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Show BEET IRRIGATION TOPIC OF BULLETIN 1 The available water of Sevier val-i val-i v is entirely inadequate to Irrigate ill the land which Is now Included In irrigation projects. This Is I he eon-1 eon-1 liisii n of Professors i W Israelscn and 1. M Wlnsor of the Utah Agricultural Agri-cultural college, as state. 1 In Bulletin No. 182 - N t Duty oi Water In Sevier Valley, Utah" which has Just been published by the I tah agricultural ex- pei Iment station. This bulletin contains the results of 'seven years' experiments on the most economical use of water for the more common crops on typical soils In Se -ler valley, sugar beets, potatoes and alfalfa having been given major con-id. con-id. ration. It gives In a detailed and Interesting way the different methods which were employed each year in the irrigating of the various crops, showing show-ing the results In every case. Farmers, who have difficulty with their sugar beets on account of the j soil being so dry that rainfall must !be depended upon to bring the seeds up, will find a great deal of valuable Information In this bulletin on Irrigating Irri-gating btolie the seed is planted, or. .1 it 1 called ' ii ru;i I mi' tin 1 rop up.' This method has proved to be of great nine In some cases, but, a is pointed out. a complete knowledge of the na-tuie na-tuie of the soil is necessary In order to work Intelligently. The experimental work suggests 'that .on the type of soil studied, l'7 tc ."53 Inches of water applied in four or five Irrigations will Insure economical economi-cal returns for sugar beets, for potatoes pota-toes L 1 to 'Zl Inches, and 30 to 36 niches for alfalfa, If uniformly dlstrl-1 dlstrl-1 buted ; V great deal of information on the laveragl amount of water which is generally lost In runoff Is nJSO contained con-tained in the bulletin, with recommendations recom-mendations of methods for reducing these losses to a minimum rhis is 'an Important factor in determining the J 'not amount of water which must bo lapplled to a crop to Insure economical economi-cal returns This bulletin may be secured se-cured by writing to the experiment istatlon. |