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Show i ' !tl Li 1 i , I 1 !1 j flL3i-K ' I A. ' l " ' "CV . rZTl4 J f . ; . i - . v; - I ' vr . - t " -."V ' '' It' , " ''----I . . ' v ' - - ' , '-yZ'4 , "? , $ . , , .' t- ) - - l i ' .." i - . v. ; 'p.-JL "' , .'.!:. . i . ; . 1 v . .T . ?t v, . - y - - - ' . J " ' - . 1 .V ""V - - - ' v v" ; i I ." .-A-"- 4- - -1 I ; ' 'fl ' ' . r - iy . , - r . ' - , - ! Operating on the Clifford Crandall farm northwest of town was a modern new machine which dug a trench, layed pipe and filled in the excavation all in one operation requiring only three workmen. The project was carried on as part of a farm drainage program in which the Soil Conservation Service cooperated. New Machine Employed In Land Drainage Job What has been practically useless land so far as raising farm crops are concerned is now beine- converted into valuable farm property at a cost within the reach of most property owners, through the operation of a new machine used in a local drainage program, pro-gram, under the supervision of Soil Conservation engineers. Operated by Sumner G. Mar-getts Mar-getts and Co., Salt Lake City engineers, the machine was working at the Clifford Crandall Cran-dall farm on Fourth North, West of the sewage disposal plant the latter part of last week to drain several acres of drowned land. Doing a job that would have taken many men months to do, this machine digs a trench, lays the drainage pipe and drops gravel back into the trench all in one operation. On a project such as that at the Crandall farm, where the machine has laid some 1000 fopt- of nine, the Soil Sonser- vation Service pays for half the cost of the pipe, while the farmer pays the other half and also for the labor involved. The machine which is the first of its kind used in this area, requires only three men for the entire operation. Water High Water level at the Crandall farm before the drainage system sys-tem goes into effect is 12 to 18 inches from the surface. With operation of the drainage system, it is expected to reduce re-duce the level to four feet below be-low the surface, according to (Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) Machine Employed in Land Draining Job (Continued from Page One) Howard Ivory, unit conservationist, conserva-tionist, Soil Conservation Service. Ser-vice. When the water table is within two feet of the surface, such crops as alfalfa, wheat and most any kind of fruit trees cannot be grown successfully success-fully as the roots are smothered smother-ed by the water filling air holes in the soil. The drainage program therefor there-for which is expected to be continued to other farms in the future, will convert many acres of land heretofor used only for pasture, into useful farm land on which many crops may be grown. |