. Cirtus fruits under irragation. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. in Fig. 21, can be made by a local blacksmith. The beams a are made of I'^Xl^' iron and are 30 inches long from the hook b to the downward bend at the rear. The beam extends down the back of the shovel c so as to make the bottom edge extend 6 inches in advance of the top edge. The shovel is made of No. 16 sheet iron and Fig. 19 is 18 inches wide and 24 inches long. The braces d are of f-inch round iron. The handles e are a pair from a discarded cultivator. 15. Fig. 17 illustrates a practical method of irrigating a citrus grove by
. Cirtus fruits under irragation. Citrus fruits; Fruit-culture. in Fig. 21, can be made by a local blacksmith. The beams a are made of I'^Xl^' iron and are 30 inches long from the hook b to the downward bend at the rear. The beam extends down the back of the shovel c so as to make the bottom edge extend 6 inches in advance of the top edge. The shovel is made of No. 16 sheet iron and Fig. 19 is 18 inches wide and 24 inches long. The braces d are of f-inch round iron. The handles e are a pair from a discarded cultivator. 15. Fig. 17 illustrates a practical method of irrigating a citrus grove by the basin method. In the figure, a represents the trees, h the ridges, c the basins, and d the water supply at the edge of the grove. The wide farrows e are run from the head-furrow between every two rows of trees to the lower basins of the area, and the ridges are opened in pairs as shown at/. After the lower pairs have been watered, the openings are closed, and the next pair above are o]:)cned and watered, and this is continued until all the basins have been irrigated. In Fig. 18, two basins are opened on the same side of the irri- gating furrow instead of on opposite sides as shown in Fig. 16, Basin irriga- tion is used more often on sandy or gravelly soils than on other kinds. The furrow between the basins is wide so that the water can be allowed to flow in large volume to the lower basins. Since the lower ])asins are irrigated first, the upper basins receive no more water than the lower, except Fig. 20. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Scranton : International Textbook Co.
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