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On account of the dryness of 

 the season and the scarcity of irri- 

 gating water, unusual efforts had 

 to be made in order to save the 

 palms at Tempe. A well was dug 

 and a 4-im San Jose pump put in. 

 From this source of supply, water 

 ^. was carried in barrels by wagon 

 about the orchard and the suckers 

 were kept wet during August and 

 September, being for the most 

 part successfully carried through. 

 An inspection October 2nd show- 

 ed 93 per cent of the plants to be 

 apparently safe, and some of them 

 were beginning to grow. 



From present indications, a 

 large percentage of the suckers 

 will live, and their prosperity in 

 this alkaline locality is reason- 

 ably assured by the presence of 

 several thrifty, home-grown trees 

 in the vicinity. The vigor with 

 which the palm takes hold of al- 

 kaline soil is shown by the accom- 

 panying figure of a living root 

 secured by the writer six feet be- 

 low the surface of the ground and 

 eight inches below water. The 

 soil was very strongly alkaline 

 and the root was extracted with 



Date Palm root taken from calk-hi hardpnn difficulty from the Calichi hardpan 

 K feet below surface of soil, growing in . . , , . 



strongly alkaline ground-water. into which it had wedged its way. 



RANGE IMPROVEMENT WORK. 



It is a matter of common knowledge that the overstocking of 

 the range has in some districts practically destroyed the country 



