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<br />C') <br />c .j <br />en <br />N <br />o <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />If the ditches are slow and languid, <br />choked with weeds - as many are <br />by midsummer - the water soaks in deeply, <br />saturating the surrounding soils. If the <br />ditches fall sharply and run fast, they cut <br />deep channels into the soil, leaving ugly <br />erosion scars. <br /> <br />Thus the farmer, even before he begins <br />irrigating, has a problem to contend with. He <br />must irrigate a crop that is growing abm'e <br />a subsoil already saturated, with a water <br />table rising because of ditch seepage, <br /> <br /> <br />11 <br />