Farm Field And Garden

(vops usually f ail or succeed m prortion as they receive an equal distri0JX or uniform snpply of water. Silnres are more frequently attributed ither to a deficiency or a surplus of infalls than to any other cause. Henee 7of tbe chief essentials to culture is tomaintain the presence of a proper nonnt of available water to crops, and Ufaras practicable guard against excess on either side. And this is largely ritbin the control of the cultivator, gavs Mr. Saunders, the superintendent ■fgardensand grounds at Washington: fae three operations of draining, subfoiling n(1 nmlching when properly ndafstood comprise all the requisite i and enable the cultivator in a r ,.T, ,t measure to regard with com adifference whether the sea n ,rove unusually wet or unusually If tbe fonner, the drains remove i apttous water, and the loosening Í,,' oil allows the egress of water jr , al its pores, which are rapidly mulching the surface so as to fTP'n ,-aporation retains the water . its can reach it, instead of its Uy consumed by drying winds over the soil. Of all opera ring to soil culture there are ose values are so well estabthe ones alluded to, and ye operations to which the grea f cultivators are strangers. t tpfi;os not to be generally under ,; draining, in connection with ilture, increases the capabüity oil for absorbing and retaining mojgture. As soon as the pores are fillee wier seases to be absorbed. The ob i-aining is to allow the surplus pass off. No water can reach s until the pores of the soil are i r filled. It is therefore eviI the deeper the soil is drainec t :r becomes the reservoir oi moisture, so that on soila ot r sandy nature a more luxui catión will be produced after rtificially drained. With clay mprovement is still more ob good clay soil can be considest cropping condition until raaiei. "Dr.iining and subsoüing therefore inc-ease the amonnt of available moisture in the soii . To keep it there and prevent teescape by mere surface evaporation, wh&verecourse to mulching. Where it is a í etpedient to apply f oreign matt?T to Ae surface an efficiënt substituto I 1 in the soil itself by simply . ie surface loose bycultivation. A few ji ;hes of loose, powdery soil on e forms a capital nonconductd ;m and likewise has the great adv.: a{ 9 of being easüy secured."