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.rains ta sooa lost y evaporation,
ju vuu ytuw uuuu, m very heavv
showers a great deal of water rutik
away.
ill j The Commoner jiili;
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1 In the Field of Acutture
II H I t - ' '
Bf Mil IK J if l I i ;
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iHllMv MLIGIIT IN THE SOIL
til fail'". . . ;
'Hotadon of crops is necessary to
proVdnt transmission of several plant
diseases,' says a bulletin of the New
York' experiment station. Gabbage
should hot be planted the second year
- where thq first season's crop, -.has
shown'' Hiiicu clubr'oot, and potatoes
' should not follow potatoes 'Whore
scab -nil's prevailed, nor wherd1 fusar
iufrtyllti'artd'its accompanying tub.er
rot, havo boon. destructive.
Ono of tho most dostruotivo potato
diseases in many states is late blight,
with, the common rot that follows it;
and questions rotating to transmis
8iil&nli qpntrol of those troubled are
exceedingly important. Does this
ftjngus survive tho winter in the soli
andjhab a blighted field of one 'year
upsjtfo to use tho next?
Most authorities hold that tho fungus-'
WHslng thoso two. troubles does
not' ovor-winter in tho soil; and that
thoro is no more liability to blighting
and, letting on a fiold thus affected
tho -year, boforo than on onc;froo froni
th'6' 'cVi'seaso. Rocontly tyo ' a'uth'oW
tios, one In England and ono in.
Ajiiorlca, havo advanced ;th6' opposite
v'fp'w. ,ahd adyiso agaihst planting
potatoes on soil whero blight, has
bdoil "prevalent. "
..Tp tost the liability of siich trans
mission, tho botanist of -tho New
York agricultural experiment station
hap" carried, pn, careful 'tests in two
seasons; and flnds.no evidence that
tho fungus can survive the winter in
tho. .field, in central New York, at
logs,' Tho results, being negative
d& hftt prove that the late-blight fun-
gtts'ea'n ndt remain alive" over winter
7ri i t v i.i. it i.j .
iJWiO,HOM, uuv iiiwy iiia.Q sucu per-
Blgte.ntiG appear highly improbable.
- jIIDft',w10.uld soem unnecessary, then,
. to oh.ango the location of the potato
crop to avcJid this disease; especially
as we know that' thorough spraying
wilt control both blight and rot and
wilj increase tho crop enough, tak
ing one year with another, to make
this a highly profitable regular prac
tice in' potato growing. The spray
ing of ,iate potatoes should 'never be
neglected. . .
'IRRIGATING TIU! GARDEtf
'. "With a small garden handled in
tnn&ivolv a conservative amount of
irrigation will always prove profit
able, says tho .Indiana agricultural
experiment station'. ' There is rarely
a season when a small quantity 'Of
water'applied intelligently during a
dry period. will not increase thejyield
and quality considerably and' in 'some
instances prevent complete failure.
In" some homes there is no available
Water for this purpose, "'but with the
advantage of pneumatic tanks ahd
Water systems in our Country dwel
lings sttlUcient" water can easily be
provided 'td irrigate a sinail garden
'thre.e or four times during the sum-
iner months wheti "dry weather is
causing injury-' .....
There' 'are three methods of apply
ing water sprinkling from overhead'
pipes, . urface applications or fioo'ding
by allowing the water" to spread by
means of furrows and sub-irrigation;
The sprinkling or Skinner irrigation
system as it is "commonly called is
well 'adapted to home garden condi
tions'.' ' A' lead bf one-inch' galvanised
pipe is 'fitted with 'a'-small nozzle
very two feet On a straight line on
one side of the pipe. The pipe is ex
pended across the garden on wooden
supports from : :-f our " to eight feet
above the ground, It js then con
nected w.ith water under pressure,
and as the water' pas'ses through the
small nozzles it is broken up into a
fine mist which moistens the soil
gradually and does, dot cause it to
pack or bake. When! a certain strip
Of- land has received a sufficient
amount, the pipe is turned until the
water is thrown in a new position.
With ordinary city water , pressure a
strip sixteen feet wide can be irri
gated iii this manner without chang
ing the pipe and support to a new
place. A good length of garden hose
dan be used to carry the water from
tjhe. hydrant, to the pipe as the jatter
is changed and one length bi pipe can
be imade to answer the purpose.. With
this system the water can be applied
at any time during tlie night or day.
If ono has water under .pressure at
hand, . the qost of installing and
Operating will' be very low. A piece.
Of pipe of sufficient length to extend
across the. garden, a T nozzle costing
five .cents, for- every two feet in
'length of pine, a cap, and three ; or
fotjr .couplings, and:- wbq.d.en. supports
make up .thedu.tfiti ..AfteVine coh
neqtioiisc 'haveejivitiad'e, the water
is turned' on' and the apparatus is in
Working order. ': ' ' '
land may be practiced but will not
prove satisfactory,., the., linjuls pf. the
Storing moisture In the soil before
seeding the crop Is a safeguard
against drouth, but it has not been
found possible to store enough water
in the soil before seeding to insure
a crop , without subsequent rains
Stored moisture sometimes causes
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moistened, tota .depth, of four, to eight
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bKlaj;ng nUivee,5ornfoiui, incji. tile,
twenty nicnes oeiow-jn.e s,uriace witu
a, fall of one, inch to the hundreel feet.
In all irricatinir 'svtemB the
amount 'of.water to.' apply can Only
i)& dferhiiiie'd h'y "experience with the
.type df soil used.1 A general rule 'to
follow is'to waVer thoroughly biit not
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water the latid . should "be cultivated
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Suhimer ti lago has been the mos':
effective method of 'storing .water in
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fyly 10 to 33 per cent of the rainfall
of the season has been stored, ac
cording to a recent bulletin issued by
jhe North Platte station of the Ne
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amount of water stottofi vnWod n,u.u
-JUe;;ainoimt. and distribution of the
Rainfall during the"nftrlnri. ow n,i k
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