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VICTORIA. 



Vol. IX. Part 4. 



lOth April, 1911. 



IRRIGATION. 



{Continued from -page 125.) 

 G. H. Tolley, Manager, Wyuna Irrigatiioii Farm. 

 Watering. 

 It will be pertinent now to consider methods of laying out paddocks to 

 secure effective watering. The simplest and easiest form of watering is by 

 means of furrows, and is chiefly 

 used for orchards, but the fol- 

 fowing remarks will apply equal I \- 

 to any case of furrow irrigation. 

 In newly-planted orchards, a fur- 

 row on either side of and close 

 to the trees is made with a light 

 orchard plough such as an 

 " Oliver No. ix " or " Planrt 

 Junior"; connections to the out- ^- '■ ^'^^^'-^ plough. 



let boxes being made with a shovel. In the early stages, a small supply 

 of water will suffice, and the furrows may be connected to the head ditch 



as in No. 67,. Later on, when the trees are 



I ^eu^ D/Tch well grown, an outlet to each furrow may bf» 



."T| P necessarv. Should any one furrow be receiving 



(^-f^\\ /0'''''*T^ '•^^^ much or too little water, remedy it by 

 steadving the full furrow with a clod of earth 

 or a huiirh of weeds ; a little practice will soon 

 result in a fairly even flow in all the furrows. 

 As the water gets towards the ends of the fur- 

 rows, steady it at the inlet i^pe so that a profur 

 saturation may be .secured without flooding the 

 lower end of the ]iaddock. Tt will be noticcfl 

 that a good inanv clods lie along the frrrows . 

 and their presence serves generallv to assist 

 saturation, especiallv in .soils with low seepage 

 qualities such as clayey loams. In such .soils it is prefer.ii>lt^ to <!»> 

 the watering slowly; that is, with half the allotted (|uantitv of water. 

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^ 63. FURROW IRKIG.ATl 



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