Rogue River courier., July 30, 1909, Page PAGE THREE, Image 3

FRIDAY, JULY 80, 1009.
THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER.
PAQK THREE
Grants Pass Hdw.Co.
Plumbing and Heating
a Specialty
Hammocks
and
Refrigerators
Rubber-tired Buggies
Road Wagons
Everything in
General Hardware
NECESSARY METHODS
FOR IRRIGATION
It la Scientific Problem and Vital
Principles Xow In-volvcd.
List Your Farm and
TODC
City
rty
With
A. N. Parson:
tMktfkAw k-t-
SINCE FIRST INVESTING HERE, I have influenced Sixteen ,16) of my
Eastern Friends to invest in this district.
514 F St.
MONEY LOANED
ON REAL ESTATE
Long Time, Easy Payments
Reliable Representatives Wanted.
The Jackson Loan & Trust Co.
120 West Capitol St., JACKSON, Mississippi.
(By H. L. Mclntyre, C. E.)
Don't Irrigate too much. Over sat-
uration checks the growth of plants
jand trees by lowering the soil teni
jperature and at the same time com
pletely shuts out the air. This prac-
tice takes money out of the grower's
'pocket. Roots, like human beings
jOr anything else that breathes, must
'have air for life and growth. The
! water-holding capacity of soils runs
from 40 to 60 per cent of the total
solid volume, and 43 per cent of the
: whole is about as much water as
; should be put on the soil at any
! tlnie. The best result from the nppli
i cation of moisture on ordinary crops
,have been obtained by using 23 per
cent of the water-holding capacity
of the soil at planting, decreasing
gradually to 15 per cent, remaining
at that point until leaves are formed;
jthen, Increasing quickly to 40 per
'cent and allowing the water to fall
I rapidly to from 12V to 15 per cent,
jand remain there during the fruiting
unci maturing period.
H. L. Mclntyre, C. K., an author
ity on irrigation subjects, emphasized
the foregoing points in his paper on
'"Practical Irrigation," read before
the Washington Horticultural Asso
ciation at its annual meeting in Spok
ane, December s to 12. He indicated
that practical irrigation is scientific
jin form and covers a broad field in
its many phases and urged inigatiou-
iists to study dry farming methods, as
i well rs read irrigation and farm
journals, declaring that the first re
quisite to be a successful irrigator
is to be a first-class dry farmer, add
ing: "If you can't dry farm, you
can't irrigate." Mr. Mclntyre said
'it is the practical ride of Irrigation
that appeals to the farmer and or
diardlst and fruit grower. They
want to know how much water to
use, when to apply it and how. To
iknow these things the grower must
I first ascertain certain facts regarding
the land before he is ready to Irri
j gate practically and intelligently.
The speaker grouped them as fol
' lows:
I First The depth of soil.
Second The relative position of
top and soil.
Third Slope of surface for drain
age purposes.
Fourth Slope and characteristic
of subsoil for under drainage.
Fifth The percentage of mois
ture the soil holds stored In Its pres
ent condition.
Sixth The water-holding capacity
or amount of water the boII contains
when In a state of complete satura
tion. Seventh The degree of fineness
or grain of the soil.
"With these questions solved," Mr.
Mclntyre said, "The grower Is ready
to Irrigate with some degree of cer
tainty s to what the result will be;
without the facts the grower occupies
the position of the head of a mercan
tile house without his books and
statements and Invoices. To ascer
tain these facts is not a complex pro
cess as you can see:
"First The way to ascertain the
depth of the soil would be to bore
auger holes at short intervals over
your tract of land. Thire one foot In
depth at a time, pull the auger, save
the soil and put It In a glass jar and
seal it up to prevent the moisture
from evaporating. Pore the second
self without end, so long as we water
and cultivate properly.
"Cultivation la more important
than Irrigation, and In the arid re
gions one Is of little use without the
other. Don't overlook the fact that
a weed is a pump and that It drawa
water out of the soil at a rapid rate.
Of course It Is difficult to control
exactly the amount of moisture, but
a great deal can be done In this direc
tion and will amply repay any one
who will take the trouble to apply his
water to crops scientifically.
"The most economical method of
Irrigating land and at the same time
one that gives the almost complete
control of the water Is the pipe sys
tem, delivering water under pressure
to each tract of land. Pipe lines are
used in California for surface and
sub-irrigation systems. In some
cases as high rs 1000 acres of land
are watered with a flow of one cubic
foot per second. In Washington, un
der the present open ditch system" of
Irrigation, 200 acres with this amount
of water would be above the average.
