required. One year
In the twenty that We have farmcd In
Colorado We commenced ON the 2ith
day ~ May Co irriguic. 60 gCrminatc
the grain that had been sown. We
irrigated three timcs That season. We
commence generally FROM the 10th To
the 25th Of June tp irrigatc the small
grain crop. The matter Of leaving the
water turned ou Is regulated largely
by the condition Of the soil. While
some land will soak fun ~ water Ia
from ten 10 twenty minutes. another
kind " soil may require ~ long again
to soak. We turn the water ON and let
It stay until the ground IL thoroughly
wet aud soft as dccpus 1t was plowcd--
eight 90 ten inches then the water Is
let out Of the ditch little further on,
and 10 ON until the field Ia all irri-
gated.
Every crop tells when Il wants water.
/ The grasses cloycrs aud small grains
have a language that cannot be- mis-
taken. Whenever their green color he
comes very dark and siclly. turn ON the
water. When corn wants water II tells
the fact byits leaves being curlcd up In
the morning An plants In a dry eli.
mate should bc pushed In their early
stages Of growth by iudicious uppli.
cation Of the proper amount of water
and frequent civilizations, nt no time
letting them stand or go back from
want ~ water and proper attention.
/ Plants IN general need much less water
than is usually applied by almost
every one They do far better nns
suffer much lcss with two inches on
the surface applied two or three times
during their growth than they do with
! twelve inches ON the surface applied
five or siN times Ia u season. II II u
sad mistake 60 put on too much water.
"Thc determination Of the proper
time to irrigaic and the amount ~
water TO apply must lie for the most
part with the farmer himself The
humidity or dryncss of the atmosphere.
as well as the position aud condition Of
/ the soil, are 90 be- well considered and
common sense II better guide than II
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"Ths best time 10 irrigntc Il early
In the morning. before the sun acquire,
very great mower. or in the evening.
when Il IA about 10 10 below the hori
zon. A good time 20 water land I,
when a cloud comes M and shower /,
expected. In nine cases out Of ten III,
shower does not give all the wntei
needed, no the work will not be uac'
lessly expended. Irrigation should moi
be done In the open when the sun I,
shining hot, US there Is great danger Of
schlding the plants. II we have goot
head Of water In the ditch we prefer :,
begin irrigatinR ut o'clock In The
afternoon, and often keep mp the worn
as late as midnight, especially on
moonlight nights. Al the Utah sta
ton the temperature Of plats irrigated
nights was slightly higher than thos,
irrigated days. The yield of graft
was slightly greater ON the plat irri
gated In the day time. due probably :,
the checking of the growth Of the foil
nge. The total yield, or the yield u
straw aud grain. was some 10 per cenl
greater ON the plats irrigated az night
and the ratio OF straw 10 wheat wa
therefore much greater on the pln
irrigated at night. Straw 90 husho
of rgrnin when irrigated nights. ~
pounds, when irrigated DAYS. eighty
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