Show Saving the Life-Blood Life 2 Of Utah Agriculture Ss S Does anyone need to be told that water is precious in Utah For industrial in induStrial industrial in- in and agricultural expansion our future requires conservation of every available drop That is why scientists are toiling to find ways to save the actual rivers that are wasted They have found that more than third one-third of the water diverted for irrigation seeps away and is lost in our miles of unlined earth canals This life-blood life of Utah farms is not only denied to thirsty crops It de destroys destroys destroys de- de the productivity of much landby land landby by water-logging water and alkali I lation Utah Agricultural Experiment Station Station Station Sta Sta- tion is conducting studies in canal lining drainage and irrigation efficiency efficiency effi effi- in Salt Lake Utah Millard and Cache Counties There is good reason to expect findings that will enable to save large amounts of water How to line canals cheaply quickly effectively is studied by Dr O. O V W. Israelsen of and Dr C. C W. W Lauritzen of the U. U US U.S. S S. S Soil Conservation Conserva Conserva- tion Service working in collaboration with These scientists and others have been xen making contributions to irrigation irrigation tion ion knowledge which are helping conserve one of the most valuable of Utah's resources They have found that hat approximately 60 percent of water water wa wa- ter er diverted for forr irrigation is lost through seepage deep percolation and runoff Therefore their work is vital for or Utah's growth This is one of 90 projects in which Utah Agricultural Experiment Stations Station is s working to prevent financial losses to o farmers and reveal new ways to raise aise their incomes I II |