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Show Farmers show interest in ditch lining in Nebo District along a new fence that Interest and acceptance of ditch was replaced after the flood concrete ditch lining in the in 1952. He said if he were Nebo Soil Conservation Disit over again even pith doing trict has increased a great deal new fences he would take them in the past few months. out and have the lining put Harold Oberg, President of right on the boundary line, the East Warm Creek Irriga- then replace the fence. tion Co. in Genola, states that Leon Wall of Santaquin said of 4 0 cubic feet per second the most important phase in that enters their ditch from construction of the ditch linthe Warm Springs only 1.7 job is building the pad cubic fee per second is receiv- ing and digging out the dirt ditch. ed at the lower end of their He says it is absolutely necessystem. At the present time sary to get the pad and dirt the Soil Conservation Service ditch to within an inch, grade the engineers are drawing up if the slip form is going to plans for lining the two mile place the concrete to grade. concrete. Mr. ditch with long The slip form slides along on Oberg says that he has no the earth, following the grade doubt that the lining will pay of the dire ditch. Old ditches for itself in a few short years. must be completely filled in He said they are going to realand graded over in order to ize benefits from reduced place concrete maintenance costs and elimin- satisfactorily with the slip forms. some of ation drainage probMany years of life can be lems, as well as in increased added to concrete if care is of water. supply the mixtures taken to The president of the Span- of water,getcementright and aggreish Fork South Field Irrigaand, after placing the tion Co., Lawrence Johnson, gate, concrete, giving it a good relates that their Company smooth finish. This is especiBoard of Directors has developtrue with concrete ditch ally ed an overall conservation plan The lining is usually with technical assistance of- lining. 3 thick on the sides and 4 ConSoil Nebo fered by the in the bottom and it doesnt servation District. Mr. John- have reinforcing steel put son said that in their plan they in it. any With its thin walls and have called for the lining of area being exposed to several of their delivery ditch- great weather it should be freezing es which is to be done over made In order to do strong. a period of time in the next few years. and Ray AnderClyde Lowe ' son S.C.S. technicians who have been helping the Irrigation Companies in the area FLOYD HARMER develop conservation plans on their systems say that most Branch Mgr. companies are very interested in the canal lining program. There are a few problems UTAH POULTRY & in concrete ditch lining that you should consider if you are FARMERS CO-O- P thinking about lining your ditches. Some of these problems are: 1. Staking and location. 2. Grading the pad. 3. Pouring and finishing the concrete. In staging the grade pegs should be put in as close to the ditch as possible and still be out of the way of the construction equipment. Generally this is about 10 or 12 feet from the ditch and on the opposite side of where the trucks will travel. When the equipment installs the ditch it can not get closer to the fence lines than about 4 or 5 feet. Roy Bradford at Spanish Fork lined 2000 feet of this about 8 men are required on the job when placing the lining, four to run the slip form and four to install the turnouts, make' the dummy joints and finish the irregular edges that are left by the slip form. Dummy joints are small crevices about Vn wide and 1 deep placed every 10 across d the ditch. This forms a section and the cracking that takes place from expansion and contraction is controlled at these dummy joints. They can later be filled with weak-ende- for spring you had better hurry in applying for assistance ,as about 6 miles of ditch lining is applied for already. tar or fiber mastic. ditches Turnouts or gaps are installed in several different ways, over the top of the ditch, out n of the side or out of the on steep ditches. Several different types of these turnouts are available on the market now. For more information about these and assistance in installing your concrete ditches contact your Soil Conservation Service office in the Huish Theatre building in Pay-sobot-to- of fertilizer About 10 duction goes to non-far- A ton of average qviVy farm manure contains about 10 lbs. of nitrogen. Although the air is largely r nitrogen, it is not available to and plants in this 'form. n. If you are Mich planning I and Gene Fukui used 160 lbs. N, Harvested More than 25 Tons Silage for your To get the most from any land, farmers must use proper fertilization. "If we didnt use enough fertilizer, our yields would be so low that we couldnt afford to operate our farm, says Mich Fukui, speaking for himself and brother, Gene Fukui, who operate a diversified, irrigated farm near Tremonton, Utah. For example, the Fukui brothers used 500 pounds of USS Ammonium Nitrate per acre on silage corn and harvested more increase over acreage not fertithan 25 tons an acre a seven-tolized in the area. On small grains, they applied 300 pounds of USS Ammonium Nitrate and harvested 100 bushels of barley per acre, more than 80 bushels of wheat. On tomatoes and sugar beets, they also used and their yields adequate amounts of nitrogen and phosphate were among the tops in the area. and for nitroSuccessful farmers agree It takes N, Men gen, theres no better source than USS Nitrogen Fertilizers made by United States Steel. Always insist on USS Nitrogen Fertilizers, sold by reliable dealers. Use enough fertilizer; harvest more dollarsl n TERRIFIC SAVINGS iUTlTOUrKlUUZIKTCUSTOMTSfREAD; Bulk or bag fertilizer direct from the factory to the farm Urea, Nitrate, Superphosphate and Mixed Fertilizers. State wide service Call us collect at Salt Lake AM 21 Mineral Fertilizer Co. 7200 South 5th West inc. Midvale, Utah Nitrogen Fertilizers is registered trade i irk pro- |