462 IRRIGATION FARMING. 



ficially in proportion to the charadler of the soil and 

 season and the needs of the crop, at least one inch 

 being taken as an average for each application for good 

 garden soils. In this connedlion the writer would like 

 to suggest that drainage is of more vital importance 

 than in the arid region, where provision is largely 

 made for such emergencies by the laws of nature. The 

 principles and methods of irrigation as outlined so 

 minutely throughout " Irrigation Farming," are fully 

 applicable to the needs of eastern farmers, and they 

 cannot go very greatly amiss by following the instruc- 

 tions to the letter. 



