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Show I EXPERIMENTING WITHWATER A timely survey of the irrigation waters of tho .state Is being conducted conduct-ed this bummer by the chemical nnd bacteriological experts of tho experiment experi-ment stntlon of tho A. 0. Th,eir object is to take water from every btrenm in tho. state am) determine Hie n)knll with the Idea of finding out whether excesslvo uae of It causes harm duo to addition of alkali salts. In reply to a circular letter sent out last February to tho presidents of nil the canals in tho Rtuto, 40 answers an-swers have been received. Containers Contain-ers will bo sent to these canal presidents presi-dents and they will send In samples oery week or two to sco Just at what tlmo In tho Irrigation season tho alkali content of tho water Is tho highest. Tho newly elected superintendent of Schools In S.evlor county, Is n graduate of tho A. G. with tho closo of 1013. Mr. L. D. Hall takes tho placo of Mr. Lofter UJearnson who graduated at the samo time that Mr. Hall did. |