THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



411 



The average discharge for the year 

 was 19,700 cubic feet a second. The 

 total run-off for the year was 14,300,- 

 000 acre-feet, which would make a 

 lake a million acres in extent and 14.3 

 feet in depth. 



A copy of the Colorado river report 

 for 1910 may be obtained free on ap- 

 plication to the Director of the Geo- 

 logical Survey, Washington, D. C. 

 Copies of the corresponding report 

 for 1909 and for 1908 are also avail- 

 able. 



In order to grow onions by the 

 transplanting method, the seed must 

 be started in the fall or winter. The 

 results at the experiment station 

 show that the best seeding period is 

 comparatively short. That is to say, 

 if the seed is planted too early, most 



of the plants will go to seed the fol- 

 lowing summer. If, on the other hand, 

 the seed is planted too late, the young 

 plants will not be large enough for 

 transplanting at the proper time in 

 the spring. This "best period of seed- 

 (Continued on page 412.) 



PLANTING ONION SEEDS. 



The experiment Station of State 

 College, N. M.. has conducted experi- 

 ments in the growing of onions by 

 transplanting from a seed bed to the 

 field and by planting the seed in the 

 field where thz onions were to grow, 

 and when large enough, thinning them 

 in the row to the proper distance. 

 It has been found, that everything 

 considered, the transplanting plan is 

 the best and most economical. The 

 thinning of onions in the field beds 

 is exceedingly tedious and expensive, 

 under our method of irrigation. Aside 

 from the extra work and cost of 

 thinning, there are always consider- 

 ably more weeds in these beds, which 

 make it necessary to start weeding 

 earlier and more frequently. In the 

 germination of onion seed under field 

 conditions there are always a few 

 places, though small they may be, 

 where the seed fails to come up. In 

 these vacant places onions must bs 

 transplanted in order to have a uni- 

 form stand in the row. 



The Good Farmer Watches His Sluices 



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 sluice gates should be kept in the best condition always, because water is mighty precious sometimes 

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 the buying of rubber boots. He knows that perfect foot pro- 

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A careful examination of 

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