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SUCCESSFUL FARMING 



supply ditch should be above the highest portion of the land to be irri- 

 gated. After the field is cleaned and leveled, farm ditches should be 



Gate Partly Open aud Locked 



DELIVERY GATE TO FARM LATERAL.* 



conducted over the higher portions of it. From these ditches the water 

 may be conducted to all portions of the land. As far as possible these 

 ditches should extend along the borders of the fields in order to avoid 



Old Wagon Tire 



THE V-CROWDER is EXCELLENT FOR MAKING THE FARM DITCHES. l 



obstructions to cultivation. When necessary to cross fields with open 

 ditches, they should be so placed as to avoid as far as possible irregularity 

 in shape of fields. 



1 Courtesy of The McGraw-Hill Book Company, N. Y. From " Use of Water in Irrigation," by Fortier, 



