Archive image from page 111 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00lelo Year: 1902 ( 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 saturated. The Basin System of Irrigation. The orchard is laid out in square basins, ready to run water into them.
Archive image from page 111 of Culture of the citrus in. Culture of the citrus in California cultureofcitrusi00lelo Year: 1902 ( 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 saturated. 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
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