Show Irrigation Practice Encouraged By County Triple A Committeemen Farmers Farmer who expect to parties participate pate In the new irrigation Irritation practice of the AAA farm program should be sure ure they have the system all set up before the Irritation irrigation season begins the County AAA AA committee warned today An atlon system with ade adequate adequate quate quare and measuring de devices devices devices vices are necessary to earn cam the 1 an acre payment under the farm program This does dOM not mean ex expensive expensive expensive pensive and elaborate measuring devices and head gates the committee com explained Often gates rates and measuring devices device can be constructed constructed con of material available on onI the farm Measuring devices in inmany inmany many Instances can be portable I Technical assistance will III be beI furnished farmers who Intended I to carry curry out this soil soU building pracTice Tice this year by contacting the th county AAA committee But here are some tome of the re requirements for compliance to earn earna e a payment for carrying out the new Irrigation t Ion practice 1 There shall be Installed on each farm on which this practice I is to be carried out a mesi meas de device device device vice at the Intake of the farm There shall be provided measuring devices adequate to measure the flow 00 of water ater ater onto each separate I crop These measuring devices shall be either standard sharp ff crested ted weirs calco caico meter Rates gates or parshall flumes fiumes The selection election of the particular device will be determined deter deter- determIned determined mined by the slope of the ditch and the conditions present on each farm 2 There shall be installed In the th farm farm distribution system a head head- Kate head gate at the Intake to the farm which may be a part of the meas- meas measuring measuring urine devices and sufficient control gates In the distribution system to permit control of the flow now These gates may be of semi emi permanent construction The number of ot con control control control structures ures will be determined by conditions on each farm 3 The distribution system ditch es as must be kept clean and main maintained tamed on such a grade trade as aj to pre prevent prevent prevent vent erosion Where necessary check dams or drops are to be installed installed In stalled tailed to aid In controlling ero erosion slop sion 4 The farmer larmer must file me an ap- ap application ap application for tor permission to perform the practice The other requirement of the th farmer Is that he keep a record of each irrigation and forward this report to the county AAA office after each irrigation Blanks for this record will wUl be furnished the th farmer from the AAA office The purpose of this practice Is Isto Isto tto to prevent erosion and leaching teaching II as aswell well as II to save ve valuable irrigation water and If an excessive amount of water Is 11 used In a single apply app cation of water or there are Indi Indications of excessive erosion or waste a payment may not be made |