| Show I i I LOST LOSTIN t IN RiVER BEDS Evaporation In hot weather causes large largo loss 1088 Water Vater spreads out In river channels gravel bars barB In 1931 the worst year the basin basin basin ba ba- ba- ba sin and the state have ever over known because it has been the driest the least moisture bring to us all the urgent necessity for conservation of the water in river channels This Thia Is very vital in June July and August but especially in July and August Tl This Is year we wo have seen a better handling of ot this we are glad to say as necessity forced it onto us as a factor in conserving our irrigation Ir Irrigation Irrigation Ir- Ir water for tor late ate use But there is a till still much to be bo desired Water l is the very life blood of our agriculture that is irrigation River beds that spread out one oneto oneto oneto to five hundred feet during the hot months act as natural evaporators Down Downto to the mouths of the canyons this thiB is to not so bad because It not be well controlled the river beds are not so ao wide and the water runs rapidly But when those canyons end farming commences commences com com- canals are taken out and there when there is no excess water canals should carry the wa wa- ter No river bed should carrywater carry carrywater carrywater water when it may all be bo used The loss is too much hence it is poor poo business At best we lose enough water by canals made over large gravel benches and ond in hot weather this Is mostly a complete loss But in 1 1 addition to this we have river beds serving as canals for long dis dis- It is not economical It ItIs Itis Itis is the most wasteful manner of handling water ater Should it not be stopped |
