The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-10-31
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irrigated lands have been found in
the construction problems following
attempts to dig and properly lay
drains. Some of the most serious
of these problems are those of dig
ging and laying tile through land
that will not stand up. Fine sand
and mud often gets into the tile dur
ing construction, obstructing them
completely, unless great care is TAX
en-. AS a general rule these diff
culties do not occur in the Bear River
Valley.
We shall now attempt to apply
some of these general principals to
tho planning of a system OF drainage
for the Lakeland farm.
At the time of making these in
vestigations the ground water over
the effected area ranged from 3.75
to 4.25 feet beneath the surface.
The accumulation of alkali shown on
this farm could hardly have resulted
with the water surface so deep. With
the ground water at this depth,
though, even local applications of
water would flll up the pore space
In that body OF soil now free from
water and excessive evaporation
would result. There Is no question
but that the ground water in this
tract rises almost to the surface in
the spring time.
AS stated before, this land was
very fertile, in the beginning, but
now shows a good crop of salt weed
and alkali. The alkali has been ac-
cumulated from too much seepage
! and lack Of an outlet for the seepage
water. Five test pits. six to seven
feet deep, and five auger holes, IL
feet deep, were made on the south
eighty of this field in determining
subsoil conditions. All of the test
pits and auger holes show but lit
tie variation from the jointed clay
found from twelve to eighteen in
ches below the surface and extend
ing to the depth of the borings. The
top soil is clay loan and about ~
inches deep. A somewhat soft stra-
ia of just few inches in thickness
was found generally from five to
seven feet in depth. The subsoil
examination OF this farm shows that
the water comes through the soil
uniformly all over without any spe-
cial well defined source. This sit
uation requires ithe location of a
number OF drains through those por-
lions effected most by the seepage
water. Three lines OF tile, about
three hundred feet apart, as shown
on the accompanying sketch, were
planned, running parallel to the fence
on the west side, and the nearest one
one hundred feet east OF the fence.
A single line for the center swale
was planned. These laterals to be
laid with four and Ave inch tile, at
an average depth of five feet. Two
outlets were figured on. the first
running along the road east and
emptying into Salt Creek; the out
let to be covered drain OF eight inch
tile and on grade of Ito foot per
one hundred feet. The estimated
cost of draining fifty acres of wet
land by this plan was $S14.50, which
makes an average cost of S16.29.
Messrs. Louis Getz and John Som
mers each offered to give the privil-
eye of discharging into their drain
age on the south and southwest, pro-
viding that no damage resulted.
In accordance with this, another plan
for an outlet was formulated with
the west drains discharging through
a six inch tile about eight hundred
feet long into the Getz system, which
by the way, Is our Point Lookout CO.
operative drainage demonstration
The swale was planned to connect
with the Sommer's six inch line just
opposite on the south side. Sum-
mary OF the cost OF this plan shows
1891. as the total cost, with 1882
per acre; showing difference of
, nearly SO in favor OF the last plan.
In both OF these estimates. the cost
OF labor was placed at 81 per rod.