| Show Farmers Learning Saving In Time and Effort Through Proper Irrigation Methods Many farmers in this area rea are reducing their water bills as much as 20 per cent are raising better crops and are preventing their soil from washing away by applying irrigation water more moie efficiently according to W. W Earl Eail Rhinehart district conservationist conservation conservation- of oC the Soil Conservation Service Service ice ice who Is working with farmers farmers farmers farm farm- ers in ill the Upper Sevier Paris Paria River niver and Tributaries and Escalante Escalante Es Es- calante River Soil Conservation districts Drops and turnouts made ot of I rock concrete or lumber treated with a wood preservative help tho the farmer Carmer to control his water so that he knows where it is go go- ing Turnouts leading to each ar area a watered enable a f farmer to irrigate efficiently Mr RhInehart Rhinehart Rhinehart Rhine- Rhine hart points out Carrying irrigation water down downa a steep slope is a risky l ure The scouring action of the flowing writer cuts the d ditch d deeper and soon a gully Is formed form form- ed In constructing a ditch on a steep grade the water must bo be pre prevented from flowing so fast as to erode the tho bed or banks Mr Rhinehart says Permanent drops are aro a practical means of erosion control When a farmer loses control of his tits water there is certain to tobe tobe tobe be waste not only through erosion erosion ero ero- sion but alto also al o by seepage says sas Mr Rhinehart Water that seeps 1 k g t f fw F w Y x T. k r- r f a f N ry Farmers cooperating with t till Mo he Upper tipper Iann laria River er and Tributaries ma mid Escalante Soil Von ution cl districts arc me nr- finding that improved irrigation intention practices mo ure conserving ing water checking erosIon n l and increasing profits Drops Drips constructed in tills ditch permit the water to flow slowly down the tho slope lope thereby eliminating erosion damage anti and lo loss s of or water through h Y from the ditch is lost for practical practical practical purposes and the farmers farmer's crop suffers Water ater wasted wa either by deep percolation or any other cause costs just as much as water that thatis is used by crops A reorganization tion layout that fits tits the land laud and crops grown and prevents waste of water is a practical necessity for tho the irrigator according to Mr Rhinehart Overuse or of irrigation irrigation irrigation gation water is another danger the farmer Carmer should avoid He should use the right light amount of water neither too little nor too much Mr Rhinehart says Too little water will s starve the plants too much will leach the rich ilch plant food m Ili the soil and even wash away the soil soU Itself Saturating the field with water Is like pouring soluble plant food into the drains Mr Rhinehart continues Probably the most neglected and weakest point of ot water control control con con- Is the place where the tho water wat wat- er is put on the land TI The TEe e ditch flow is divided between several turnouts and soon one outlet is taking most of the valuable water wat wat- er Mr Rhinehart says To prevent prevent pre- pre vent eul this unequal l flow control at each drop and each turnout will so save vc the thc farmer Carmer money on his Irrigation bill Drops built in tho the Upper SeYler Sevier Sexier Se Se- vier Escalante River and Paris Paria nl River cr and Tributaries Soil Conservation Conservation Con Con- districts usually take from Crom a sack and a half to two sacks of cement each Turnouts require half a nr mu sack to a sack of cement Increased yields through improved unproved im un- proved Irrigation Irrigation conserved soil and saved time timo more than pay the tho farmer back for the e expense of such improvements In his layout layout lay lay- out says Mr Rhinehart Turnout Turnout Turnout Turn Turn- out structures savo save a lot of backbreaking backbreaking backbreaking back- back breaking labor since it Is much easier to pull up a board and drop it iC back In inn the slot than to shovel sho out and fill rm In holes In Inas Inas inas as to erode the tho bed or banks Additional molO 3 of improving ing irrigation In tho the Upper Sevier Seier Se- Se vier ier Parla Paria River and Tributaries ies and Escalante River Rh-er Soil Conservation Conservation Con Con- ser districts are leveling loveling lining of ditches with concrete to prevent pie seepage and installing of ot overnight reservoirs and andl l equalizing basins |
