| Show CONSERVA conservation TIO 0 OF irrigation WATER WATE IMPORTANT PROBLEM united state i jh te government statistics give th t t total of 0 irrigated land in utaji utah aj ag 1000 acres tile the actual irrigated acreage is less than half 0 oj that amoun amount t accod according d in to ismor luther if alvi n g or of I 1 hi irrigation engineering gi department at the U A i C th the e reason mr winsor declares is to be f found und not in an actual shortage 0 awater ater nor in a lack of stort stor tage ag e reservoirs reservoirs but in the improper u utilization li 1 of the supply of water yow ow available with the facilities or with slight improvements ot of existing facilities amplo professor winsor has been wor working liing for a number of years on oil projects to develop bel better ater methods of conserva conservation conservator to n and utilization of irrigation awater awater ile he is planning to concentrate upon this program morel borca intensively in the near future a aa A a project of th the eutah utah experiment nt station A number of i lines of if investigation wi will 41 be taken up with the cooperation of farmers in different parts ot 0 thy state who are interested in helping 1 to 6 carry 46 out the work am I 1 them la cin may be e listed t the he follo following ng 1 to what ex extent tent may land be benefited by storing cpr spring ing i fall or winter waters in inthe the soil that is by irrigating the land an d during periods wh when e n there is no crop browin growing I 1 r 1 witry tile the purpose of getting it thoroughly moist beneath the surface and thereby adding to 4 the effectiveness of summer irrigation t 1 ai mr ir winsor believes that in certain sections of the state stata this me thod will glee give good results depending on the ch character of the sa ifil 4 11 and sub subsoil soll I 1 2 what bons may be taken to enable farmers to send sead early spring aprin Z their canals and licad head borks without the ranger of damage from gravel arid debris 3 it is possible 40 restrict th the use of gravity flow etow waters lateia largely k to the upper levels supplementing plem enting tile the amount a required for low areas by water obtained from subsurface sub surface drainage or from wells or by pumping from ponds t in a period of hi high ili taxes and low farm profits such as the present sir mr winsor relives relives t that hat it is better by far fa for farmers to turn their atten attention tio to the problem of getting theT thel maximum use out of the waters low avail available abl ej rather than to talk about a and nd work for the installation of elaborate storage reservoir systems which to say the bast are extremely expensive |
