Show can utah s irrigable land be increased by A million acres A P probes r of mathematics U ah agricultural college al ru im tein tel acre feet of i are I 1 e a ng diverted from the stream tream of ut li for irrigation irr gatlon gation pur ro cs e erv bear ear pra tic lily acre feet of 01 this N ater Is N sted every emery year it if we me coa siler the actual water needs of tl it e lands to which this water is be n ai al p ie le I 1 ri 1 s reasoning is perfectly simple when we consider that utah has only I 3 OW acres of irrigated land to which the abone 1 mentioned acre nere feet of water are being applied 1 it t is a u well ell I 1 iloan novi n fact established 1 15 the t t station of the utah ar cultural college that 2 acre feet of water are amply sufficient tor for the actual nee Is of the crois crol s upon an acre of e average land pro ded that the water nater la Is properly applied this figures out that 2 acre f lt t of Irn gatlan aaion water should be sufficient for our acres ot irr gated lind land leaving leaning a balance ot of a acre feet going to waste naste if tu th 9 could be utilized to its full capacity capac ltv it would furn furnish lIi water tor for acres ot of luid lind or three times t s much as we are no v irrigate ng in impose ble dreim dream NN be ta tie e reply of the an average irrigator to the fore i ing statement but it is true nei erti ertl ele s it Is also true that it if the average canil canal company wert restricted to to tio acie feet of water for each acie of land cohered by its canil canal the lanis wo coill ill suffer for want of water an I 1 the crops w bulc N ither and per sh the average irrigator is not wast ing water mater as fir as I 1 e can help it lie ile simple takes tales the AN ater tl at is I 1 is and under ei ex sting conditions applies it to the best of his ab ito lie ile geta gets results and tl e fact that he usei tines mire water van tl an Is tealy necessary Is frequently no fault of hib 1 lie I I 1 e fact remain ho v ei ever er that two acre feet of 0 v ater per acre are s effic eat ent when nhen properly applied this fact his has I 1 een pro proven on time an ani I 1 time again by bv the station of the utah agricultural college the lii li question hofei however er la 18 can this t tio i D feet of water be botn an ani I 1 PI applied the janett ner er to tits tl is question at plesent Is pi tally NO to recon the system from tl e point of intake to the point of application ot of ta tie e NN water ater ani an I 1 the fertl ei tion of the lind land so that there shill shall be no waste in aepli cation i w out I 1 I 1 e so expensive that the cash value of tl e 6 feet of water sivel would tall fall fir short of cover ing the expenses incurred I 1 say tl it at present the answer to the big question is probably no I 1 ut utah in st I 1 lave a e more irrigated linds ani ant it must obtain water to them nith lne hav reache tl tie e bract cal lim t of our water sup ply and the water to irrigate these ne fields ml int st be obtained in a greit kroat measure by decreasing the amount naw being used on our pres et i t IrrIg irrigates atel area I 1 irom rom 0 SO 0 O to 40 per cent of the water taken from the streams ot of utah la is lost by the canal companies be fore it 6 del delli hered ered to the lind land to chich it Is to I 1 ie e spilled how tile average cami canal co ipaty toy jov it can remedy this condition con letlon tion and sell the ft ater nater this thi s saied sa ed tor for eliou enough h to pay P r this increased eq eyl enaa ense and it NN 11 do so v aitho it any or legal pressure being brought to bear As long as the sa saving ing ot of a certain amount of water Is a losin losing g financial pro posit on no cami canal co spiny la is going to breal its to do this sav ing sho chov the average irrigator Irrig how he can prepare his lind land and apply his irrigation anater so thit that th it 2 feet will get I 1 lin i li t tie e s sime i me crop that 4 feet 11 an tin I 1 he lie NN w 11 gladia do so ron provided ded jou show how him at the same time where he lie is going to come out ahel I 1 on oil the proposition financially anaste aste of material mit erial Is not anaste in the generally ge I 1 order 0 ol 01 th n gs if t it it f fi ie le to I 1 it only t a ff financial tin ancial 11 e tail an ani I 1 lag piles at miny many m iny of ot 01 r lar laree e nines m nes contain dundr eila of thousands of I 1 liars ot of mineral min era that I 1 s been waste f in tl tie e process of i ian an 1 U ag ng the ores yet e are not holding lil our I 1 ands in I 1 arror at this tieme ilous wiste he lie reason la is that I 1 can be he prevented ted or recovered recoN ered only at a finan a ill lil loss ind and is therefore it present not re gardel 1 as being wasted the of mines Is however daily struggling with the problem 11 f I 1 ow to economically treat these ores so go blat his tl la waste aste v shall I 1 le e a mini ni mm in lust so it is with tle tl e 1 lem em of econom edly illy handling our ir n waters anal fin reducing our present apparently api ardently enormous waste of water ater to a minimum tie tle department of irrigation and drainage at the utah agricultural college 1 is da 1 I struggling with this greater problem along with other I 1 esulto tl ey hoi bole a st on to be able to sho chov N thit that it is economic illy possible le to so 0 O t the rate and method of application of irrigation water to topical bench lands in utah in such suell a baj us lis to red ice to a minimum the a sa jbf losses ot of ni water ater tl ti rough surface run off and deep percolation the newly agricultural en gi I 1 experiment station at tha the utah agricultural college has here a fertile field for investigation ana one ulich is pressing solution ks s tle tl e demand for water increases the value of the existing irrigation water is go ng to rise it is the duty of the state though its agricultural engineering experiment station to see to tt it that en every ery means bof 1 economically no preventing aste aaste of iret gatlon gation water is thought out and then thoroughly tried out with a I 1 beral support from the legislature and a continuation of the present efforts of the college it la Is no idle dream to sa that in the near future we me shall see 4 acre feet or of NN water ater doing the work griat 8 acre feet are doing today and the acre feet of irrigation water anater thug thus bave aabel I 1 c ins ng another 1000 acres A utah soil to blossom as the rose |