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Show Water Conservation Hints Offered By Extension Service Much water can be saved in and around most of our homes by setting for ourselves a few siiuple rules and following them. This is the word from Wallace Sjoblom, Iron County Extension Agent. The Extension Service has a new lea'let which you can get free of charge pointing out ways to save water in and around the home. Most of these suggestions are very appropriate for any year in Utah. They are especially pertinent per-tinent this water-short year. The first suggestion mentioned for saving water in the home is to repair leaky taps and keep all water taps tightly closed whenever when-ever they are not in use since gallons of water can escape from a leaky tap in a short time. The iir.?t suggestion indicated indicat-ed for saving water around the home is to cover bare soil around the yard plants with a mulch to reduce evaporation. Lawn clip pings, leaves, and peat moss are good materials to use for this purpose. Another very pertinent suggestion sugges-tion to note now is to water the shrubs and flowers generously and early so they can start the season with the soil reservoir full. The Extension office also has some publications which will help the farm irrigators which you can get sif.piy by request-ing request-ing them. |