Show Conservation On 1 The Local Scene Special from Sanpete Soil Conservation Office Manti ManU District Supervisors were elected el elected elected el- el this week Clyde Whitlock Lemar Hendrickson and John Bigler were appointed as judges judg judg- es for the election and the following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing men were elected to fill the vacant positions on the board board- Lamont Lament Sorensen Gunnison Gunnison Gunnison Gun- Gun nison George Barton Manti and md Elden Moroni A good turnout of voters at Gunnison and Mt 1 Pleasant w was s pleasing to Golden Kilburn ex extension extension extension ex- ex tension conservationist and Jas Barker extension irrigation specialist specialist specialist who gave talks at t the h e polling places Irrigation School Personnel have been in Richfield this week attending an irrigation school The through its operations and re research research research re- re search program has developed I Ia a fund of knowledge regarding soil-moisture soil relationships consumptive consumptive consumptive con con- needs and general principles of water wlter management which is not equalled anywhere in the world We Ve through consultation consultation con con- with our specialists are arc able to render the the farmers a valuable service in advising with him on improved techniques anc and procedures which will enable him to make more efficient use of his soil and water resources Fayette F Fayette yette Irrigation Company is planning to line its main canal canal canal can can- al system this year They are planning on lining feet north from Warm Spring anc and 2600 feet south from Va Warm Im I'm Spring Approximately 10 head- head gates will be included in t the h e system Estimates for this project project project pro pro- run in the neighborhood of Mayfield layfield field The Mayfield layfield Irrigation Company Company Company Com Com- pany plans to install the diversion diversion diversion diver diver- sion on Mile 12 this year San pitch River Drainage District The tentative route of the new ditch in the Manti-Ephraim Manti meadows will be bc from the corner corner cor cor- ner ncr of the old canal in the Jesse Keller farm mm thence SE three-eighths three of a mile through the Madsen ladsen meadow to the NW NV corner of the Curt Keller Meadow Meadow Mea Mea- dow clow thence S Sa J a mile thence W V ife 12 mile S S. S 8 1 mile W V 1 mile S Sa Vi a mile thence SW SV ap approximately approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 8 3 of a mile to beginning of new canal constructed constructed constructed con con- in 1953 Drainage work on the thc meadows are to give ranchers ranchel's control of water notto notto not notto to dry up the meadows The science of husbandry is extremely profitable to those who understand it but it brings the greatest trouble and misery upon those f farmers aimers who undertake undertake under under- take it without knowledge I n 0 Zenophon |