Show UTAH fARMER E SOON MAY nAVE ACCURATE FORECAST OF 01 SUPPLY OF WATER fOR OR FIELDS According to 10 n it report being prepared by iy Section Director A. A H. H Thiessen sen of or the tho I local weather r bureau a very accurate system of Sn snow t l ia is now being e 7 extended throughout the state and l it wilt e go a lonS long way wa way toward giving farmers accurate data on the thc amount of water streams that may be bei expected to flow In the of the state te during durinS the dry sea sea- son The snow gauging system will In time be M one L of l th the most important nt parts of the weather bureau The s system stem during the past year ear has been largely largel in an ex- ex f form lorm but It u Is ls assuming shape now where it is found to be thoroughly successful and highly valuable The ii taking Pr of the measurements entails entails en en- tails considerable cost to the government government govern- govern ment and many may a life Is ls risked in getting get- get ting hog the required data Four s systems stems are in n u use e at present and all are found to give fhe accurately the snowfall In inches 01 feet after kafter eaph fall fail of snow The j ne first of these systems is the use of A e cylindrical vessel vossel of galvanized iron two feet high and containing an overflow over over- now flow arrangement The snow Is meltEd In iii the gauge auge and the amount of precipitation tation determined as well as tho thc depth of the snow Have Bins Bins' to Measure The rite second means is the snow bins which are ten feet square and contain a trap door rhese These are placed In gulches and mountain sides and after each snowfall measurements are taken After each cads fresh fall fail of snow the old tall fall 1 Is shoveled out of th the bin through the trap door Tim The Th bins are of various designs to suit localities Some are deeper than others and some are designed to fit certain certain tain thin nooks Another system Is the use of stand standpipes standpipes standpipes pipes In which there Is but little evaporation evaporation c apo ration and In which the snow can be permitted to remain for tor a long lonk period without danger of Its melting v 5 These pipes are used in places which are arc not easily accessible and are visited only occasionally The main way of determining the falIs fall fal fallI fallis I Is b by means of snow scales which are arc wooden measures with pointed tips am and pain painted led red and white or black am an anO white The scales show the feet and the tenths of feet They are especially valuable because the they are cheap and can be scattered over a wide area They are set In the ground late In the summer before the first snowfall and are on ott hand hanc to catch atch all the measurements The snow of the entire season Is measured by this s system 53 stem I The manner of gathering the measurements measurements measure measure- ments entails considerable expense men being paid from 5 to 10 a month to go o lout out to get the data after ever every snowfall Many times the men encounter all kinds kind of dang dangers rs in going to the bins am and gauges gau-es and for that reason the they are not readily obtained for the service Forest Rangers Bangers Help Forest rangers are arf the most dependable persons for the work Their labors naturally nat oat orally take them over the mountains and th they y take the measurements as all a a. matter matter matter mat mat- ter of courtesy to the bureau They also make estimates of the snowfall In the gulches and mountain sides where there are art no gauges g bins or scales The system is experimental at present but It is hoped to make It It permanent within the next year or two At present only the Important watersheds are covered covered cov coy ered the secondary ranges being neglected neglected neglected neg neg- entire entirely Mr 11 Thiessen sa says s 's the gauges are successful and that means the department of agriculture will put them In more extensively in inthe the future |