Irrigating Vegetables in New York L357 



The method consists of conducting water along the end of the 

 plot to be irrigated and allowing it to How into furrows between 

 the rows of the crop. It is best to permit the water to reach the 

 far end of the row as soon as possible and then allow it to be ab- 

 sorbed evenly throughout the land. . If this is not done the part 

 of the field next the supply ditch will receive much more water 

 than the remainder. This form of irrigation is useful on level 

 land where there is abundance of water and where the soil is suit- 

 able. Light soils drink up the moisture so rapidly that even dis- 

 tribution is difficult. 



