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Show PAGE FOUPw PgOVCLJgTAHlDAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1941 SECTION TWO uIqIj Gounfy Planning Doord Soys- OBJECTIVES: Security in the Home A Satisfactory Income A Healthier People. Executive Committee: Lee R. Taylor, Payson, chairman; chair-man; David II. Jones, Spanish Fork, vice chairman; S. R. Boswell, county agent; Clarence D. Ashton, assistant agent; Bessie K. Lemon, home demonstration agent; Frank Shelley, American Fork ; Mrs. Mary II. Mower, American Fork, and Mrs. Mabel Stewart, Payson. Irrigation Committee Report Utah county in area is about 45 miles by 45 mika. Reduced to acres this gives 1,301,760 acres, or nearly equal to the total irrigated irri-gated acres in the state. Next to Box Elder county, Utah county has the largest area of good farming farm-ing land in the state and leads ail counties in the number of farms 3500. According to the Israelson report, re-port, the irrigation water for the 103,000 acres of irrigated land is distributed by 40 or more irrigation irriga-tion companies. Forty-three thousand thou-sand acres of the total irrigated land, lies north of Township Seven Sev-en (near steel plant, south of Provo), and 60.000 acres lie south of Township Seven. A further sub-division shows: 1. Trrigated lands in American Fork, Leh, and north 24,000 acres 2. Provo river area. . .19,000 acres 3. SpringviLle - Maple-ton Maple-ton area 5,000 acres 4. Spanish Fork area. 27,000 acres 5. Payson area 20,000 acres C. Area south and west of Payson.... 8,000 acres 103,000 acres Compared with most other counties in Utah, especially counties coun-ties to south which have only 2.69r of their area irrigated, Utah county has about 10'r of its surface sur-face irrigated, and in addition the beautiful Utah lake near the center, covers 94,000 acres, making mak-ing in all about 18 of the coun-tv's coun-tv's area effected and changed by water. Four thousand of the 26,000 artesian wells in the state are mostly in north Utah county, having the greatest number for any one county. Average 16 Inches The, annual precipitation of the county is about 16 inches, falling on the west side to about 10 inches per year, and increasing as we go east to about 30 inches on the high mountains. This precipitation pre-cipitation reduced to acre feet makes 1,600,000 acre-feet annually. annual-ly. To this we must add 60,000 acre-feet annually of transcontinental transcon-tinental water diverted from Wa-jatch Wa-jatch county through the Straw- berrv tunnel and the "5,000 to 100,vu0 acre-feet which will come from the Duchesne and Weber rivers when Deer Creek project is completed and a small amount of water from Juab county on the extreme south impounded by the Mona reservoir. In all, we have about 1,800,000 acre-feet of water annually that finds its way in to the county to be accounted for. Evaporation and seepage will account for about two-thirds of our losses. We need to look no further than Utah lake for our proof. Here 600,000 acre-feet of water evaporate annually, or a column of water 70 inches high. June, July and August average about 30 Inches in evaporation. Some day, Utah lake will be reduced re-duced in area and 60,000 acre-feet acre-feet or more water will be saved and put to beneficial use. North End Needs Water Notwithstanding these large figures, in acre feet of water, we need from 25 to 30r,c more water for irrigation in the north end of the county, and the same amount in the south end. Very little of the present proposed Deer Creek water is to be used in the north end of Utah county. It may be necessary to make further developments de-velopments on the Duchesne where 600,000 acre feet of water is running td waste each year, to supplement the present irrigation supply in the extreme north end of the county. In order to make an adequate water right for the extreme south end of the county, a reservoir may be constructed in Little Diamond and also water diverted from the Price river in Carbon county. Plans are already underway. The thousands of good acres of land on the west side of Utah county will have to wait for development until the greater Colorado river project is perfected with its 12 miles of, tunnel to convey water into Spanish Fork canyon and taken out by much hicher canal3 than those con structed at present. Next to living itself, the most fundamental and important thing life-blood of our county because it determines how many and how well people in the county shaU live. Nearly 70,000 people at present pres-ent live in the county, near 20,-000 20,-000 of these live on the farms and anotner large number are indirectly dependent on the success suc-cess of the farms. Other things being equal, the farmer who makes the most intelligent and efficient use of his irrigation water wa-ter will succeed test on the farm. Conservation Watchword Conservation of water has become be-come the watchword in our state. I