Show agronomist SUGGESTS WAYS TO SAVE MORE irrigation WATER in many parts of the state now new streets roadsides barrow pits and waste ditches are filled to overflowing many farmers s cern to 40 think that in order to get their crops watered efficiently it is necessary to have a certain percentage of waste water this is not true good irrigators never waste any water they utilize every drop of it here are a number of ways of saving irrigation water as sua suggested by science experience an and id common sense take care of the water on meadows crows as well as on other crops allowing the water to run wild for a week or more on the same meadow or pasture is a mst most wasteful practice the bonding ot water on meadows or pastures is not only wasteful but it kills out the better ot of grasses and clovers and promotes the growth of the poorer parities vari ties such as broadleaf and other sedges do not put more water into a ditch or canal than it will hold either enlarge the ditch or cut down the size of the stream practice early irrigation all water flowing into the valley early in the season should be used on the land as much as possible all canals and ditches must be ba cleaned of all weeds grass and other rubbish just as early in the season as possible first to reduce water losses and second to prevent the growth of weeds streams for irrigation should be kept as large as possible in order to get over the land quickly where several farmers are us using ing part of a stream at the same time it will be wise to combine tha streams and allow one farmer to use the whole stream for a shorter time at the head of every main ditch there should be some sort of a measuring device so that a farmer will know how much he is applying to his land if too much water is used it is wasted take care of your irrigate irrigation water at night as well as in the day time do not just turn the alif water onto the land and then go home and go to sleep stay with your water and guide its cou course rs 3 keep down weeds because weeds weed are very heavy users of water I 1 and where allowed to grow grov with crops leave very little moisture for those crops to use always plant crops on the farm according to your water sup supply ply in other words do not plant more acres of crop than you have water to irrigate with provide ditches for any runoff run off water that may get away so that it will be used on lower areas never allow your runoff run off water to go to waste use short runs I 1 in n irrigating where long runs are used the upper part of the land gets too much water and the lower part not enough shorter runs will enable you to make inake a more equitable distribution of the water wai I 1 select the best water wak can find pay him well nias ter y afford to devote so he c his birne tin CM cat duties give him power to ha slothful irrigators and to to vvs punish each ir irrigator r uses the see that HIS turn only this will wil water cobl the to distribute anaba limited water wader supply in noute tte way that it will mill do doth the such good to the greatest est nu great families cr 0 |