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Show Ashley shley Farmers FarmersSolve FarmersSolve Solve Problem ProblemOf ProblemOf Of Water Losses LossesTwo Two farmers who live three threemiles threemiles thre thremiles < miles north of Vernal have havesolved hav havsolved < solved leaksflume leakyiflume leakyflume the problem of a flume that served their farm farms farmsand farmsand ; and at the same time have founcnew found foundnew new ways to make their farm farms farmsmore ; more profitableFor profitableFor profitable profitableFor I profitableI For years the maintenance of ofa o : irrlgation irrigaltion irrigation a a flume which provides irriga ltion tion biGerald byGerald water tor for farms owned by Gerald Erickson and Jim Robin Robinson son < ; on had required constant at attention attention attention tention Finally Fmally the two farmer farmersl farmers ; decided they needed needt.d needtd . professIOnal professionalengineering profcssionaengineering engineering advice to solve their theiiproblem problem so they went to Leon LeonP LeorP P Christensen a local engineerand engmeer engineer engmeerand engineerand and asked him for suggestionsMr suggestions Mr Christensen who is chairman chair chairman man of the board of supervisor supervisors supervisorsof ; of the Uintah Basin Soil SOlI Conser Conservation Conservation Conservation vation District suggested that thatthey thatthey thathey they make application to the thedl thedistrict thtdistrict dl district < ; tnct for assistance in prepar preparmg preparing preparing mg ing a design dl-Slgn dl Slgn - and recommenda recommendations recommendations recommendaiions tions for fixing flxmg the flumeOne flumeOne flume flumeOne One afternoon in the sumrnoif summerf summer summerif if ) f 1942 a after ter struggling for to ) hours to jack up the flume flumeFdrmlrs flumeFarmers Fdrml-rs Fdrml rs Farmers - Robinson Hobmson and ErIckson ErIcksondecldld Ericksondecided Encksordecided decldld decided to call at the districtoffice distrICt distrICtOfflC districtoffice OfflC office < - in m Vernal Their applications applica applicatlOll5 applications tlOll5 tions were approved and plan plant plantwere plan'were planwere _ ' wer were < . made madt . to work out com complete complete cornplete plete soil sOli con conservation < ; ervatlon progrdm programs programsfor program'for programfor < " ' for the two farms including the therepair therepair threpair ( repair of the old flume The Thefarmers Th Thtfarmers ( ' farmer farmers ' ! ai agreed reed t to nu furl11sh furnish furl11shmaten furnishmateri furnishmaten maten materi us ils lis , and md llbar 1 I ibor tbor ' ind 'lnd lnd end to pa pas pasfor payfor " for the thL use us ( of district owned ownedt.qulpm ownedequipmnt ownedequipment t.qulpm tqulpm equipmnt . ( nt .The The rhe Fhe . district distnct agreed agrud to furnish furl11sh technical tl-lhnlcal tl lhnlcal - and super supervlsory supervtsory supervisory vlsory vtsory assistance to carry out outthe outthe the theonservatlOn conservation -onservatlOn onservatlOn < - plans plansThe plansThe plansThe The plans on the 130 acn acre acreFrickson acreFnckson acnFnt.k Fnt.k Fntk Frickson . < ; on farm provided foithe for forthe forthe the leveling levdmg of twenty seven sevenacre sevenacres severacres acre acres < ; t the h t c . construction of oi1 1 000 linear hnear feet of new Irriga irrigalion irrigation tlOn lion ditch dltt.h dltth . the tht . installation mstallatlon of offour offour olfour four headgates ht.adgates htadgates hcadgates . and 200 linear linearfeet linearfeet linealfeet feet ofsoll ofsoil of soilsaving soil soll saving avmg dikes and the theplantmg theplanting theplanting plantmg planting of an acre of Irngated irrigated Irngatedpa irrigatedpasture irrigatedpasture pa pasture tur < . But tlie the rehabilitation rehablhtatlOn rehabilitationf rehablhtatlOnf rehabilitationif if > ) f the tht . Hobm Robinson on farm wasn t tqUlte tquite 1quite qUlte quite so .0 0 si . ( e C I isy < ; y Mr Robinson Robmson s s426 426 acre acr < . farm had been b'Ln bLn ( ' recently recentlypUrLha recentlypurchased recentlypurchased pUrLha purchased < ; Ld from the state olUtah of ofUtdh ofUtah Utdh Utah The previous owner hadallowd had haddllow hadallowed dllow allowed ( d the th ( ' farm faun to run down downSoil downSOli downSoil Soil SOli Con Conservation < ; t.rvatlon trvatlon . Service Servicetechnicians Servicetechnicians l-rvlu l rvlu lrvlulechl11Udll - lechl11Udll technicians < ; went wt.nt wtnt . ov over .r r < . the farm farmwith farmwith farmwith with Mr Robinson Robmson and his son sonHoyle < ; sonHoyle on onHoyle Hoyle who manages the pldu place placeIt ' It ItWdS was WdS decided to build bUlld 5 000 000feet 000feet 000feet feet of new irrigation lrngatlOn ditch t tsave < ( 1 > save ave water that had prevlOusly previously prevlOuslybet.n previouslybecn previouslybeen bet.n betn becn . lost as it ran through 1 u ) 1long ulong long improperly construct constructedditch ( ( ditch .Three Three rhree . headgates headgat < . WLn were WLnplanned wereplanned were'planned wereplanned ' planned together with 1200 1200feet 1 200 200feet 200feet feet of soil 5011 saving savmg dike A croprotation crop croprotatIOn croprotation rotatIOn system and plans plan : . forft for forfrtilliritg fe rtll17l11b frtilliritg ( rtili7iii ( , WI were n mad rnad made ( and work workw W 1 is < ; .t t st . stirUd Irtl trt ( d (11 11 < ( n th tht the ( two farms fdrll1 ' > II it IIthe itthe itthe , the spring sprmg of 1943rodiy 1943 1943rod , rodIY rod IY > y the tht . a assurance , > suranc ( > of d a dwater awater awater water supply upply his h is made mddt . 1 is < ; J p ) ( < ( s ' > sBible ssible Bible Ible for \ Mr l\1r l 1r HOlIl Rot ! mson inson < , on to t.Ultl tUltl cults t.Ultlvak cultsvats . cultivate vak vats 20 acres of farm land that thathad thathad thathad had previously been bet.n betn . Il left ft Idle idlethe idlethe the 1 ht . new nl-W nl W - flume flumt . relieved reheved the thelabor thelabor thelabor labor short IbL uc ( , , < - on the two farm farms farmsand farmsand . and water wallr is 15 available aVdllabiL when whu1 It ItIS itis itis Idnd | IS needed most mostMr mostMI mostMY Mr MI MY ' ' Robms Robins ( n says < ; ays that thdt there'is thereis ther there thereis < - ' IS no contention t.ontentlOn tontentlOn . now about whois who whoIS IS ! , feoing ,01l1g 01l1g going to fix the flume Prob Problems Problems Problems lems on thest thes these ( two Vernal VLrndl farm farms farmshave farmshave . , have been reduced rLduced to a mml mini mmlmum minimum minimum mum and . chances t.hdnt.t thdnt.t thdntt . . . for U better ( ttLr and dnd iblgeer bigger crops are greater than thanthey thanthey thathey * i Ibigger they have been for many years . . . |
