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Show DUTY OF WATER INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGA-TIONS ON COAL CREEK, UTAH Effective use of water will be impossible im-possible until the irrigation makes a conscientious study of the peculiar ities of his farm so that he may be able to intelligently apply the water. This is the message of Mr. Arthur Fife of the Department of Irrigation and Drainage of the Utah Agricultural Agricultur-al College bulfetin No. 181 "Duty-of-Water Investigations on Coal Creek. Utah" which has1 jns't been published by the Utah Agricultural Exneriment station Thia bulletin contains the results of five years' irrigation invostio-itinn nn Coal Creek. Iron. County Ul 'h. to determine how the vieviq nf crops were affected by the nnn'len.-tfon nnn'len.-tfon of different amounts of witter. The crops experimented .VITn alfaHa. snrinp wheat, hat-ley. oats, potatoes and corn. Farms which renresentedi the dlf-rernnt dlf-rernnt types or s"iis in that section were selected on which to conduct the experiments, the idea helni- tn -rrlve at a scientific basis for the distribution distribu-tion of water to the users As about Rf, per cent of the farming farm-ing land on Coal Creek wan In alfalfa, alfal-fa, it was nnw'!irv that, the water 'requirements' for the crop be given the most weight in determining the rtnfv of water. It was found fi h- inerensing ho water to as high a 70 inches for Mfalf" on land havintr water r'lrb's. the yields were Inereased. The net Hittv nf water, as determined' for the "rain, range from 20 to 40 Inches. ind little more than 24 inches for notatoes. Wtii.rr. inii''..rm lateral rits-rltnitlon rits-rltnitlon of water was difficult, the totr. renn-'rernent vis a rreat deal -Thnr Therefore, as nolntce; n't in he bulletin. Improvement. in land -.' na rf t ion . so as to ohtain a mo1-" 'nirorm lateral distri'"Mon offer t),r, "reetest nnner1 "Pity for eronomv in the (i -n of v.'a ter. F'irnier- niav vell fT r.rd to stndv ,l" l".llet!n nn.l idinst their metliO',.T r irrigation left to meet the tono-"rai tono-"rai liie-'l and soil conditions of their r'Tn' ft is :t valuable nleee of info... "'ation for v.-ater ikitp and is nva-1-al'le nrton ronuost t the T'tah Acrl- "ultnral Experiment Station. Logan, Uti.li |