Preparing land for irrigation and methods of applying water . Fig. 29.—Flooding from field 66 vious dam. For this reason a larger head of water can be used for the second irriga-tion. This irrigation follows the first in from twelve to twenty-five days. Eachirrigator is given 200 inches of water, and this stream is kept running night and dayas in the first irrigation. IRRIGATION PRACTICE IN NEVADA. The conditions under which the various crops are grown in the scat-tered valleys of Nevada differ widely. The observations of the writerduring his one years residence in the State have be
Preparing land for irrigation and methods of applying water . Fig. 29.—Flooding from field 66 vious dam. For this reason a larger head of water can be used for the second irriga-tion. This irrigation follows the first in from twelve to twenty-five days. Eachirrigator is given 200 inches of water, and this stream is kept running night and dayas in the first irrigation. IRRIGATION PRACTICE IN NEVADA. The conditions under which the various crops are grown in the scat-tered valleys of Nevada differ widely. The observations of the writerduring his one years residence in the State have been confined mainlyto the practices in the Truckee Valle}T. In this valley there is andalways has been an abundant supply of irrigation water, which mustaccount in part for the methods used. To one who is familiar withthe economy practiced by ranchers in other regions where this abund-ance does not exist the practice in this valley seems wasteful. Reportsfrom other parts of the State, where at times a scarcity of waterexists, seem to indicate that there, a$ in the Truckee Valley, the num-ber of ir
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