Dry land agriculture Papers read at the second annual meeting of the Cooperative experiment association of the Great Plains area, held at Manhattan, Kans., June 26-27, 1907 .. . nglishM o r e 11 o Downing goose-berry has done of standardsorts, as Ben Davis,Missouri Pippin,Winesap, and Duch-ess of Oldenburghave all thrived andhave borne a fewgood crops. Peacheshave often winter-killed, so if any ofthem are raisedhardy sorts mustbe imported or thetrees must be covered during the winter. Apricots make beautifultrees, but they nearly always blossom too soon in the spring t
Dry land agriculture Papers read at the second annual meeting of the Cooperative experiment association of the Great Plains area, held at Manhattan, Kans., June 26-27, 1907 .. . nglishM o r e 11 o Downing goose-berry has done of standardsorts, as Ben Davis,Missouri Pippin,Winesap, and Duch-ess of Oldenburghave all thrived andhave borne a fewgood crops. Peacheshave often winter-killed, so if any ofthem are raisedhardy sorts mustbe imported or thetrees must be covered during the winter. Apricots make beautifultrees, but they nearly always blossom too soon in the spring to pro-duce a crop of fruit. Standard grape varieties, such as Concord andDelaware, produce vegetative growth, but seldom fruit. After protection from the storms, the most important considerationin the production of fruit is a certain water supply in time of try to store this in the soil by cultivation, and when stormwater can be drained from other land onto the fruit garden thismethod is a success. But during dry years trees suffer if they getonly the water that can be saved from the rain which falls upon thespace occupied by the —Bui. 130—08 5. Fig. 3.—Diagram showing combination of windmill irrigationand utilization of storm waters near Akron, Colo. 66 DRY-LAND AGRICULTURE. Another method is by irrigating from wells. Some use a combi-nation of these two methods. In the accompanying illustrations are shown some methods ofgetting extra water for the fruit garden. Figure 2 shows a simplemethod of catching the water from a hillside and storing it in abuffalo wallow situated above the garden. This reservoir is fed bya deep-trodden cattle path. It holds water for several days and thisis put upon the garden where it is most needed. Figure 1 shows a more complicated system involving the same gen-eral plan and used in combination with a well, so that if the stormwater does not come at the right time the trees may be watered from the well. Thisgarden is loc
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