. Culture of the citrus in California. California. Pomology; Citrus. iKiiiGATiNG—The Old Way. The furrows were made with the plow, and water run through in large streams, thereby cutting up the land and washing away the available plant-food. are plowed between the rows of trees, the first one about three feet distant from the trunks, and down these the water is allowed to flow gradually until the ground is thoroughly The Basin System of Irrigation. The orchard is laid out in square basins, ready to run water into them. Irrigation by the basin method is performed by hollowing out, a
. Culture of the citrus in California. California. Pomology; Citrus. iKiiiGATiNG—The Old Way. The furrows were made with the plow, and water run through in large streams, thereby cutting up the land and washing away the available plant-food. are plowed between the rows of trees, the first one about three feet distant from the trunks, and down these the water is allowed to flow gradually until the ground is thoroughly The Basin System of Irrigation. The orchard is laid out in square basins, ready to run water into them. Irrigation by the basin method is performed by hollowing out, around each tree, a basin with a diameter equal to the spread of the branches; into this the water is run, and when filled it is conducted to the next, and so on until all the basins have been. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lelong, Byron Martin, 1856-1901. Sacramento, A. J. Johnston, superintendent state printing
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