. Farm development; an introductory book in agriculture, including a discussion of soils, selecting & planning farms, subduing the fields, drainage, irrigation, roads, fences, together with introductory chapters concerning farm business, and the relations of general science to agriculture . ined in using irriga- Figuie 146. Trial survey line and adopted tlOU Watcr, and tllC pmi-rinnse for main caiuil frum D. past M, to .\. • 1 r il TJ j. 1 cipal of the consolidatedrural school, co-operating, can often work out a plan for anew farm, or can plan for the reorganization of an oldfarm. The students
. Farm development; an introductory book in agriculture, including a discussion of soils, selecting & planning farms, subduing the fields, drainage, irrigation, roads, fences, together with introductory chapters concerning farm business, and the relations of general science to agriculture . ined in using irriga- Figuie 146. Trial survey line and adopted tlOU Watcr, and tllC pmi-rinnse for main caiuil frum D. past M, to .\. • 1 r il TJ j. 1 cipal of the consolidatedrural school, co-operating, can often work out a plan for anew farm, or can plan for the reorganization of an oldfarm. The students of the consolidated rural andvillage school can have the benefit of the various stepsin devising the plans, in developing the farm under thenew plan, and in studying the figures and facts re-sulting from putting the plans to the test in the pro-duction of crops and in the yielding of profits to theowner. In Figure 145 some features of irrigation are illustratedby means of a drawing showing a model plan in plasterof paris exhibited at the Worlds Fair at St. Louis by theAmerican Association of Agricultural Colleges and Ex-periment Stations. The water is represented as con-veyed through a main canal to a reservoir and from thereconveyed through a continuation of the main canal, main. 2; I is raised into the main canal by means uf a dam in thestream snpplyini^ il. The main canal is shown as ]:)ass-ing through a tunnel under a rocky ridge, through a tiumeacross a ravine, and into a reservoir where a small flowof water is accumulated for use when needed hv thecrops. The map shows the manner of carrying water to therespecti\-e fields and of distributing it by flooding onsloping land, as on alfalfa in Field K; by flooding bc-
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