Show conservation notes by b 11 hail another outstanding example of 0 increased production ol of food crops through applied conservation comes from george mace cooperating with the kane county soil conservation district bac back in 1943 mr air mace constructed ted tea an overnight storage reservoir with the capacity of approximately piol six acre feet this thia was accomplished through technical engineering assistance made available by the soil conservation service to the kane county i soil boll conservation district and rental ot at heavy machinery to the cooperator by b the district i mr mace alace states that he can now store stole all of his water from its his turn malting making it possible to irrigate with a larger lead head more mor efficiently and further more he can irrigate when it is convenient much of ills his time Is spent with his cattle on the range and thus by closing the gate during his ais water turn lie he is able to store the water v biter and use it at a later date As ills his farm is located at the end of the irrigation system ho he Is also able to collect a small stream of waste water from irrigated fields above i because of this larger head bead of water vater allowing a more uniform application to the fields he ha has noted a definite increase in crops produced As a considerable amount of water Is running to witsie in the winter mr air mace Is now considering the possibilities of further storage facilities jt if lis hs present plans materialize he hopes to catch this water store it in another reservoir lr and use apse it on other lands mr air mace declares that the th reservoir re which he now has his hai more than paid tor for itself in the past three years it has been la in use |