| Show conservation OF IRIN irrigation GATION WATER ATER IS IMPORTANT PROBLEM united states government statistics give the total of irrigated ifrid in utah as acres the actual irrigated acreage is less than halt 0 that amount according to protessor professor luther HI winsor of 0 the irrigation engineering department at the U A ai C the reason mr winsor declares is to be found not in an actual shortage of water nor in a lack of 0 storage reservoirs but in the improper utilization of the supply ot of water now available with the existing facilities s or r with v ith slight improvements of existing f facilities ili ties professor lias been wo ing tor for a number if ct deais on oil projects to develop b letter ater rreino ds of conservation and utilization of irrigation water he is planning to concentrate rna upon this program more intensely in the near future as a pro ert of 0 tb the utah experiment station A number of important lines of investigation vesti esti gation will be taken up with the cooperation of farmers in different parts ot of the state who are interested in helping to carry out the work among them may he be listed the following 1 to what extent may land be benefited by storing spring tall fall or winter waters in the soil that is by irrigating the land during periods when there is no crop growing with the purpose of getting it thoroughly moist beneath the surface and thereby adding to the effectiveness of summer irrigation mr air winsor alieves that in certain sections of the state this method will give good results de pending on the character of the llie soil and subsoil 2 what precautions may be taken to enable tanners farmers to send early spring water through their canals and head works without the danger of damage from gravel and debris 3 it is possible to restrict the use of 0 gravity flow waters largely to the upper levels supplementing the amount required for low areas by water obtained from subsurface sub surface drainage or from wells or by pumping from ponds in a period of high taxes and low farm profits such as the present mr winsor believes that it Is better by far tor farmers to turn their attention to the problem of getting the maximum use out of the waters now available rather than to talk about and work tor for the installation of elaborate storage reservoir systems which to to say the least are extremely expensive 0 |
