Show WHEN TO IRRIGATE and how Hen to irrigate i water to apply are Sons that have plagued S they first dug ditch with a stick and i a stream of water to a t that was withering in J Man still does not jre all the but he iteming- a group of Conservation Service jj under the ji of Bill Area ji loser from spent J fc day on Jav is in Clinton an legation Guide that has re- Ted Engineering discusses proper irrigation with Jay Child on his Clinton been developed for Davis and Weber The based on the Davis-Weber Area Soil Survey is designed to help farmers make more efficient use of their irrigation The Child farm was selected for the study because it has a variety of and irrigation MANY factors complicate things for the Deep and shallow rooted plants draw water from different Water required by different crops varies Water soaks rapidly into sandy but they hold less than an inch of water per foot of soil Clay soils take water but may hold almost three inches of water per foot of Some soils erode easily and very small streams must be THE Guide endeavors to to cover all and combination of that the irrigator may Recommendations are given for length of frequency of amount of water to be size of stream to put into the furrow or and length of time the water must On steep or sandy where sprinkler systems are recommendations are made for the size of nozzle to be and for frequency and rate of Goddard stated that if irrigation efficiency over the state could be increased ten it would save more water than is stored in all of the state's irrigation He that judgment must by used in making the irrigation system fit the stream size and the field being SINCE crops suffer from lack of water before they begin to Goddard recommended the use of an auger or shovel to determine the amount of moisture in the soil that is available for plant He explained that there is a simple method by which the farmer can by how much water should be applied to the He urged farmers to contact their local Soil Conservation Service Office for |