Show 0 I EXIT X SHOW EXCESS OF OP WATER I I USED TO fO IRRIGATE I I I Average A Quantity Applied J to Utah litah Lands Found to Re ne Five Acre Feet Experiments conducted on the I state experiment farm Carm at Malone this I year have hae demonstrated that the average av- av av average aY 1 Utah farmer uses five times as asI I ter his I n u l water v for irrigation as crops require according to L. L M. M Winsor irrig irrigation tiou engineer for the the United States department of oC agriculture ture who conducted the experiments in operation co-operation with the time state conservation conservation conservation con con- commission Mr 11 Winsor insor said experiments have haY proceeded tar far enough to determine that the best best results on most types of Utah irrigated land are obtained with fth the time use of or less than an acre- acre foot of water Statistics at the office of- of office of oC- fice of oC the state engineer show that the Utah farmer Carmer on irrigated land uses an average of or five five- acre Mr Winsor said the results of or this years year's experiments will establish a basis for tor further experiments which may ultimately pave the way for bringing about an adjustment of decreed decreed decreed de- de creed water rights in some districts Such an adjustment he said would mean the conservation of oC vast quan titles of water now wasted through over over irrigation with a a. consequent enlargement of or the irrigated area ol ot the state |