Show t TRUE ECONOMY IN irrigation i D depends on use of water in way that it shall produce prof t t and not wasted A flow of water ol 01 one cube cub toot foot per second would cover acres tv autt seven in hes deep in a year it if aad aid its a big it if none of it e escape cape I 1 downward down waid maid or ianird even enen allowing tor for such escapes t twenty enty seven inches would y prove enough if one co lid ild irrigate throughout the year or stole e water u without loss in ca they do make mate a cubic foot per second Eer serve veSO to acres that is after a fashion and atter after a great deal ol 01 expense in distribution la ili utah sev enty acres is covered and in coo co rado on short run str earis 1 44 cubic feet is used on eighty acres and reser voir water mater used in addition theo fists would have one believe that water tl at e escapes capes by percolation la is wasted whereas it returns to the water chan nels and can be used so long as it U fiovo flow a in countries under irrigation theoretically water should only be run far enough to give just the right amount of water mater at every point ot of its flow through the field and the nearer we me can approximate th s the better but we cannot cut our fields to pieces with cross laterals which interfere v ith cultivation grow weeds and waste maste ground so we me run water far ther than the exact optimum for econ omy only of water and we do advisedly be cause economical application of water Is only one point in farming the other operations must also be economically performed there is not any exact rule that will give us the exact seat age of water we require for plants independent of the fact that bolls soils vary ary tor for it is evident that in order to reach the end of a row or 0 land whatever its length ani an I 1 soak it sufficiently antly water must pass on the upper and intermediate parts of the surface longer than la Is absolute ly ne cesary this excessive yet economical aepli ca cation on of water mater passes into the sub so boil I 1 and thene to the steam or river flow and v y hen your theoretical arri discovers it and some seeped lands ee immediately cries out in horror that farmers are wasting water fiere are gravelly sub soils sells such return flow will mill occur in somewhat greater quantity than with a strong retentive I 1 it is a mistake to regard the theo Irrigation alst as a li formless horm armless less if mistaken individual tor for he is rs bously active around leg statuses and congress an ani I 1 his babb e has led ta to countes counte count ea s enterprises beng be ng foisted on the public with mith a duty imposed on water far in excels of it m will ill perform already it is common to ay that water should be taken away from 0 d I 1 sett ers era and red buted and it I 1 t Is impossible lo 10 ay how soon some leg may not further tangle up our water distribution systems the true economy of water depends on its ue in a way shall produce a profit and it has never been allowed to go to waste tor for any length of time in ih e farming comman ties but bit has been teen applied to new lands 0 o soon as it was mas developed without live farm era the water Is useless in tact fact all the real value ever developed from Igi water has been by farmers not by en ginders promoters or theorists who explored it but by the man who raised the crop vital ir terest Is far greater in water ahn anyone else a can be |