Show Covering Ditches Irrigation ditches can be unsightly as well as Irrigation companies and the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service and some local farmers are combining efforts this year to cover unsightly ditches and to clear them of THE RURAL Environment Association program has available funds for this purpose this according to Lynn A. Davis County Association Executive Most of the companies have done what they could each year with the funds They have sought the cooperation of individual property owners to pay costs of piping irrigation water in front of their homes-with little response at PIPING AND covering ditches improves the safety and environment in several It helps eliminate the danger of drowning-the open ditches are so easy for small children to fall Many ditches present a danger to motorists if they are adjacent to the road where driving off could land them in the ANOTHER advantage of piping the water insures that more will go toward ing the crops instead of being absorbed along the An estimated acres of land are irrigated in northern Davis County by four irrigation companies-the Clearfield West Central and West Laylon Irrigation COST OF piping is about per including lb |