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Show LOSS THROUGH SEEPAGE. Kver t'lnh fnimcr who has given lhe innttei anj consideration knows that n ver grout per cent of Ihe Irrigation Irri-gation water of the State Is lost through seepigc between the source of supply nnd the point where the water la applied to the laud A strong reminder of this fnrt wis presented In the recent contest over the wnters of Parlev's canjon In Salt Lake count In that case It was shown (hit 7 000000 gnllons of walcr tin iixtii ed nt the mouth f the c,non had dwindled to I 600 000 In running six iuIIch ovci the gravelly bench land Averages of measurements embracing ncurlv nil of the arid Slates show that within the last three jears enough water was turned Into the hends of ditches during tho Irrigating season to tovcr the laud lo n depth of 113 feet In other words 145 ncrc feet of water vveio taken fiom the streams for cvtij acre of I ind irrigated A largo pnrt of this water supplj was lost In transit thiough setpagc, the leakage being espctlnlt) great where canals run through eundv soil .Measurements at the head of the laterals shuncd an overage loss lu the main canals ot 11 per cant Meastiicment untie nt Hie margin of lields on six laie canal s Kleins showed Hint onl I J per tent of tho water turned III at tho headgates wan delivered lo fnimers This large loss through seepage proves that better cansli uetlon of distributing works Is one of Iho directions In which great Improvement Is possible. |