Pleasant Grove Review | 1934-03-02 | Page 2 | Proper Building of Check Damage where Needed

' PROPER BUILDIN(j OF CHECK DAI WHERE NEEI To get the best results from dams in gullies, tops of dams ; be low enough In the middle an enough at the ends to carry thj off water after heavy rains ,wj overflowing gully banks or w soil around ends of dams, s: gineers of the United States E ment of Agriculture. If dams are too high, the cn capacities of gullies are reduce water overflows their banks washes around the ends of the and can form new gullies dov slopes parallel to the old Whore dams are watertight th should extend far enough Int gully banks to prevent water s around the dams and washing; the sides of gullies. i Foundations of dams shmi! tend far enough below the bof of the gullies so that hydraulic sure will not force the water f the dams, to undermine and them. The floors of gullies 1 be paved nt the lower sides ) dams for sufliclent length andF to prevent any erosion or umuf ing of the dams by water dro over the crests. Dams are built in gullies to their filling with sediment enrri runoff water and to check soiN sion. When gullies in culti fields are filled, farmers save : time and labor in cultivating' harvesting crops. Filled guilt pasture lands eliminate clnn( accidents to grazing animals, j Temporary dams usually are of materials found on farms, sin stakes, brush, straw, logs and rock. Woven wire is also used, temporary dams are porous first built, but the spaces grnd (ill with trash and soil brought by the water. Permanent dam built of earth, masonry and con1 The bureau of agricultural noerlng at Washington can si suggestions for constructing dtfl gullies. j Jt