Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-04-08
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should be practically no loss from
waste water, the water delivered be
ing absorbed by the land irrigated o.
evaporated into the air. The waste
water bitches are mainly to tax,
care of the underground drainage
the storm water, and to keel
the water table from rising.
Delivery OF Water
The project will be divided into
water districts, each in charge of q
district superintendent, assisted by &
canal superintendent. The districts
will include from three to six divi-
sions, each in charge Of canal rider
who will regulate the water in canal
and laterals, and make such minor re-
pairs as may be necessary
Irrigation
Begin by building a permanent
head ditch from your designated later
al turnout along the high side Of your
land, and along high ridges, if any.
These bitches should be two or three
feet wide and capable of carrying a
foot of water, and have a slope Of
about one-tenth foot to the hundred
where possible. IL the land is sleeper
a small ditch will do, but if it is more
fiat a larger one will be advisable, in
any event make these bitches strong
and well banked, as break during the
busy season is expensive. The bitches
may be p1owed and the earth thrown
into the banks by the use of an A frame
except in fills, where the material
must first be placed with team and
scraper. Irrigated land should all be
graded and smoothed large Jumps are
removed by team and scraper, il nec-
essary only a portion Of the land being
prepared each year. After blowing,
a six by eighteen foot leveler or SINH
lar machine is dragged across the land,
removing dead burrows and small ir-
regularities. The land should then be
disked and smoothed with a p1anker.
and finally gone over with drag har-
row, which should leave fine seed
bed for planting.
For flood irrigation, field laterals
from so to $50 feet apart should be
plowed and finished with an A frame
or double mold board pillow. These
bitches are run with the slope Of land, |
beginning at the head ditch and run
ming across the field. On rough land
these bitches can not be straight, but
must follow the high ground. Several
cloth dams should be made. consisting
Of stick six feet long, with canvas
or cloth about four or FIVE feet square
tackled on by one edge. These are used
first to turn water from head bitches
into the field laterals. and at intervals
Of from 100 TO 200 feet to turn water
out Of the field lateral into the crop.
A more permanent arrangement for
small dam consists Of a thin piece OF
sheet iron in the form Of q segment Of |
a circle, strengthened by two pieces
OF board across the straight side. This
may ait a single blow be pressed down
into the sides Of the canal, and holds
the water as desired. The irrigator,
provided with rubber boots and shovel
then follows and guides the water SO
hat no part Of the land is missed.
Water must not be allowed to run
. waste at night, consequently the
ongest lands or strips must be reserv-
q and the water set SO that the If
'igation proceeds without waste until
eorning, when the irrigator goes over
lis night run and covers any spots
Il
hat have been left dry. To make the
light runs without waste or drowning /
ut some portion Of the crop requires |
are and some experience II
Certain crops, such as potatoes, /
cans, beets. etc, should be irrigated /
" small streams in burrows between
he rows. Water in these burrows can1k.
: carried from 800 to 600 feet, or /,
rom 20 to 10 rods from the head ditch, /,
sing the longer burrows on steep II