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JROM FROM THE COUNTY COUNTYAGR'L AGR'L AGRL ' AGENT AGENTIrrigation - Irrigation Is the artificial applIea applrca applIeahon applrcaloon application I IIrrIgatIon hon loon of water to soil by which whichmoisture " , whichmoistuie hlch hlchmolstUle molstUle moisture is s sippled Ippl rppl ed for plant plantgrowth plantgrowth plantgrowth growth ! says Oays GeOl Geoige George ge D Clyde Ir rr Irrlgation rrrigation irrigation rlgation rigation engineer engmeer at the Utah ex experiment expertinent experhnent periment pertinent station and the most im 1m j I jportant Iportant Jportant portant need among the iirieatorsof irrieatorsof 1rleator irrieators ! : of Utah today is the developmentof development of a aater water \\ater ater \ consciousness conscousne consciousnessUtah ! developmentI s sUtah I Utah is an nngating nrIgating state andit and andIt andit It is necessary neceary % to conserve cmserve- cmserve cmservett : - it'switer itswiter tt the thewater ' e eW'1ter W'1ter W1ter water ' "UI UI .ul ul " . . ui ply if it is to cGntmue continue continuein 111 in agiiculture agliculture ae iculture In order to do th s sthele sthere stheie thele there aie ale a f.V fV f . < .v v . . v methods mcthods that thatshould thatshould thatshould should be employedI employedWater employedWater employed employedWater I Water should not b allowed allov.ed alloved . to torond topond topond rond pond m 111 the pasture This Thos praclice prac I Ibce ILice bce Lice is not only w \ asteful wasteful but de I | Istroys Istroys stroys the better varieties ot of giass glass"s glasss glass"sand s sand " sand and clovers clover and promotes thegrowth the thegrowth thegrowth growth of less desirable sedges sedgesAll I | All ditches dllche and canals should becleaned be becleaned becleaned cleaned of all \ weeds eeds gra gra&s gras grass & and andother andother andother other rubbish just as early in 111 on theseason the I | season as possible These canals canalsshould canalsshould hould should be kept as large as is possable pos I | sible sable so they can carry a stream streamlarge streamlarge stream'large streamlarge ' large enough that it will wl1 ! get overthe over overthe overthe the land quickly when turned into Intotho intothe , tho the field . . IntoI I The measurement of ofI v \I I \ water . ater isabsolutely is isabsolutely isabsolutely absolutely necessary to proper irugation Ir tr IrlIgation trrigation lIgation rigation because the amount of ofwater ofwater ofwater water applied depends on the ilie size 1 1of of the stream and the length oftime of oftIme oftime tIme It is alloied alloed allo alto \ed ed red \ to run Mr VIr Clydesays Clyde Clydesays Clydesays says that every farrnei farmel farmer should kno know knowhow knowhow " h\\ h how hto , \ \ to measuie measUle measure measuieater measUleater \\ater ater water \ \ and know knowthe knowthe knowthe the terms of measurementPrepare measurementPrepare measurement measurementPrepare Prepare the land properly for Ir it IrrlgatIon itrigation irngation ' rlgatIon rigation This is necessary because becausewithout becausewithout v.ithout vithout without . it water will either run cHor eff off effor offor or sink smk too deeply The land doesnot does doesnot doesnot ' not ha\e ha e hale ha \ e to be level but it shoildbe shot should shouldbe Id be smooth with no ridges or hoilows hol hob hollo hoblows lo\ lo los lows \ s high spots pots or low spots Afterth After Afterth Afterth th s 1 I as been done there are cer certam certam certain tam funtamental I = principles rmclples which whichmust whichmust whichmust must be k kept Pt in mind mmd Short Shcrt ru'1S ru1S runs ru'1Sshould runsshould runsshould ' should be used Where long runs runsare runsare runsare are used the upper part of the theland theland theland land gets too