Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-17
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When tho national board Of ifrga.
lien experts lately sIplintoI by the
government gois down 20 WORK and
to Masking reports thereof there ought
10 be n Considerable advance iutuo an.
durtandlng aud application oi
the science o. irrigation 900 this
country; tora science it ls AMI must
be- 10 having, ",n point OF form, tho
character OF logical perfection, and, iu
Tolntu matter, the character " real
truth" as slT W. Hamilton describes
Euch know ledge o. be-.
Wonderful progress has been made
through tho irrigation methods % the
West, yet h "a inof that thtir mii-
application In many respects has &C..
suited IN tho loss OF much OF tUr Ucus.
No that Otherwise uigut have c'muI.
In proof Of this It 10 but necessary 10
recall that In the experience Of lrri.
gators In this Territory there ha5 bron
much damage to crops and property by
the uso OF too much water.
In rsspeot to this suFgrGii0u, u
10 well known that there arc
many people who possess an Idea tnHt
TOO much water cannot bp given b
garden anu farm crops. There arc in
many localities. ana perhaps 10 every
district where any consliomblo mum.
btr Of people nave congrcgatei, some
persons who would irrlgato tho same
piece Of land every day ia tho week n
thry had opportunity. 1 a record were
made II would be found that such In
dividuals arc not tho most successful
gardener, or farmer; Ia fact, about tho
only thing that keeps them from being
complete failures In this line Is shat
they are prevented through their
neighbour needs and the lack II water
from getting sufficient Of the liquid to
drown their crops altogether.
Yotit Ia not only these exceptional |
individuals who oyUrdo irrigation.
Tho evidence points TO the fact that
the fault Il general among cult.
vston Of the soil. so eBgsf
has teen the scramble for water
when II was scarce, that when itis
obtslnable In abundance, the tendency
OF tho ovot'thirsty but unWiso man IL
made 10 preynil-loo much water IA
taken, aud an unhealthy condition IL
the result. Note, for Instance, tho |
present and past condition Of Utah |
potatoes. Once their fame was that !
they were the best raised west Of the
Missouri fiyer-thbt being tho section
Of country to which they had access.
This was Ia the days when there was
much lcsa wAtor usri Ia ltflgatiou |
than now. That fame has passsd |
away, aui our mg6t experienced and |
fuccrsbiul iatmets say the quality OF |
the Utah potato falls short OF what 1t |
was Tor the sole reason thgt the nolds |
where II Ia grown are oyer-iurlEalei. |
Then again, luoern fields arc lulufe |
and destroyed from tho same cause, |
shade and fruit trees fail Tor similar |
r0WOni and Ia a hundred ltuBr Ways |
tho misapplicAuoH OF irrigation has
been an Injury.
In the Same liue, II Ia not difficult to |
70 into the earliest settled sorlions oi
this Territory TO find The cviluuga OF
mn excessive use " water IN the im.
poVsrishsd sud over.moist sUil. Ilisiu
Weber county where, II was stated
recently by n high authority on such
subjects, much lsnd bad been ron,
dofed positively useless by this means;
from Utah county come similar 70.
ports while H. Salt Lake county In.
stances OF this kind sfe numerous, and
many farms which were formerly me-
ducIiyo now are failing because yz.
ccssiye irrigation on them or ON tue
higher land contiguous IL forcing tho
water and Alzall TO tho uur.ars VI the
lower feli0, Thrsr arc extreme cases.
and do nat repruseul the greater I8s.
which clmVs 10 many sections ry
crops being Short because they have
been too freely Irrigated. Ntgglr.
bloa and fruits, Ike mnu, arc IuIuug |
anu enfooblud by getting t0l much |
water we'll 6yhsylug TOO li,tt.I.by
It's Investigations the national blafdolI
irrigation experts can tell every tanner,
gardener ana hor,iculIurst how mu..
water the grain, the vegetables, and
the fruits need iu given locality, ana
when u should be- furnished, they VIII. |
have placed Irrigation gu egl,uuH.
basis among tue masses OF roo.,,
where its application can Dp mauu on,
Of tus most nruaUpf.Inf fb..rt