Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-14
COMBlNE TWO PLANS
'rrlgatIng Farmer Must Also
Know Dry Farm Principles.
eoI' Mulch Is as important With IrrI.
cation as With Any other Method
OF MISUNDERSTANDING
Is Wasted.

IL Is well known that the Irritating
farmer must be a dry land farmar
100, and 1t Is because of the neglect
oi this fact that so many of the ir
rigatlng farmers either fail or make a
partial success where complete sue
cess ought to be brought about. The
principle in the soil mulch is lust as
applicable in irrigation as IT is in dry
Iahd methods of farming, writes w
H. Waldron in the Farm. Stock and
home After water is once applied on
the land II does not do to let the land
remain without cultivation. The top
OF the soil puddles, cracks and the
moisture that was gotten into the
iand by irrigation escapes nearly as
rapidly INTO the open air, for in irri-
gauhg districts We generally have a
dry atmosphere.
II II Is important that the irrigating
farmer learn the principles of dry
land farming. 1t is equally important
that the dry land farmer adopt irri-
eating methods wherever possible
This may seem like an absurd thing
TO say If the farmer does not live
near steady stream of water. but
II Is applicable just the same The
dry land farmer probably would not
De able TO irrigate every season. cher
wise We would call him an irrigating
farmer. but 1t is generally possible for
him TO irrig2te a small tract of land
at least during the spring months.
II is one OF the common features in
the dry land areas 10 see In the spring
time gullies full OF water rushing of
with fertility and needed moisture to
the great rivers that empty finally
into the sea. In nearly all cases this
water passes away UNDECIDED, and the
farmer in too many cases is glad tC
see It 70 for It allows him TO get into
his fields that much qvicker II is
an easy matter II n raviae or draw
runs through ones farm TO dam por
tion OF this up. saving the water fol
immediate or future use A gardeI
may be selected, lying at or near III,
draw. below the dam, and the damme'
waters can be conducted to the gar
den. II the garden spot is thorough
soaked in the springtime the kitche
garden supply will be insured for tn
coming season. Occasionally tn
ground may be frozen when the sno'
IS melting. and in that case It will b
necessary TO store the water unit
such time as the ground thaws enoug
TO allow irrigation.
The heavy rains OF growing Sc
son can generally be utilized in
similar manner. Too frequently III
i, heavy rains do much damage by III
p. heavy washing they bring about.
portion OF this damage can easily /
repaired II the waters are impounde
l. and made 10 serve a useful turn.
n One must not forget that the mu'
dy waters. as they rush away fro
our farms. are carrying quantities
rich. fertile ingredients. which.
n. that farm. are lost forever. and whic
Is will never come back.
,f 4 we'll supplied kitchen garden
IL Of the greatest assistance in any Sc
"a son and especially in n year like l9l
Iy It's presence IS twice welcome. Fol
O. or FIVE good cows. 100 good CHECKER
in and a first-class kitchen garden wou
n. 90 n long ways in providing a livir
- for a small family.
r. II the waters cannot be damned Il
ia irrigation. in many cases windmi
I'm can furnish water to irrigate sma
os area. and in irrigated areas, crops CT
nj be grown much more irtensively tbs
n would be otherwise possible The a
In companying cut shows a temporal
dam built in n garden 10 stop the W
tiers Of the melting snow. BY meal
Of this trinlug affair. many barrels
-. water were conducted to the gard'
N. spot. and soaked into the soil. tn
otherwise would have been lost wi
10. their burden Of fertility.