Show IV if AM 0 1 I the land leveling program in the district is picking up a litt leAf it snowed out before it gets a good start last week wak we staked a field for tack jack church arid one forra for RA von hake mr von hake now has one field of 12 acres about completed and will soon start on the celce just staked both of these men have been cooperating with the district for several years and know what land leveling can do dolo to make for more efficient use of our ur scant supply lyof of irrigation water witter jacks father the late ate haden church said bald that a after leveling lie he could cover over three times the land biti the same amount of water and with half as much work that sounds like a pretty strong statement but many of those who have tried leveling are just as enthusiastic thusia thus lakic besides tile the leveling we also staked two storage res for jack these will add to the efficiency of his irrigation set up because lie he can store winter water and summer floods and can also als I 1 store summer water until he has a lead head of water that wll enable him to cover more ground last thursday we put in a grass ploton plot on donald place just east of kanab in III tills plot we planted fourteen different grasses and wo we find a few that are will adapted to this thir area A part of the plot Is to be fenced rabbit and stock proof and the ille rest Is to be protected from livestock until the grasses ar asses have Ie become conio established lis lied F from rom observations we have come to the conclusion that if the grass la Is properly planted and nd protected until it Is est we van can in tills this district general lv get a stand of grass it at elevations of feet and above below feet or generally below the red ledges grass plantings been too successful as yet yei there is however some question as to t whether the grasses planted have really had a chance to io show what they will do with few exceptions captions every planting that thai I 1 kno know w of has been grazed into the ground either iv bv rabbit gor or cattle or both and we cant tell what a grass can do unless we give it a chance on oil this plot wo we plan t to 0 9 give iva the grasses a chance to show what they can do and hope to find one or two that will be practical for large scale ranke rane p I 1 might mention that on the plot we put mit in n on n mac donalds ranch last year astl fah air ali wheatgrass wheat eat grass Is showing up best considering ohp th the drought we have had bad since thesa grasses were planted a few of them look pretty goot and with a good year I 1 believe we would be surprised a at I 1 t alie e grass ayass we we would get 1 1 I earl soil cons conservationist |