conveyance, seepage, evaporation and transportation and administrative adminis-trative losses are tremendous generally gen-erally reaching 30 to 50Ct. After the water reaches the farm, the surface runoff and deep seepage takes another large per cent, leaving leav-ing only about 25rr of the intended in-tended supply for plant growth. It behooves ua to reduce these losses to increase our supply. It is much cheaper than diverting water from another watershed at a cost of $75 to $150 per acre ) foot, if available at this price. Tt is generally conceded that three acre feet of water available in a fairly uniform stream at the head gate of the farm from April 15th to October 1st is a good water right. This represents one second foot of water for each 120 acres of land. Under favorable favor-able conditions, 24 to 26 inches of water on the land will supply maximum crops, with 36 inches available, this allows a few inches for the human problem in administrating ad-ministrating a stream of water. This item is well known to the man on the end of a shovel, but often overlooked by the agricul tural professors. There are a few cases in the county where four or five feet of water are applied to the land in the irrigation sea son. Under this condition generally gener-ally much of the top soil, which i3 the valuable part, is eroaea away on to your neighbor or much of the fertility leaks away down through the coarser soils and is lost forever. The south field of Spanish Fork operating west of Spanish Fork city is an outstanding outstand-ing example of efficient irrigation. irriga-tion. The land is practically level. Generally an eight second foot stream of water is used. The records over a 10-year period show that a little less than two acre feet of water are used. The crops are equal to any in the state, but the conditions are Ideal. Value Ih Figured-Allowing Figured-Allowing $50, a very reasonable price for an acre foot of water, and at five per cent interest on the investment, this makes water worth approximately 20 cents per acre inch. In using a second foot stream of water, one acre inch is discharged dis-charged each hour. At 20 cents rer inch. $4.80 would be spent in 2-1' hours. If four second feet of water were used for 24 hours, spent, which approaches one dollar dol-lar per hour for this larger stream. This suggests why it is important to stay with a stream of water whenever possible or become a proverbial spendthrift of water. Some irrigators try to never leave a stream of water for more than two hours at one time. If water could be conveyed in pipes or flumes so that it reached the crops in the right places at about the same time, a two-inch application at one time would be ample, but the high cost and lack of mechanisms make the furrow or flood system more practical. These systems are far more wasteful as it takes an application applica-tion of five or six inches on fairly level lands at one time when flooding- is used and three to four inches where furrows are used, to do a good job. In these statements state-ments I have the man with the hoe on my side. The agricultural professor will maintain the job should be done to perfection on two or three inches at one application. appli-cation. Soil to the saturation point will hold only about one inch per foot of depth and as most of the root system of plants is in the first two feet, in theory two inches of water applied is sufficient, suf-ficient, but to actually do the job in the field, soaking to a uniform depth the two inch theory does not work out very well. There are many things canal companies might do to reduce irrigation irri-gation losses. Such as lining with concrete gravel seize stretches in the canal. Confining the water to smaller channels as the water recedes in the later part of the season. Keeping the water edges free from vegetation and mosses. Repair leaky headgates. Double up small streams. Use the semi-call semi-call system instead of the six-day or 10-day schedule. Clean Head Ditches Likewise the individual irrigator can clean hi3 head ditches several times each season with a ditcher, level his land, reduce the length of run, use an economical sized stream where possible, stay on the job to prevent the soil fertility fertil-ity from going on to his neighbor's neigh-bor's farm on to the highway. Keep the stream bunched to cover the desired area in the given time, for example, if four inches per acre are to be applied on alfalfa and you are using a four second J foot stream, in theory, one should water an acre per nour, but in practice it will probably take one and one-half hours, depending on permeability, slope, length of run, and other factors. At $50 per acre foot for irrigation irriga-tion water, that makes $18,000 for a second foot during the six month irrigation season. As a second foot discharges 360 acre feet in ISO days. Most irrigation companies could save one or more second feet of water each season, and each