Show Conservation On The Local Scene Special from Sanpete Soil Conservation Office Gunnison Kenneth Keller Keller Keller- Last week I attended t the h e Sanpete County Fair putting in four long days on the grounds There wt were re a lot of animals flowers and garden produce on exhibit but field crops were noticeably absent Not many years ago Sanpete was known as ns Utah's Utah s granary Apparently farmers farmers farmers far far- mers are arc not proud of the crops they produce now Four days is a short period but ut while I was gone things did change chang The water supply ran out and the stream in the San- San pitch is very low Have noticed no noticed noticed no- no a few beet fields with the tops wilting un On Thursday the we Sever sevier Excavating tx- tx ex excavating company started spring development work at Fayette An unusual condition exists there The Fayette Spring this year is yielding more water than at any time since 1911 Carl Erikson measured it then has measured many times since re recording recording recording re- re cording the highest flow in 1954 The owners say this is due to removal of obstructions to flow both at Spring and in canal are arc starting more improvement improvement im im- provement work on their irrigation irrigation irrigation gation system The first of GOO linear feet of oC pipe arrived and preparation is being made for installation The pipe line will provide for delivery of water through a cut too deep to be 1 1 left open Clyde Dorius plans to prepare prepare pre pre- pare 30 acres of brush land for use as cropland He has found out how to extend the use of oC his water that much Harry Kimura is preparing to plant a new pasture Harry doesn't think salt grass will fatten fat fatt fatten fat fat- t ten n cattle and amI is eradicating it He lie expects to spend two years doing this Manti ManU Carl Wilker Clinton Braithwaite is now leveling eveling land on his farm Owen Gregerson is doing the work Calvin Keller is ready to level leveland levelland levelland land and and we expect to get at atit atit att it t soon Barton Bros Ray Cox Arthur Shand Dick Jensen Ezra Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoemaker Shoe Shoe- maker and Stewart Shand have made for Cor 1 land and a n d leveling Ephraim Survey data is now complete on the Peterson-Beal Peterson drain andon and andon andon on the San pitch River Drainage District canal project It doesn't do any good to sit up and take notice if you keep on sitting This Portion Held Over From Last Week Mt l Pleasant Mayor 1 Grant J Johansen hansen Har liar Harold Harold old Hansen Iansen city recorder Clyde Whitlock Sanpete County Coun Coun- ty Soil Conservation district and County Commissioners Joseph Joseph Jo- Jo seph senh Jensen Clifford Blackham and md Reeve Norman are meeting I with Governor Lee to discuss the Pleasant Creek Flood Protection Protection Protection Pro Pro- program and to solicit help from the State to help finance the pr program program i Manti Interest keeps growing in the desire to better utilize the water water water wa wa- ter r resources sources by many Sanpete I county farmers Carmels The Fayette I Irrigation Co will soon begin construction on their t lining luring project project pro pro- i J tf to present loss from seepage seepage seepage seep seep- age to put more moie farmers on the j I head of the ditch and to cut down on maintenance costs costs alone on some old channels will pay for fora a lined ditch in a few years I Farmers are also building overnight storage ponds which enable them to hold their water and collect a workable head to toI I better get over their ground alleviate the necessity of irrigating irrigating irn- irn gating at night prevent waste of water when the farmer doesn't have the time lime to make the regular regular regular reg reg- ular turn and save a lot of time Continued on last page o o NO o Conservation On The Local Scene I Continued from Page 1 J for the farmer by eliminating the necessity of sticking with a n small stream Glen Rowe James Chapman and Sons and Clinton I Braithwaite are the late latest t men mento menI to build overnight ponds in this area River Drainage Drainage- District Calvin Keller Jess Keller Melroy Kjar Joseph A A. A Nielson Nielson Nielson Niel- Niel son Jacob Thompson Milton 1 Frank Frak and Howard Madsen Ivan pet Peterson and Ned Madsen met with personnel last week to discuss construction of a controlled controlled controlled con con- trolled drainage system for the meadow mcadow area owned by these e A I 1 I II I 1 i I 1 I l I i I I I men Tentative plans are to construct an east canal to control control con con- the Little Hayfield eld Water Vater and to enlarge the Center Canal to facilitate draining the mea mea- dows Field surveys are now complete and Tom Brotherson is working up the hydraulics for this project Ned Madsen Lamont Miller and Delmar Beck of are making surveys this week on the thc proposed Little Hayfield drain project This drain will empty into the River project mentioned above Ephraim Howard Broderick soil scientist scientist scientist will finish detail checks on the p Peterson Beal drain this week Plant Specialists Don Douglas and Waldo Valdo Frandsen Frand- Frand sen plant material specialists special special- and John Bradshaw area conservationist visited Sanpete last week end to give recommendation recommendation for some someI of the drier valley sites and to visit with A. A Perry Plummer and view his work with particular at various elevations The visit with Mr 1011 Plummer and his staff was very enjoyable and its it's a pleasure to see t the h e results of the many any trial se di d- d ings made from the valley floor to the mountain tops by the men at the Great Grent Basin Research Center Community Committee Elections The Secretary of Agriculture appointed a a a- member of each the Extension Service Farm Bureau and Farmers Farmer's Farmers Farmer's Farmers Farmer's Farm Farm- Farm Farm- ers er's Union to act as members of a County Election board re re- re It is the duty of this board to select an election board for each community who will conduct the community committee commit commit- tee elections the community election board is composed of three farmers o 0 other t the h e r than the incumbent community and county committeemen and to select replacements for members of such board who resign become become become be- be come ineligible or are otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise unable to serve One member member member mem mem- ber of each community election board will be designated as chairman by the county election board Fullmer Allred Ben Hulme Carl Wilker and A Allen 11 e n Frandsen met in a meeting last Monday to begin arranging for appointments of community el election election election el- el boards God has lent us the earth for our life It is a great en en- en tail It belongs as much to those who ar are are to come cone after us as to us and we have no right to anything we do do or ne neglect neglect neglect ne- ne to involve them in unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary un un- un- un necessary or to deprive deprive deprive de de- de- de them of the benefit which was in our power to bequeath Ruskin |