. Dry farming in western Canada . Fig. 84.—The "V" Ditcher at Work. Making contour ditches for irrigating a grain field. on. The field (before seeding) is laid out in strips, two or three or four rods wide, up and down the slope of the Land. Separating these strips, ridges six to eight inches high are thrown up. They are so arranged thai where water is turned into one of these strips it will spread out evenly between the ridges and irrigate the whole Length of the strip uniformly with less Labor than is usually required with the ordinary flooding method. The entire field, ridges and
. Dry farming in western Canada . Fig. 84.—The "V" Ditcher at Work. Making contour ditches for irrigating a grain field. on. The field (before seeding) is laid out in strips, two or three or four rods wide, up and down the slope of the Land. Separating these strips, ridges six to eight inches high are thrown up. They are so arranged thai where water is turned into one of these strips it will spread out evenly between the ridges and irrigate the whole Length of the strip uniformly with less Labor than is usually required with the ordinary flooding method. The entire field, ridges and all, are seeded.
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