. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 ®he ^rcebcv ctvtfr gtport&mtxn [June 6, 1903\; Irrigation and Cultivation. At the late State Convention of Kruit Growers in Los Angeles J. H. Reed of Riverside read a paper on "Irrigation and Cultivation," of which the following is a part: As to handling the soil as more directly connected with irrigation and cultivation, the features now genera'ly adopted by our most successful orcliardists are so familiar, I will call your attention to but two or three practices which seem to me most important. The first in importance con- nected with irrigat
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 12 ®he ^rcebcv ctvtfr gtport&mtxn [June 6, 1903\; Irrigation and Cultivation. At the late State Convention of Kruit Growers in Los Angeles J. H. Reed of Riverside read a paper on "Irrigation and Cultivation," of which the following is a part: As to handling the soil as more directly connected with irrigation and cultivation, the features now genera'ly adopted by our most successful orcliardists are so familiar, I will call your attention to but two or three practices which seem to me most important. The first in importance con- nected with irrigation, in my estimation, is the placing of the irrigating water at once as far from the surface and as near the root bed as possible, by furrows as deep as can be made without disturbing leading root?. Tl ough the marked benefit from this deep furrowing has been demon- strated for several years, the practice has made bnt slow headway among average orchardists. You will yet see more furrows three and four inches deep than sis and eight inches, as they should be. To secure really deep furrowing requires first, a full apprecia- tion of its importance: next, a suitable tool and persistence in its use. It is diffi- cult to make a uniform six or eight inch furrow with a three shovel furrower, es- pecially if the ground has not been kept thoroughly and well cultivated. It is usually better to take the additional time and use two shovels, and they should be of t'ue best form and in good condition. Too much stress cannot be put on the im- portance of securing deep furrows at any cost. Where they have been used contin- uously for a considerable time with suit- able application of water, followed by proper cultivation, the so-called irrigating hardpan, so much discussed, has disap- peared and there is no longer excuse for that sharp cutting sub-soil implement that has done so much mischief. Another modern process coming into quite general use, in our valley at least, is covering the irriga
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