. California country journal. Agriculture -- California. P A C I I' I C T R E p: and VINE Interesting to Farmers It should not be supposed that because we have bad good rainfall so far, and because the trees are not growing, that iriigation is not ad- visable. Winter irrigation is un- doubtedly beneficial under anj-con- ditions. If we get plenty of rpin- fall, the ground will not be more than full, and if there is a shortage, it will be full in any event. The great need of the land is abundance of water during the winter months. There should be sufficient to 611 it fiom the surface down to the
. California country journal. Agriculture -- California. P A C I I' I C T R E p: and VINE Interesting to Farmers It should not be supposed that because we have bad good rainfall so far, and because the trees are not growing, that iriigation is not ad- visable. Winter irrigation is un- doubtedly beneficial under anj-con- ditions. If we get plenty of rpin- fall, the ground will not be more than full, and if there is a shortage, it will be full in any event. The great need of the land is abundance of water during the winter months. There should be sufficient to 611 it fiom the surface down to the sub- terranean flow, so that there is no dry stratum between the top and \\'ater Irrigation it will hold and the excess drains off This is the great advantage of winter irrigation. The land is filled with water for suiuniei use, and the orchardists who resort to it are comparatively sure uf a crop. We have suffered from a long series of years of insufficient rainfall. The level of the subterranean water- table has been gradually lowering, and while the surlace has been wet down a short distance each season, there has been a thick stratum of dry soil underneath. In the suni- the surface moisture was soon consumed, and the roots of the rus fruit grower has to battle against, writes a correspondent of the Cultivator. The ingenuity of man has been taxed to provide means for its extermination, as evi- denced by the great variety of go- pher traps seen on sale, and we sel- dom hear of the natural enemies of the pest among our native animals or birds. To bring this matter to the attention of your readers is my excuse for the following remarks. Early last spring I discovered that a pair of monkey-faced owls had pre-empted a section of my dove cote, built in the upper part of our. the bottom water level, in which deep rooted trees may perish. This is naturally filled up during a wet winter, and furnishes a reservoir during the dry summer, being brought to the surface by capillary
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