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IRRIGATION FARMING. 



to plant. Set the roots down four to six inches below 

 the even surface of the garden and draw the soil 

 back into the furrow. One or two rows across the 

 garden will be all that is needed for family use. If 

 more than one row, make them four feet apart and set 

 a foot to eighteen inches in the row. Set early in the 

 spring* To irrigate, run a furrow with a light plow a 



FIG. 63 — IRRIGATED GARDEN. 



foot or so from the row, and water well without per- 

 mitting the water to leave the furrow. As soon as the 

 soil is dry enough, run the cultivator down the rows to 

 fill the furrow and keep the soil from baking. Repeat 

 the process as often as water is needed and cultivate 

 frequently. The writer sets two-year-old roots, using 

 the Colossal and Palmetto varieties. We find it 



