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Show (elL- S)AVEEl By THOMAS B. EVANS Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District News With the arrival of better weather has come a deluge of requests for technical assistance . from individuals and various local irrigation companies. These requests coyer many diversified conservation practices such as laying out gradient- ditches, storage ponds, land leveling, headgates, water measuring structures, siphons, flumes, di- version structures, windbreaks, t irrigated pastures and drainage i canals and ditches. i The personnel is endeavoring to assist all applicants, but it is a certainty that everyone cannot be reached at the same time. The supervisors of the Uintah Basin SCD have set priorities pri-orities on the basis of first come first served, but also are taking into consideration when the farmer actually desires to begin the work. SCS The following crop-land areas have been staked and the cuts and fills calculated for land leveling: Ray Lee Farm at Lapoint, 5 acres; Ward Farm at Leota, 32 acres; Gerald Erickson farm in Stanaker Draw, 2 acres; Frank Liddell Farm in Myton, 25 acres. A drainage project was staked out for Milton Woolley at La-point. La-point. Drainage investigations have been started on the farms of Guy Giles and Lynn Dean at Myton. Marley Hamblin, of Montwel, and Devere Hancock, of Pleasant Pleas-ant Valley, completed overnight storage ponds last week. Grant Chugg staked out a large combination irrigation and fish pond for Grant Hansen and Leland Stephenson last week. This pond will store about 25 acre feet of water. SCS Work has been started on the O. T. Hicken Irrigation. Company Com-pany siphon near Tabiona. The Ashley Central Canal Company has started construction of the measuring device leading into its new pipeline. The Burns Bench Irrigation Company has decided to build a new divider and partial flume this spring. SCS Don Nielson states that many farmers are getting ready to either seed or reseed irrigated pastures. Don says that good results will be obtained if farmers farm-ers will ovserve the following precautions: 1. Drill in the grass seed -do not broadcast. 2. For new seedings be sure ' the soil is compact. . j 3. For sodded areas - remove all old growth. 4. When irrigating, keep the top inch of soil moist until the seedlings are well rooted. 5. Remember that timothy, red top and Kentucky Blue grass are low producers. Smooth brome, orchard grass, reed canary ca-nary grass and tall meadow oat grass produce more and better feed under irrigated conditions. 6. Fertilize with 100 to 120 pounds of available phosphate to give the seedlings a good start. This means using 300 lbs of 40, or 500 lbs. of 20 phosphate per acre. SCS When installing prefabricated headgates, do not forget that a concrete base is essential to good performance. This base should be 6 to 18 inches deep. Place the prefabricated gate on the concrete before it sets up. In addition, concrete from three to four inches deep should be poured on the bottom and sides of a ditch for a distance of 3 to 4 feet beyond the gate. |