individual farmer could save many acre inches, each acre inch saved valued at 20 cents would amount to 'a considerable sum in a season. The whole object of irrigation is to apply the water on the farm land in such a way that will assure storage of the maximum amount of capillary water in the soil for use of the crops and reduce the deep perculation, evaporation and surface run-off to a minimum, uniformity of distribution is the greatest factor in achieving these purposes. riants cannot grow without food, and they cannot get food without water. The water containing con-taining plant food is taken into the plant by the process known as osmossis due to the difference in density of the liquid in the plant and the liquid that comes in contact con-tact with the root system. M ust Know Soil The experience and judgment of the farmer has much to do with his success as an irrigator. We must learn to interpret by the appearance of the crop and by soil borings when to apply water from time to time. Some soil3 may have as much as 15 per cent moisture, mois-ture, on a dry basis, and yet have no water available for the plant, whereas other soils may have available plant water where they have only five per cent moisture content. Every farmer must learn his own soil, and watch constantly during the growing season, the heat wind, humidity in the air, in order that he does not " make a costly error. Shallow, coarse and porous soils require frequent water, wat-er, but only about two inches applied ap-plied at a time. Dr. Elwood Mead once said: "It is a privilege to live on an irrigated irri-gated farm." Lee R. Taylor. LAKE VIEW BIBS. SADIE SHAW Reporter Phone 01S-R-J DUCTUS ANNOUNCED SPANISH FORK Mr. and Mrs. Dean Johnson report the birth of a son, March 31. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Badham announce the birth of a daughter, March 31 at the Payson hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zobell had as their dinner guests Wednesday Mrs. Stella Zobell and Mrs. Zella Dalley of Rigby, Idaho. They came to Salt Lake to attend the semiannual semi-annual conference of the L. D. S. church. The Seagull girls of Lake View enjoyed a party at the home of Wynona Nuttall Wednesday afternoon. after-noon. Games and refreshments were served to the following: Mrs. Delia Jensen as teacher, Shirley Mae Johnson, Udora Hysell, Twilla Taylor, Marilyn Olsen, MerU? Bouiton, Mary Lou Rad-mall Rad-mall and Miss Nuttall. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sumslon entertained at dinner Sunday at their home in honor of their daughter Mrs. George Blake (Kathryn Sumsion), who left Wednesday evening for Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, where she will join her husband who is employed employ-ed there. En route she will visit in Chicago for three days with her brother Clyde Sumsion. Those to enjoy the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Holdaway and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gammon and children of Vineyard, Mrs. Ar-retta Ar-retta Blake of Salt Lake, Billy Sumsion, Mrs. George Blake and the parents, Mrs. Sumsion and" Mrs. Blake spent the first part of the week in Salt Lake. They attended the temple session Wednesday Wed-nesday morning and in the after noon attended a shower given by Mrs. Maine Clinger at the home of Mrs. Bculah C. Monson for Miss Barbara McOme of Tor-rence, Tor-rence, Calif., who became the bride of Adrian Clinger Thursday Thurs-day morning at the Salt Lake temple. Mrs. Joseph Shaw entertained at a quilting party Wednesday afternoon. Dinner was served to Mrs. L. L. Bunnell, Mrs. Thomas Johnson. Mrs. Clehon Bouiton. Mrs. Cleo Nielsen, Mrs. Malinda Jorgensen, Mrs. Martha St-ott. Mrs. Hazel Davis. Mrs. C. M. Humphries, Mrs. June Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Scott and daughter Donna spent Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon in Salt Lake. Mrs. Hattie Smith was honored honor-ed at a social after Relief society Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Smith left in company of Mr. Smith for old Mexico where they expect to spend the next year. WINS ASS1STANTSIHI The second graduate study award to be received in one week by Brigham Young university chemistry students was accepted Thursday by Roland Hodgson of Newdale, Idaho, who was appointed appoint-ed to a research assistantship in bio-chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison for the year 1941-42. Mr. Hodgson; who was graduated gradu-ated from the B. Y. U. college of arts and sciences with a B. S. degree de-gree in 1938, is at present studying study-ing toward his master's degree. . . in TTtnh rountv is the water SUD ply for irrigation. Water is the $19.20 worth of water would be ( n I . . .-.1J.1L f; , jr $ PS7 I - : OUISTi "We hardly ever drink a second cup of coffee at borne." HOSTESS i "Neither did we until we started using Hills Bros. 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