Show Use o of Dynamite to o oas f Blast as Out u Drain rain Ditches Is s Explained i i Using dynamite to blow open drainage ditches has proven successful successful suc- suc In northern Utah reports Jules R Renaud naud soil conservation director and it is believed that this method might bo used to drain wet pasture lands along the Sevier river The Bar B ranch near Tremonton Tremonton Tre- Tre monton manton has opened up drainage ditches with dynamite on wet swampy areas where equipment cannot be used They use use a crowbar crowbar crowbar crow crow- bar to make holes in a row In Inthe inthe inthe the wet soil A stick sUck of dynamite is placed In each hole and tamped in well with set soil A fuze and cap is attached to one stick of powder in the middle of the therow therow therow row and when this stick explodes explodes explodes ex ex- the concussion explodes the rest of the row throwing dirt feet into the air and opening opening opening open open- ing up a ditch six to eight feet wide and three to four feet deep The force of the explosion dirt the the evenly enly over o field and does away with the need of or leveling the dirt taken from the ditch Several panguitch farmers co cooperating cooperating cooperating co- co operating with the Upper Sevier Soil Conservation district last year planned on using the district tractor and to open up drainage ditches but found round that the quicksand and mud made it Impossible to dig a ditch without bogging the tractor down It is suggested that the use of dynamite be tried to drain the swampy areas adjoining the Sevier Sevier Sevier Se Se- vier river In order that the production production production pro pro- of grass hay and pasture pasture pasture pas pas- ture may be Increased Farmers Farm Farm- ers ar are ard also reminded that they can receive an AAA payment of per feet of oC drainage ditch construction Further information may be obtained on this drainage method meth meth- od by visiting the district t office In |