The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-23
Farm and Garden.

lowland IS broken by swale or ter
race. which gives me three or tour
acres of toerahly level upland, along
the upper edge OF which nve or SIN
snrings which never wholly fail, burst
from the rocks above and unite 20
form petty runnel. which dries up IN
very hot or dry weather hut Whlch
usually preserves tiny stream, 10
be lost in the swamp below. Norm
Of the gully and down the lower mn.
side bV this streamlet the hillside oil
some three acres is quite steep, sun
DartiaIly wooded and wholly devoted
10 pasturage Making peuy Jam
across this runnel at the top or the
Y lower ACTIVITY. | turned the stream
aside. SO that il should henceforth run
along the crest OF this lower NIL.
failing of gradually so ms TO secure
"A free current. and losing its contents
al intervals through variable depres-
sions i'm its lower bank. That rude
and petty continuance has now been
ten years In operation, and may nave
cost 81 per annum for oversight ana
rapairs It's effect has been to douDit
the grass grown on the two acres II
constantly irrigates.
II know this is small business. hu'
supnose each OF the hundred Thousand
\ew England farms, whereof hVe Y
tsn acres might be thus irrigated "a
a cost not exceeding 500 farm. nae
heen similarly prepared 10 flow thos'
acres last spring and early summer
with an average increase therefrom o
barely one ton of hay COR its equlNa
J. lent i'm pasturage) an acre. The nv
hundred thousand tons OF nay thu
realized would have saved two nun
dred thousand head OF cattle iron
Il being sent TO the butcher while 10
s hin FOR good beef. while every on
J. ~ them was required for further use
5 and viii have TO be replaced az
heavy cost Shall not these Things D
considered?
z ~ would counsel every farmer 7
Is pive his land a careful scrutiny VII
IT = view 10 irrigation in the future. y
~ one IL Obliged 10 do any faster ina
re his means will Justify. and yet II ma
De be we'll 10 have clear comprehehslu
IT. OF all that NAV ultimately be dohe
~ nroht even though much OF i mu
ld long remain uninterrupted.
~ a manageable stream crosses or lsa w
w from his land. be must measure !
" fauthareon. study the lay of the IAN
~ and determine whether ne can ~ ~
IN moi AZ a tolerable cost. make IN
stream available in the irrigation
en- AZ least portion OF his growing GRO,
at when they shall need water ana y
uf- skies decline to supply IL. On man
se I think on most farms situated amor
Ok hills or upon the slopes OF mountain
las something may be done in TINS W
in done at once. and with immedia
or profit ~. ,,s !,
lot And If the drouth has shown us /
in necessity for under drainage and
m rigation wherever practicable u y
rst also emphasized the great Nalue
ro- what is known as the dust mullen
Ter Inc constant breaking NJ OF the
ace crust after rainfall by persistent Gu
lne walton and the preservation lot
the use of the crops OF the water
ing sorbed bv soil bed prepared by ara
ius- ing and ploughing In preserving Y
By water and preventing It's eNapotal
vel the humus in the soil PLAYS an imp
ter. rant mart. and should be MAINTAIN
rm. and Increased by every means AZ
lble disnosal Of the farmer-P. ", Dn'
rom ass County. y Y, in y. \. Iriou
dry Farmer.