Show Rotation System of f In Irrigation n I W v Irsfeld engineer Uintah last we week k se sent t out to farmers farmis farm farm- arm arm- I project all aU over the Uintah basin tho the e ers is rs letter on on irrigation following The present st stage ge of snow in the r Fountains indicates a shortage of during the comi coming g summer water Tater t behooves us its at this tills time to and it plan pIau on using the water in a manner that will result in III a m maximum xi un of benefit to the Ui tah bas basin V Water ter lost through deep percolation will win benefit no one and may cause much harm by your your own or neighbors neighbor's land Water ater allowed your Four I to run fun to waste down down roads roadways ays s or sloughs will benefit no one one The adoption of the rotation s 's system stem of or irrigation will make male possible the elimination in l large rge part of both these forms of f waste If you are the owner of real estate I I In the basin you will be by anything that bene benefits ts the basin basinas I as a whole and surely using every of water economically this 11 summer will benefit the basin im Jm- immensely by making possible the growing of a larger acreage of crops which in turn will mean more money coming In to pay our debts and develop develop de de- elop our resources It will also mean that the waterlogged areas will diminish instead of increase I If It you are one of those farmers who did Md not prosper last year are I you going to climb climb- out of that rut I and seek prosperity To be found It must be sought for It will never seek you If you yon contemplate planting wheat or oats this year will you plant them themas as early as the season permits and thus have them well along towards maturity by the time the water I shortage becomes acute or will you wait walt until May Mayor or even June as many did last y year ar and then demand water watI wat vat er with which to irrigate them In ini i I July and August when all the water lat will be needed to irrigate ate th the alfalfa scud crop r rIf If you ou plant cor corn this year ear will wn willou yoU ou irrigate it when it needs nulti- nulti cultivation nUon instead and nd then proclaim to tho the world that corn cannot be successfully successfully successfully suc suc- grown In the tho Uintah h basin or will you you seek advice in handling it from some of the successful corn gravers rs Good corn has b been en and can cap be groWn grown here but in order to grow it acclimated seed must be planted and the gowing crop crop must be c ca td ca td d for properly Are you going to use the same same t careless and wasteful method or of irrigating Ir Irrigating Irrigating Ir- Ir that yO you used last year year o or 01 orare r rare are you going to handle your water carefully and intelligently this year and thus hus avoid wasting it t and water- water I logging your our land If you OU prospered last ye year r are yO yOI you you I going to be satisfied with the same I degree of prosperity this year orwill or orwill will you you strive to do even better Will you cultivate our alfalfa field this spring In an effort to keep down the s fly or will you take a chance on it ravishing your seed crop just because your neighbor will not cultivate his field also Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- Per Per- haps if you cultivate he may be in induced induced induced in- in to do the same Have you talked it over with him c cHave Have you yo you discussed with your neighbor the rotation system of irrigation ir irrigation irrigation ir- ir If he does not think well of it perhaps he does not understand it Tell him about it an and explain its advantages over the system in use heretofore Whatever affects the individual affects the whole community to a al l lesser degree of course so you should be concerned about your neighbors neighbor's welfare for selfish If for no other reasons This applies to neighboring communities as aswell aswell aswell well as neighboring individuals It all li simmers down to this whatever helps the basin helps all alJ the property proper proper- ty y in ln n the he basin |