. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. ITo. 9. CONSISTENT AND INCONSISTENT IRRIGATION OF ORCHARDS. If au orchard has been irrigated until the surface soil is filled with roots, and then tho irrigation of it is neglected for a single sea- son, tho drying out of the soil, filled with roots dependent upon it for moisture, will be likely to kill tho trees outright; and at any rate they will be severely injured. We have noticed cases of this kind, first and last, and although we have several time
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. ITo. 9. CONSISTENT AND INCONSISTENT IRRIGATION OF ORCHARDS. If au orchard has been irrigated until the surface soil is filled with roots, and then tho irrigation of it is neglected for a single sea- son, tho drying out of the soil, filled with roots dependent upon it for moisture, will be likely to kill tho trees outright; and at any rate they will be severely injured. We have noticed cases of this kind, first and last, and although we have several times spo- ken of it, yet we every season see some or- chard suffering from such neglect, through tho apparent ignorance of tho proprietor, who as likely as not, wonders what is the matter with his orchard, and thinks that fruit-trees are short-lived in this California soil and cli- mate. He will teU you how he has irrigated his orchard and cared for it, to give it a good start, and now, when the trees should grow and bear fruit without all that extra care, they *' up and ; Kow, while we advocate the irrigation of the orchard where one is so situated that it can be done every summer, we must advise not irrigating at all unless it can be done ev- ery year in a consistent manner. There are several good orchards that we have noticed, growing on upland soil without irrigation. They will not jiroduce as much, nor as fine, large, juicy fruit, as an orchard that is irri- gated, but the trees are always looking fine and healthy. Such trees, not irrigated, run their roots deeply into tho soil, and do not de- pend upon surface moisture. They grow their roots, as do the California oaks, away below the reach of drouth and hot, dry, cracking surface soil. On the contrary, trees grown upon soil kept moist by irrigation, spread their roots upon the surface, and send very few deejily into the earth. If such trees are not kept BUiJplied with surface-water, the result must bo, and always is
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