Show SAVING THE LIFEBLOOD LIFE BLOOD OF UTAH agriculture does anyone need to be told that wader is is precious in in utah for industrial and agricultural expansion our future requires conservation of every available drop that is why scientists are toiling to find ways to save the actual rivers that are wasted they have found that more than one third of the water diverted for irrigation seeps away and is lost in our miles of unlined earth canals this lifeblood life blood of utah farms is not only denied to thirsty crops it destroys the productivity of much land by water logging and alkali accumulation utah agricultural experiment station is conducting studies in canal lining drainage and irrigation efficiency in in salt lake utah millard and cache counties there is is good reason to expect findings that will enable utahna to save large amounts of water how to line canals cheaply quickly and effectively is being studied badr by dr 0 W israelsen of and dr C NY V baui lauritzen of the U S soil conservation service working in collaboration with these scientists and others have been making contributions to irrigation knowledge which are helping conserve one ot of the most valuable of resources they have found that approximately 60 per cent of water diverted for irrigation is lost through seepage deep percolation and runoff therefore their work is vital f lor or growth this is one of 90 projects in which utah agricultural E experiment station is is working to prevent financial losses to farmers and reve reveal al new ways to raise their incomes utah state agricultural college utah agricultural experiment station utah S tate state extension service |