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STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



to insure their growth, for the tender and lacerated roots, with- 

 out a firm foothold in the soil, cannot withstand a long dry 

 season; but after the first year the trees will grow with little 



IRRIGATING THE OLD WAY. 



The furrows were made with the plow, and water run through in large streams 

 thereby cutting up the land and washing away the available plant- food. 



if any irrigation, if well cultivated, although in most cases 

 they are watered from two to seven times in the season. When 

 the orchard comes into bearing, however, the trees must be 

 copiously watered, or the fruit will be small. 



THE BASIN SYSTEM OF IRRIGATION. 

 The orchard is laid out in square basins, ready to run water into them. 



Of the methods of irrigation, the simplest, best, and most 

 generally used, is the furrow system, in which several furrows 

 are plowed between the rows of trees, the first one about three 



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