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Show Fall is time to level land Farmers planning to level their land this fall are advised by Utah State University soils specialists to include this operation op-eration in an overall farm plan and layout. County Agent Del Purnell explains that such planning can help make the farm easier to manage, especially espec-ially when fields of rectangular shape and approximately equal-size equal-size can be desigend. Dr. Paul Christensen, extension exten-sion soil specialist at USU points out that fall is a particularly par-ticularly good time to perform land leveling operations. At this time farmers, remembering remember-ing their irrigation problems, are most aware of areas that need leveling. The main purpose pur-pose for leveling land is to make it easier to apply water uniformly by surface irrigation. irriga-tion. He tells farmers, "If your land ia uneven so that water stands in low spots and leaves other areas dry, seriously consider con-sider leveling. But don't act too hasty; not all land can be leveled to advantage. If your land has shallow topsoil underlain under-lain by bedrock or coarse gravel, grav-el, or if there is a wide difference dif-ference in texture between surface sur-face soil and subsoil it probably prob-ably should not be leveled. |