"Where water Is spread over the
land in open ditches, the ditches
should be close together and large
enough to carry water In big heads,
ny using the large heads, you can Ir-
As Usual
Pae Fence Lead
Four Carloads delivered last week
THERE IS MORE PAGE FENCE SOLD IX THIS COl'XTIlY THAN
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1SEST WIRE, HEST STYLUS, MOST HEASONAHLK PRICES
Page Rabbit, StocK and Poultry
I ences
LEADS THEM ALL AND WE CAN PROVE IT
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turers of Insist for "pr-.i. ;..,, .u-alnst si.-k. lhn-. four nr more ,,.,
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to protect the hinge joints and trip ha.un, r kinks from Injury by s...,k.
wtien von can buy a real
54-Inch PAGE Rabbit-Stock FENCE
A fence that Is all fece -able to protect iuclf. stand, the enormous com-
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acln at the bottom of only P, inches. m,t ,,,' only 2 inc h. and
spa b ,v ..,. !n (ho .r.rti .n of and giai i.ntee cv.ry rod to be
bo on up, Ve avM In h ru,intry-and this fence
superior to any U'wn of this stjH
sells for
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a sample of each foot of soil.
"Second -The relative position of
top and bottom soil you have ascer
tained by boring holes in the first In
stance. "Third -If the surface slope is too
level to determine by the eye, employ
a surveyor to run levels over the
ground and furnish you a map show
ing the elevations in one-foot con
tours, or in squares of 100 feet. This
will alwavs be extremely useful to
anyone In the distribution of water
for Irrigation.
Fourth Knowing the depth of
your snnsou at an points and tne
surface slope, the relative slope of
the two is apparent.
'Fifth To ascertain the percent
age ot moisture tne sou noma storeu
In Its present condition, take the
samples of soil yon have In the sealed
glass jars from your borings. Weigh
each sample separately, noting the
part of the field from which it was
taken, then dry each sample perfect
ly and weigh again. The difference
is the amount of moisture In the soil,
from which you ascertain the per
centage of moisture in each foot of
soil from the subsoIJ to ti.o op.
"Sixth The water-holding enpae
Ity of the soil may be determined by
taking a box one foot square and one
foot high with n fine screen for the
bottom. The capacity of the box will
be one cubic foot. Fill the box with
soil, pour water on It with a sprinkler
until the water drips off at the hot
torn through the serpen. As soon as
the dripping stops, weigh the box and
contents. Then dry the earth and
weigh agnln. The difference between
the two weights gives you the
amount of wnter the soil will hold
In its water-holding rapacity.
"The soil is a sponge and you can
only fill the voids with water. Hav
ing learned all the conditions, you
then know how much wnter It will
require to bring about a certain per
entage of moisture In the land you
wish to Irrlgat". Yon know how It
drains, whether It leaches down or
runs off In the subsoil. Yon can as
certain at any time If your per
centage of moisture Is too low or too
blL-b, also how deep you can store
water In (be soil, and know bow
inch It takes to wet It one foot
down.
"Seventh When you be;ln to ex
periment you will find that, the sntur-
ting rapacity of soils, even In the
;;iuie field, vary greatly. When the
soil Is so fun uf water that the air
hut off. no new roots are formed,
mhI no ie w v,at r Is taken up, and as
:i result the I'lowtll suffer'. The soil
requires ;ir and sun as will as mois
ture. "Shallow soils ulUi crave or open
s'i'i-olls leach the moUture rapidly
and there Is less dan'.'"r of over-saturation,
but the eotiUnual pouring of
water through such null will also cur
vy away the fertilizing elements
which are In solution and soon de
plete the soil. Find out how much
water your soil will hold In suspen
lon and Irrigate accordingly. The
soil is n chemlrnl laboratory and you
are the chemist. Tho soli must hnve
moisture, nir nnd tho heat of the sun
to keep the chemical action ot work
making plnnt food. When you have
too much water In tho noil thoro In
no air, hence no chemical action.
With too much air there Is no mois
ture and no chemical action. With
proper moisture and cultivation tho
chemical action Is complete, tho cap
illary attraction bringing up tho
tnoUture from tho lower lerols to tho
tun mulch. Hern th sun and air
manufacture the fertilizing rU-menti
and tho next rain or Irrigation
wahe them down to bo taken up by
the root. The process repeat! It-
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Coffee
Quality clean perfect
Your prooer will prlnd It
better if ground at Lome not
too lino.
and third foot, and on down to the rlgato the ground more rapidly, thus
subsoil in like manner until you have saving In the quantity of wnter wast
ed by seepage, and atso have better
control of the percentage of moisture
you wish to put In the soil. Under
long canals where there are numer
ous users of water, where the water
Is divided into several heads, the
waste Is very large. The soil Is over
saturated and In many cases the laud
Is ruined.
