Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-30
IRRIGATION Is USED
WITH DRY FARMING
Will WORK TOGETHER
Dr. Harris Goes Into "Details of Use
OF Running water m semi
Arid Regions,

no many people Irrigation aud dlg-
nm.ng are dlsuuC. Methods UuJ .u
reality they arc closely related, ace
uordmg 10 Dr Frauh s. Harris pro
.r..pr of 1pronomy u the Utah aari-
cultural college who yesterday dee
lycrcd the following address on the
subject before the International Dry
Farming congress.
DRY farming ard irrigation farm
ing are usually considered ass sapar-
ate urts with but little relation to
each other. As "a matter of fact they
aIc closely related ln many respects.
They both have for their ann the pro-
ducuon OF profitable crops in regions
whore the natural precipitation iS not
/ sufficient TO carry ON the most profit
able agriculture boy tine methods en-
ployed iu humid roa.ous These two
methods Of agriculture are Away
carried on under the same climatic
conditions. t,cu though irrigation can
/ le prdcuced in MANY places where
/ dry farming docs NOT succeed. and
/ dry farming methods are employed
! over vast areas whore there BE- not suf-
i hcleut water for more than a very
small amount of irrigation. They are
sister arts, and like true sisters should
be mutually helpful whenever possible. .
Just as sisters can often be Of the
greatest service to each other SO dry
farming and irrigation farming can
attain their greatest success when
each supplement the other.
Since the amount OF water avail
able for irrigation is only a fraction
Of the amount necessary to serve al
the arid portions Of the world, ii is
possible that dry tarmng VIII re
claim many more acres than irriEa-
ton. II is fairly certain, however,
that II can never be- perfected to the
extent Of having as intensive an agri-
culture as is found where irrigation
water can be supplied TO sthe land.
Thus the uuirrigated areas Of the arid
regions will be called on 10 produce
The cheaper crops that can be raised
on a large scale, while the available
irrigation water will be most profit
ably used on expensive crops raised
under more intensive conditions.
There are many ways I'm which a
WI '"'" "I'""H' Oh 'IIe"uoH ""lef
''n DE OF 'h' greatest help IN ae-
l''op'"S an" making proHo"ple lAe
.'9' U''aS "I 'n' -"oilu Mhere uIy-
farming has been and viii I'm the fu-
ture be practiccd Some of the uses
of running water on the dry farm are
for culinary purposes and watering
1--we stock for helping in the raising
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,'''uI'hl EI"".I" more water jhdh Is
uTu'Sh'u ny 'h' IH"l'H OF an anu
region II lh'lt were put shaH
amount oI water aNalIahIe Tor lh'
dIIEa'Ioh OF Nunl'u area ' m4Ehi
5 '' possible To IdIse snlllcl'ht NeEel-
aoles ana trA' Tor FAMILY use. TINS
small add'ii"n would do much to
make the nome on the idim more
desirable IMAM II would otherwise be.
Ifult trees nave oiien Dotn raised
81 without irrigation IN ARID regions but
"l'h iheS get ready to Dear II If
aiiilcul 10 get the fruit To remain on
the trees nll II Is malured' as the
soil moisture Is srtauy reduced before
P the end OF the season. single lril-
NaH H NN ION