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Show ; Conservationist Gives Advice On Irrigation . Proper application of irrigation i water can do more than anything ! else to increase crop yields and i farm income, conserve water, pre vent erosion, and check the loss of ! valuable minerals, according to Charles E. Davies, representative of the Soil Conservation Service, who is working with cooperators of the Timpanogos Soil Conservation Conserva-tion District. "There is only one right way to irrigate and that is to put water into the soil to the depth of plant root and no deeper," Davies said. He adds that farmers can do an efficient job of irrigating if they will follow a few basic rules. . First of all, the irrigation farmer farm-er should know where the water is going, how deeply it is percolating throughout the length of the run, and how much is running off the lower end of the field as waste. Tn an ideal irrigation system, Davies stated, there should be no waste water running off the lower end of the field or border. Water running off the field into the roadways, road-ways, borrow-ditches, or onto fields where it doesn't belong, is not only a waste of water, but is actually money out of the farmer's pocket in more ways than one, Davies Da-vies emphasized. The first thing needed for good irigation is proper leveling of the land, because water cannot be controlled con-trolled properly on land that is too sloping or uneven. With a properly proper-ly leveled field, there is no excuse for water running off the field, except poor management. However, even with proper leveling, level-ing, it is still possible to waste water wa-ter or to do an inefficient job of irrigation, Davies continued. This comes about by the irrigator putting put-ting on more water than crops can . use. If too much water is put on, he explained, it does not stay in the root zone for use by the crops but percolates deeper and is wasted. wast-ed. Plants will not send their roots any deeper because of extra water, wa-ter, as all plants have definite rooting habits in different kinds of soils which, is the real factor in determining root depth. Besides wasting water, over-irrigation usually cuts crop yields and washes plant food, such as nitrates, ni-trates, out of the soil, Davies pointed out. Many farmers put on expensive fertilizer and then turn right around and wash it away with their irrigation water. Another way to waste water and soil fertility is by the practice of irrigating, by the calendar instead of only when crops need it, the soil conservationist said. A shovel or soil auger should be used to find out how far down the plants have used up available moisture, and then only enough water should be put on to wet the ground to this depth and no deeper. Putting more water down to where there is already al-ready plenty of moisture just doesn't make sense, that's why it's so important to know where the moisture level is before you start to irrigate', he said. Having control of your water at all times is also very, necessary to do a good job of irrigating Davies explained. Just as valves and other control devices are needed in a wise within thirty days after service, serv-ice, and defend the above entitled action, and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand de-mand of the complaint herein which has been filed with the Clerk of said Court. This action is brought to obtain a judgment and decree, adjudging the plaintiffs to be the owners and quieting their title against any and all claims of the defendants in and to their respective interests in the following described real property: plumbing system in-a house or in a city water system, so are head-gates, head-gates, turnouts, drops, or other structures needed in an irrigation system if it is to work at its highest high-est efficiency, he emphasized. "This kind of work doesn't cost the farmer, it actually pays him to do it," Davies declared. "In fact, the farmer who intends to stay in the business of farming, through poor times as well as good, cannot afford to go on using inefficient methods of irrigation," the conservationist conser-vationist concluded. Commencing at a point 20 chains west and 10 chains North of the Southeast corner , of Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 East of Salt Lake Meridian. Thence North 10 chains; thence East 14.04 chains; thence South 27 deg. East 11.38 chains; thence West 19.24 chains to place of beginning. be-ginning. Area 16.66 Acres. Also commencing 10.67 chains North of the Southeast corner of Section 21, Township 8 South, Range 3 East of Salt Lake Meridian; thence North 9.33 chains; thence West 4.87 chains; thence South 27 V2 deg. East 10.52 chains, to place of beginning. Area 2.27 Acres. Together with all water and water rights now used upon said property. ARNOLD C. ROYLANCE, ELMER L. TERRY, Attorneys for Plaintiffs. 312 City and County Building, Provo, Utah. Published in the Springville Herald April 15, 22, 29; May 6 13, 1948. |