"The system of delivering water
to individual users In n constant flow
of small rivulets Is a had practice.
Plie time flow system would be much
letter, delivering the water In large
heads for short periods, tlenerally CO
to TO per cent of the water diverted
from streams by open canals and dls-
rlbuted by lateral ditches Is lost be
fore It Is stored up In the soil for
use by the vegetation. Water is too
valuable to allow this kind of waste.
"In the Inland Empire we find tho
amount of water used in dli," ncrit
districts to run from one half to four
feet, the acre, but why the growers
use this amount of wat'T few, If any,
seem to fully understand. The fact Is
most peopb1 use from three to four
times as inn -h water as Is necessary,
and do u great deal of barm to their
soil, nnd also to the crop by an un
businesslike nnd really Ignorant use
of n valuable quantity, The roII Is n
sponge, which will only retain n cer
tain amount of moisture. If more
water Is supplied it simply leaches
down and is lost or runs awny, cany
lug with It. a fertilizing element of
the soil which Is In solution, and only
those which nre in solution are of
any value to plant life. The princi
pal value of water Is to make the
fertilizing clement soluble."
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY
SHOCKS PORTLAND
Dr.
Collins" Widow riactlcally MU
mils Fatally Shooting Her
Husband. 1
A dispatch from Portland tells
of a terriblo tragedy which took
place in that city last Saturday. Dr.
it. A. Miles Collins, a prominent
physician was shot and Instantly
killed In the basement of his home.
Ills widow Is tinder arrest nnd is
being closely questioned concerning
the death of her husband.
With n biillefiftfroiigh tho heart.
tb" body was found by Dr. Frlsby,
who was called In by Mrs. Collins.
The revolver with which tho physl-
ian was killed was found on tho
lasctnent floor.
"I may hnve killed, him. I htvvo
been taking medicine that mado my
head reel," she declared to the police.
Collins Is 34 years old and she Is
13 years older. They were married
a year ago nnd spent their honey
moon In Honolulu. After they re
turned they quarreled frequently on
account of another woman whom
Mrs. Collins Imagined was trying to
steal tho uffecllons of her husbnnd.
They had agreed to part that day.
All the household goods were pneked
when Collins was killed.
WIDE DEMAND FOR
OREGON APPLES
Twenty-Five Cents Is tho Trice of
IVnec.
The terrible Itching and smarting,
Incident to certnln skin diseases, li
almost instantly allayed by applying
Chnmberlaln'B Salve. Trice 25 cents.
For aale by M. Clemen.
That tipple growers of Oregon have
nothing to fear from the danger o
over-prod up! Ion Is the statement of
Wilbur K. Newell, president of tho
State Hoard of Horticulture, who has
recently returned from the Fust. He
says the Industry Is not likely to bo
overdone and that the demand for
Oregon fruits now exceeds the supply
In many quarters. While away, he
visited many npple-gmwing districts
of the Fast, lie found Oregon tip
ples wi ll eslalilliilii d In Fnstern mar
kets and said the price paid for fruit
from this Mate exceeds that given for
the eastern product.
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The li i.ne Ulver Frttlt (Imwer has
the following on a most Important
mii I lit and It will be read with In
(i n t by many:
The hi vt aulhoi i nil agree that
nil stone-fruit trees, such as peach,
i berry, prune, etc , must not be
pruned when the tree is In leaf for
lin n the wounds will not readily heal
and will exude gum that will bring
on disease that while It may not. kill
the tree will weaken Its vltnllty nnd
bearing ability.
It has been the rjile'h're In Rogue
Ulver valley to prntie peach trees In
the Rprlng and summer and thnt li
one of tho causes for ro mnny peach
orchards being diseased and looking
scraggy. The time to prune stone-
fruit trees Is In the fall no soon
the loaves are ripe. Then cloan tho
trunks of rough bark and follow with
t thorough spraying with bordeaui
solution to kill the bllnht and other
dlseanos.
Got DoWltfi Carbollzed Witch
Har.nl flale when you auk for It.
There are a groat man? -Imitation,
but there Is lust one original. This
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