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Show SOIL-AVEEIS SOIL-AVEEIS O Intah Basin Soil Conservatiom District News By Don B. Nieleon The Soil Conservation Service employees of Roosevelt, Duchesne Du-chesne and Vernal will be calling call-ing on farmers in the Uintah Basin during the next few weeks to find Out when you want to do your conservation practices. With this information your Soil Conservation District supervisors super-visors can do a better job of scheduling the Soil Conservation Service technicians. -SCS- If present weather conditions persist, you farmers may be wondering what you will do for water next year. In areas like the Uintah Basin, crop yields actually increase during moderately moder-ately low water years. Production Produc-tion increases because the soils are not waterlogged for such long periods during the growing season. The plant roots go deeper deep-er into the soil and the air can circulate in the soil. If you are to get the highest crop yields from your irrigation water, you need an irrigation system designed to fit your soil and crops. The Soil Conservation Service technical staff is available avail-able to help you design your irrigation system to fit your farm. . ' Farm ponds, if .used to store the stream during the night so you can do all of your irrigation during the day time, makes the water go 25 to 100 per cent further. fur-ther. Good headgates properly located lo-cated prevent water .from getting get-ting away from you, too. Ilf you will use a soil auger or moisture proble. you will find out when the root zone has received re-ceived enough water so you will know' when to make a turn. You farmers who plan to build ponds or do leveling next spring, should arrange for the equipment now before somebody beats you to it. Indications are that equipment suitable for leveling lev-eling will be scarce. The PMA office or your Soil Conservation office will be glad to give you the names of equipment equip-ment operators who can do your job. |