Show FARMERS IMPROVING irrigation SYSTEMS farmers of the morgan soil conservation district anxious to get their land ready for peak production next year plan to spend considerable sid erable time this winter and next spring putting their fields and irrigation systems in tip top condition C E rich equipment supervisor stated today irrigation farmers know that they must make efficient use of land and water he said for that reason land leveling rearrangement of ditches installation of proper turnouts boxes length of run and other irrigation problems are now receiving serious consideration on many farms in the district I 1 the only way to cheat soil erosion and to keep the land producing year after year mr air rich said is to have fields leveled to non grades also the farmer must have absolute control of irrigation water so that he will neither over irrigate nor under irrigate his crops efficient use of the water on the farm would probably increase production as much as any I 1 other practice we probably dont need more water as much as we need to use the water we have efficiently the primary aim in irrigation he stated is to get uniform application of water to the depth of plant roots and no deeper by over arri arri gating the farmer wastes water leaches out valuable soil minerals water logs land and scalds his crops by under irrigating his crops fail to produce maximum yields the morgan soil conservation district has some equipment which is leased to the farmers on an hour or daily basis and is greatly speeding up the improvement of irrigated land this equipment includes a model D case tractor two e vers evers mall man levelers three cultivators two scrapers one chattin di ditcher teber and one atlas hydraulic scraper the district has the services of a farm planner and an engineer who are working daily with farmers planning irrigation system improvements prove ments any farmer who needs technical assistance in the solution of irrigation problems should contact the district office located in the old ration board office |