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Show MAKING FINAL PROOF. At the meeting of tbi Water Users' Association lat Saturday the chief subject of discussion was the question ol making final proof on the land. It wa4 the almost iin.'iiiiuious opinion i!,at llmil proof could not be made until un-til the settlers were certain that the allowance of 18 Inches made under the contract with the Delta company was sufficient to 'nature the crop. This Is the first year the company has attempted to confine- the settlers to that amount of water and many of them say this will not he enough ( mature their crops. One tanner said It would take him 72 days to water his 100 acres at the rate be had been getting water. Another had used 12 Inches the Mist Irrigation and would need twice that amount In subsequent Irrigations. No one believes that 18 Inches la sufficient the first year or two, or that all land can be limited to the same amount of water. Some land Is more level than other tracts, or It soaks better and therefore requires re-quires less water. There Is a great difference In the character of the soil and therefore the amount of water It requires and until each farmer has proved by actual experience how much water he requires he does not care to make proof that he has enough. When he has made final proof that he has sufficient water he haa no recourse left, but has to accept that amount ever afterward. A committee has been appointed to look Into the matter. mat-ter. The Delta Company ahould have had an experimental farm In operation opera-tion In charge of a competent man to demonstrate how 18 Inches of water can be made to mature crops. None, ol the farmers here believe that experiments ex-periments conducted In other parts of Utah under conditions quite different from those existing here are of very uuch value to them. |