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Preparing Land for Irrigation. 



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furrows. Fig. 13 shows a tube of this kind. Some of these are in use at 



the Strtt>" fnrni nt Wvunn. These tubes are made of four pieces of plank 



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long enough to reach through the ditch bank and of such width as to give 

 an opening of about 4 inches square, and are placed with the top about 



Fig. 13. Tube tor Lateral Bank. 



2 inches below the water surface when the head ditch is filled. An outline 

 plan of this method of watering is shown in Fig. 14. 



Preparing the Soil for Seeding. 



Lucerne being a deep rooted plant it is desirable that the soil permit 

 of the deep penetration of the roots and of moisture. In most cases this 

 will be aided by sub- soiling and by a heavy top dressing of stable manure 

 before ploughing and turning this under. Lucerne requires to be thoroughly 

 pulverized. The number of efficient home-made tools for this work are 

 illustrated in ^Ir. Kenyon's valuable articles. A modification of any 

 shown there is the pulverizer (Fig. 15). This is an excellent tool for 



