Show Officers of Ute Tropic-East Pork Irrigation t o. planting uw on crouton control dams on watershed in skunk Plume measuring irrigation water in tin- distribution system of I lie- Kast Bench and gang Canal Irrigation removed Crop failure on land front p the field was t orn In background Is growing on top Pictured is farm imra Garfield County farmers cooperating In the Agricultural Program during the past year made progress In up their land while at the same time contributing materially to the nation's production Melvln Chairman of the County Chairman Alvey reports that a final summary shows that county farmers carried out soil and water conservation practices under the Agricultural Conservation Program In and four pooling agreement projects were carried out In addition to the farm To for assistance under the 1951 program all practices had to he completed on or before the end of the The practices carried out by the most include the On 38 acres of grazing land were protected by the construction of 6 rods of new A total of of available were applied on acres of new alfalfa and permanent pasture on 34 On 33 farms acres of land were of seed were planted on 4 2 3 acres of land on 19 14 over-night storage ponds for Irrigation water were 88 rock and brush dams containing 52 4 CY of rock were built on 16 farms and 27 earthen dams containing CY of earth were constructed on 12 farms for the prevention of soil acres of sweet clover were plowed under for green manure on 12 on 10 farms 72 acres of sage-brush and rabbit were eliminated by On 25 farms prefabricated irrigation structures were Installed and CY of reinforced 2 CY of CY of rubble masom y were and in Irrigation structures to obtain more efficient use and better of Irrigation Some of the other practices completed were Irrigation pipe and for sl-I reservoirs for storing water for clearing cotton and willows for pasture and diversion ditches and Stressing the significance of these conservation accomplish Alvey only Is the agriculture In County In better condition because of these conservation but the business enterprises pending on the county's agriculture are direct All 1951 Applications for Payment have now been payments In County totaled As was pointed out recently by Under Secretary of Clarence J. the Agricultural Conservation Program payments help bridge the gap between farmers wanting to do the conservation work which research and Hon have brought to and their ability and willingness to do the work without unnecessary and costly question Is not what a farmer should or what he knows he should but rather what he will with or without conservation and l pastures should Im- used pai t of the allowing most of the pasture to grow in the I J r fences arc easy to move anil set up for a system of rotation Pictured is o. Proper Water And Soil Bench When farm hind is Irrigated in flat no water can run off and and no soil can he eroded and washed or flat can made straight and regular on a field that is hut if the field is and especially If the soil is not very the pans must be curved to fit the Compared to other methods of leveling farm terraces are not Picture is of Van Wiley's farm in I aimers in had more irrigation water hist year than they i tei had even though it was a ill-ought They say the reason for it has the ditch lining and reservoir construction work done in Hint made lite different c. Water loss measurements taken in I a IN I Hind that per cent lost was experienced In lower portions of the engineer drew up plans and work U being done by the Ditch Furrow Irrigation is hard It takes and to work hard to get water distributed evenly to every furrow In a This system wastes water and some soil is washed off at each lua stand will protect the soil from erosion a long a it I or grass to It need to always U- Irrigated and never d up for Kay Coombs ai pictured |