472 IRRIGATION FARMING. 



well worthy the attention of orchardists and planters 

 everywhere. Observation seems to show that the pro- 

 te<5lion afforded by copious watering is very much 

 greater than that by smudging. 



The irrigation planter fortunately has both of these 

 safeguards available, and with the aid of them should 

 almost certainly protedl his crop each season. It is 

 wise, therefore, to be prepared, that the ditches should 

 be in running order, the laterals cleaned up, and every- 

 thing in readiness to apply water at the critical time. 

 Accumulated waste material, stable litter, chaff, straw, 

 brush, anything that will make a smoke, should like- 

 wise be accumulated on the windward side of the 

 plantation in readiness to make use of both materials 

 for averting the danger arising from the occasional 

 freezes wtich have sometimes become destru(5live to 

 orchard and vegetable produ<5ls. 



