Image 5 of The eagle (Silver City, N.M.), September 18, 1895
author: Anonymous
source date: 1895
availability: public_domain

THE EAGLE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 18S5 ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION Wlirlii The Artificial In Ynittly Superior to the N itt 11 nil Fruits grown by it rigation find a ready market of the world The flavor of the irrigated fruit is more natural the juice more abundant and the quality cannot l excelled No better test of this fact can be made than the Denver fruit market There the eastern and western fruits are sold on the fame stands and the rainbelt and irrigated products come in direct competition The fruits of irrigation are taken long before other products and all classes of people eastern and western remark upon the superiority of western fruits The irrigated fruits never lack for moisture at the proper time When the buds are swelling the orchardist puts on the water which is absorbed by the growing trees As the blossoms come forth sullicient water is applied to make the fruit form and throughout the entire season there is no setback to the forma tion development and ripening of the products The insects do not so greatly disturb the trees because they are al ways in a healthy and thrifty condition i lie ioi luge ot