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Show 6 Farm and Garden Guide Farmers need water pumping aid Fanners who must rely on pumped water to irrigate their fields need help with their pumping systems, according to Richard E. Griffin, extension agricultural irrigation engineer, Utah State University. Ssep or Coyotes? Sheep, i itncwtbk Mtural resoy rce, utilize icge-tibothat pees or steep mountain terrain. But corote predation reduces lamb production from a birth rate of 130 to only 79 at market time. It B aot possible for as to stay in business. In 1967 we had 14 million breeding ewes in Utah. In 1980 we haw 486 thousand. It's plain economics-m- eat for coyotes or humans. UTAH WOOL GROWERS Griffin regards with favor the increasing trend of pump manufacturers to provide trained engineering people through their distributors to help fanners who are purchasing or changing their Griffin stressed that most farmers need such technical help. He says they can make a serious mistake doing it on their own. For example, selecting the less expensive pump simply on price often is not the best buy in the long run. Griffin noted that some farmers of spend as much as $38 an acre-fowater pumped just for electrical costs while others with more efficient pumps and pumping from about the same depth cost only about $3 an acre-foo-t. that costs $250 less to buy cost that much more a year to may operate than a more expensive, will become even One pumps. more efficient pump. The manufacturers are concerned and dont want to put in the wrong pump for a particular situation. Efficient pumps, together with efficient application, do make a difference. ot Griffin said, Pump efficiences more important as power costs continue to climb. To obtain high efficiency in water pumping it is important to get the farmer, well-drille- r, pump manufacturer and dealer, and the electric motor man together. All are essential in making sure the irrigation pump system is designed right, mounted right, operated right, and serviced right. 11hai Makes a Good Bank? The people at Commercial Security Bank know. It means being able to help you today and being here to help you tomorrow-wh- en you may really need it. It means more than just In the future, timely servicing of wells and pumps and increased efficiency of applying the water to the land will be even more important, he added. Of course, using trained service help will add cost but improved pumping and irrigatiion efficiency and saving of energy should more than offset that cost, he said. banking. means caring. About you. full-servi- ce It Being There l"Jhen you Need Them. Shrubs Evergreens Flowering Trees Pine Seedlings Shade Trees (in root or potted) Certified from patent from leading Basic Nursery Agent for Turf, Sprinkling Systems and Grading At Christmas time see us for the most beautiful Christmas Trees o in Southeastern Utah GREEN OR FLOCKED Buy j from us at y.hojcsQle Prices ! J &tA Hillside With branches in Helper, Price and Green River CJopooB'y Lower Gordon Creek, Price 1 637-205- 7 J |