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Show trolling the application of water. The experiment was carried out on 79 farms. In 1942, for the first time, the practice will be offered to all farmers cooperating in the farm program. The soil-building allowance allow-ance or any part of it may be earned at the rate of $1 "per acre. The following are specifications for the practice : A weir must be installed at the head of the farm to measure the exact amount of water applied to the various crops on the farm. The water distribution system and control structures must meet specifications recommended by the state AAA committee and must be such as to make possible ade- ' quate control of irrigation water applications. The water distribution system and structures as well as the number of acres to be irrigated in accordance with this practice, must be approved by the county-committee county-committee prior to the irrigation season. The operator of the farm must keep accurate records of the use of water and crops seeded on each field in the area approved for irrigation. No payment will be made If any-single any-single application of water on the area approved for irrigation exceeds ex-ceeds 6 a-cre inches. No payment will be made if excessive erosion has occurred on the area as a result of irrigation in 1942. In stressing the importance of this practice to Utah, Mr. Skeen quoted from the report of the 1937 expreiment, "land and water constitute the basic resources where agriculture under irrigation is practiced. If irrigation agriculture agricul-ture is to survive, these resources must be conserved. Water under control is man's greatest asset m an irrigation region. Out of control it may destroy its companion resource, re-source, the land. Water out of control may destroy the productivity produc-tivity of the land by eroding fertile fer-tile top-soil or by leaching plant foods from surface soil. Cccitrol , of water in an irrigated region is, i therefore, basic to any soil con-. con-. servation program." Farmers May Now Use New Irrigation Method An irrigation practice, for which leading agriculturists of the state have been striving for a number of years, will be offered to farmers of Utah as a regular soil-building practice for the first time in 1942, Joseph Skeen of Ogden, member of the state AAA committee, announced an-nounced here this week. Recalling the struggle to obtain ob-tain the practice as a regular part of AAA, Mr. Skeen said that in 1 1937 as an experiment a few selected se-lected farmers in Davis and We- ber counties were allowed to earn 1 payments for carrying out approv- ed irrigation methods. ; The results of that experiment showed that considerable top-soil and water could be saved by con- |