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Show USE OF BURLAP ON LATERAL May Be Used to Advantage in Casa Embankment Slips Out, Causing Any Kind of a Break. (By R. L. PARSHALL. Colorado Agricultural Agri-cultural College.) A newly made lateral, with loose earth embankment on the lower side, ! very easily damaged should the water be turned out over the soft batiks successfully. Water may be diverted di-verted over these loose earth embankments embank-ments if a piece of burlap or canvas is made fast to one end on the inside in-side of the lateral and the other end let fall outside. This will tend to protect pro-tect the banks,, and, as the water is flowing out, its weight will hold the burlap in place. If your lateral seems to be cut badly bad-ly in the bottom at any place, you may be able greatly to reduce this by taking burlap and lining the bottom and sides. The burlap can best be held in place by several slender stakes driven in the bottom and sides of the lateral. If your embankment slips out, causing caus-ing a break, this may be successfully closed by using small burlap sacks filled with earth and laid in such manner man-ner as to stop the flow of the water. If there is not too much water flowing, flow-ing, the break may be stopped, it not being necessary to turn the water out of the lateral for repairs. |