Gunnison news-champion., 1910-09-30
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The ame.ns 81 srs1sng snd spssaA
lag ever tha= land may ns~d o8 fhe
application of irrixasisa wssss varss
~ish tho .ay 0f the land. Souss asssE
have such q uniformly essa suDonR
and slope thss very l,rtss sorh ba16aa
. smsothsae over is reauis~aA @~a.
scraped % and depre~ssons ~ oua
b. hlled where the land b very sUu0A
much grading wsn be required n&
or. fee helds which Utll NOD ssQuaus
some moving of dart with saraoD
In some parts Of Idaho ,eveiAAG b
eserdoae. shiss In other psacss tAsse
has not beea enough The suseaas
soil ~ ~e kncs hos sccsmulssed Ia
mus and N vel serssed and thus
suited to the growth OF plants. Whh
the subsoil n ID different Whenever.
therefore. the surface soil N scraped
% II requires year OF two or mase
TO bring such ground into a prodvc
tive state On this account NO uase
leveling should be done than In neces
sary To- proper irrigation. where the
soil n deep heavy grading may b.
done but where II is shallow 2 grad
ing should be limited
The purpose Of levelins and srsdoas
is to so fashion the land that waser
may be evenly distributed over n
rs advisable TO do away with bitches
that would otherwise be required aad
that would Gu; up the land ip iFregular
shapes.
n Is a great mistake not to level the
land well IN the frst instance no thai
crops can be readily irrigated. for n
n is done properly at the outset n II
done for all time On the other hand
II is also a mistake to grade exces
sively when there is no real necessity
The best time 10 level Is In summer
or IN fall. as the soil Is dryer then
and hence not so heavy to move and
there is no trouble about puddliaG the
soil In spring when the soil is moist
or wet. leveling cannot be done so
advantageously
The location Of the bitches 10 detes
mined by the lay OF the land and the
system Of applying water to be IN
stalled. In general we may say that
II is desirable to run the bitches at
right angles to the line fences chen
ever the lay of the land viii pssnft
IT. Such bitches Of course viii not
have uniform grade. Where dischss
are located IN that way the Aelds see
rectangular and hence all farm oper-
ations can be easily performed. Often
II way be well even TO make Alls SO
as to make bitches straight rather
than following curved lines
On many farms the lay of the laad
Is such that the bitches cannot be
run at right angles to the line fences
but must conform In a measure to the
contours, making irregular shaped
fields unavoidable. Under such condi-
tons make the bitches on a grade q
from .0s to Is part of foot per 100
feet
As general thing we should figure
to irrigate with the general shape Of
the land, as by so doing water can
be more evenly and expeditiously dis
tributed over the land As regards
the location of the bitches and the
details of the system of applying wa
ter each farm is problem in itself.
Where the whole farm has one gen
eral slope II is a simple matter TO de-
termine where the bitches should go.
Often, however there are various
slopes and the system of bitches must
H.. a, emit