IRRIGATION OF CROPS 



rows should always run up and down the slope 

 of ground, and more or less obliquely if the ground 

 is at all steep (instead of crosswise), so as to allow 

 of watering in the furrow, which is the proper 

 way, as the moisture is required to be applied 

 to the roots and not the foliage. 



One excellent method of applying moisture to 

 the soil consists in sending water through lines 

 of tiles properly laid in the ground, with joints 

 slightly open between each tile and the next one 

 a method mostly practised on low lands. The 

 distribution of the moisture is accomplished very 

 successfully, by stopping the lowest end of each 

 line of tiles and filling into it from the highest 

 point. This method I would recommend for 

 low and heavy lands; because if water were to 

 be applied to the surface, the soil would harden 

 and an injury to the growing crop would result. 

 On sandy lands the largest benefit will be derived 

 by running it over the surface about once a week; 

 applying about one inch at a time-, which is above 

 the average quantity resulting from a good rain- 

 fall in our New England climate. 



When the rainfalls are of average amount and 

 come with uniformity, no addition by way of 



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