much water and thelower the theloer thelower lo\\er lo er lower \ part not enough Shorter runsft runs runswill : "III III will " ill enable you to dis dlS nbute ribute the\\ater the ater the the"ater thewater "ater ater water \ " \ n-ore n ore ITore wore - evenly evenlyTwo evenlyTwo I ITwo Two ether factois factols factors vhich which \ hlch can becontrolled be becontrolled I Icontrolled controlled by laying laymg out the If it Ifrigation itrigation irrigation rigation system properly are slope slopeand slopeand slopeand and size of stream Slope may be begovell1ed begoverned begoveined govell1ed governed by the direction in \ ' hich hick hichthe hickthe hichthe the TOV.S TOVS rows ro " . s are run anij and anct the sii-e sii e sire st7e - of ofthe ofthe ofthe the streim stre'1m stre1m stream ' b by } an adequate systemof s system systemof stEm stEmof of head ditches Mr Cl Clyde de sais says sa saysNow s stEmI I Now New tentathe tentatite standards for b efgrading ef of efgradmg ofgrading gradmg grading " , whicn whien hlca represent a co ordl ordr ordlnatIcn ordrnation ordination natIcn nation of the seven grade standard used by the departm departm"nt departmnt department " nt of j'griculture jgriculture .rgricul rgricul a'gricul agricul a'griculture . ' ture and the t ten tin n grade system used usedby usedby by the Institute of American Meat MeatP'ckers MeatPickers MeatPickers P'ckers Pckers Pickers " ' hav hav have " b en issued by the thebUleau thebureau thebuieau bUleau bureau of agrlculti.ial agrlcultiial agrieultt.lal agrieulttlal agrlcultt.rai agrlculttrai . . . economicsThe economicsThe economics economicsThe The pro osed cued system systerp differs from fromtte fromthe from.tl-e from.tle from.tl fromtl e . tte the - nesent t'lcsent tlcsent riesent ' foderal federal f deral standaids standaId standards pr111 prim pr111Clpally primcipally prmcipalli Clpally cipally . In that a single standard is isused isused used irstead Ir tead of sepirute sep'1rte sep1rte separate ' . ! grades oteach ot of oteach ofeach each claso c1as clasp " of beef Under the p-esent p esent p p-e p e pesent ' - - e esent sent standaids standalds standards a consumer con umer mustbe mu must mustbe t tbe be familiar with the merits of each eachcla eachclass eachclass cla class s as asBell aseII \ -Bell Bell \\eII eII well - as the - crade e-rade e rade erade of beef beefin beefin beefin in order to be assured a-sured a sured - of the quail qualr quailty qualrty quailty ty of beef purchased Under the thenroo thenrooosed thenrooosert nroo nrooosed ser\ ser serstandards \ standards which provide providefor providefor providefor for grading gradmg steer heifer and cobeef co cob \b b \ boef beef ef undei undel under a single smgle standard tt-e tt e tre the the'rade - Tade rade 'rade < > ' nqme name n me alone will be hoe mdicative mdica mdicatlve mdicative tlve tive of the quality The grades cons con s sts of U S Prime Prnne U S ChoiceU Choice U S Good Gcod U S Standard U SCommercial S SCommercIal SCommercial CommercIal U S Cutter and U S SCanner SCanner SCanner Canner From a consurnei consume consumer I point pomt of ofvie ofview ofview vie view " it is ne tie essary urder ll1"der ll1der under " the new news newsystem newsist'm newsistm s system st-m st m ' - only to be f9 . familiar ullar " with "Ith Ith one oneseeles oneseiies seeles el ies of grade terrrs terITS terors and their theirre theirre re atn atI\ atI atrt atIe \ e a positions posltIens positrons in 111 the qualityscale qualIty qualItyscale qualityscale scale scaleMr Mr and Mrs Desmond Young anddaughter and anddaughter anddaughter daughter of Monticello Montlccllo cime c\me c me came ' \ downFriday do\\n do n down donFnday downFriday \ \ Fnday Friday for a brief bnef visItIth visit \ with \\Ith Ith relatives relativesand relativesand relativesand and friendsI friends I |