The Holly chieftain., 1897-04-30
NOW AND vwMsn 70 laa.cArr.

part of Prof. Cooks tam b~eoss ths Prover,
County FAsmess' Jnstitats hss saturday,
The suhje..s Of wnisr 10 Of shs rrsa,sss
importancs in this oDuntry. While ~,
p<ople Of the Arkaasas vallsy est more
water than We do n the experinental
station. yet there sesms 10 b. An iusufIs-
cient aupplv ~ seasons Of thu year. This
II mainly ihe fault OF the ksrms,s In
psine moro wafer than Necessary. Alr-
slfa requires mois water than meet any
oal,ss crop b il occasionally too mpch
water is nsed on alElh delds. Fs,msrs
ahoald irrieaie loss and cultivate more,
the c. ltivniiou beins of N much impor-
tancs q irrigation. AisAr stnnns The
snil will, water 1t u simply astonishing
how long this water can be ~ tsined l.y
frequent cnltivaiiohs Of the surface,
keeping layer Of fns soil on top to
prevent evaporation.
Irrieaiion is ses,erally DELAYED % long
~ possible. which should not Be- the
case. for the chsnces are that water
eannot be obtained just whom wanted
snd crop faiinrs vill b the ynauit, r.
risasinG should BE- done Ia the fa,i and
winter. the ground beins stored With
an tho water It viii hold during this
time. Aftsr each lrrieatins cultivate
the ground. Ground irrieated in the
fall and LETT until spring without csltiva-
ting y III drv out and require ~ much
water ~ II no pFsvions irrieatine hsd
l'een. hut BY rultivatins the water will
be retained and render the grnnnd in
excellent condition, for spring planting
without further irriRatins. II no irrisa-
ting IL done IN the fall or winter then Il
shonld b done several weeks before
planting. following mp with the harrow.
Amer plar ting don't irvieats until seed 10
mp. Irrigate leea and cultivate more 10
going TO be the doctrine for this country
esat Of the ountains. and know OF no
hetfer advice to be given over and eyer
again to the farmefas
In irrisstins wheat after Il 10 up and
until Il IL eight inches high. always I'll
low np with smoothing harrow. You
would be surprised u the result nf using
the hsSrnw ON wheat At this staes of its
growth. Il il equivalent TO enlarsine
the water supply. The nee Of the harrow
mot only enable~ the gronud to retain
the mo:sture bat It canaes tho wheat Ia
ssonl. TO prevent smnt In wheat scsk
rho Peek IN wster q l3s degrees ioS A.
teen minutex This Kills tho s.rm ri
smnt. I i" MT hNl'evs 10 using the
rollsr unless II Il followed up with the
hasrow Ground that Is rolled alwavs
blows worae than anv o'her.
rhose VIM raise cofw nee more water
than Is necessary. Furrow irrigation I,
heat fhr corn. The best way 10 co this
IL to plant the corn In sfraisht rows both
wav,; then rnn the fuvrows diaRonallv
scrnes the 6-id. This brings the waite,
nearer tho hills thsn II fhTrows rnn
straight with the corn rows. OF conrse
In order to do this the corn rows must
b made dlseenaN, With fhs lafesals
Corn Il being grown succe~h,llv In this
country and makes profitable crop
Aiter irrisatiMg use the diamond tooth
cul'ivator which leaves the ground
level.
6ubsoiling 10 good thing providina
the water supplv l. limited. In fact there
b nothing bst,er. bnt II thers 10 plenty
RI water It is mot particularly beneficial
The Arkaneas valley contains an Inn
menae amount Of wstar under the sur
face few feet which could b profifs-
bly, raised and stored in reservoirs sithes
with wind mills or sasoline engines
The cost Of raising this water with a
gasoline engin. wonld be about 81 per
aero for the season.