Show use of dynamite to blast out drain ditches Is explained using dynamite to blow open drainage ditches has proven successful in ili northern utah reports jules renaud soil boll conservation director and it is believed that this method might be used to drain wet pasture lands along the sevier river the bar B ranch near tre monton has haa opened up drainage ditches with dynamite on wet swampy areas where equipment cannot be used they use a crowbar to make holes in a row in the wet soil A stick of dynamite la placed in ea each c h hole and tamped camped in iii well with set soil A fuze and cup cap Is attached to one stick ot of powder in the middle of 01 ine the row and when this stick explodes the concussion elpi explodes 0 des the rest ot of the row throwing dirt feet into the air and opening up a ditch six to eight reet feet wide and three to four feet deep the force ot of the explosion scat teres the dirt evenly over the field and does away with the need of leveling the dirt taken from the ditch several panguitch Pan gultch farmers cooperating with the upper sevier soil conservation district last year planned on using the district tractor and bulldozer bul dozer to open up drainage ditches but found t that ht at the quicksand and mud made it impossible to dig a ditch without bogging the tractor do down wn it Is suggested that the use ot 01 dym dynamite amite be tried to drain the swampy areas adjoining the sevier river in order that the production of grass hay and pasture may be increased farm era are also reminded that them the can receive an AAA payment of per feet of drainage ditch construction further information may be obtained on this drainage method by visiting the district office in panguitch Pan gultch garfield Gartl Garti eld county news |