anaheim-gazette 1907-01-31

CO-OPERATIVE IRRIGATION BY S. FORTIER, IN CHARGE OF PACIFIC DIVISION From the report of the State Board of Examiners. The legislature of the State of California, in an act approved March 18, 1905, provided for the joint investigation with several branches of the federal government of the water and timber resources of the state. A part of the investigations was to consist in ascertaining the best methods of distributing and using water in irrigation, and to accomplish this purpose the state board of examiners was empowered to enter into contract with the director of the office of experiment stations of the U. S. department of agriculture. The life of this contract was for one year beginning July, 1905, but it was renewed last July and will terminate June 30, 1907. The co-operative work to be undertaken under this agreement embraced the following: 1. The investigation of the duty of water in irrigation, and the factors which influence it. 2. Studies of the best manner of preparing land for irrigation and of applying water, with a view to securing the adoption of better methods than those now in common use. 3. Studies of the best methods of organizing communities and districts to secure a stable and economic delivery of water to users. 4. Studies of the best manner of preparing land for irrigation and of was spread over citrus losses due to deep pests were determined by H. Loughridge of the California, assisted by house of the San Luis Obispo technical school, while assisted by Messrs. R. Bryant, undertook to losses due to evaporation most practical methods them. The results of experiments have been are now being printed on ton under the respect "The Loss of Water in Irrigation," and "Evaporation in Irrigation." The loss of water in nels has been ascertained number of cases, and have been made to relative cost and efficiency kinds of canal linings. The University of Cali tributed the greater funds, and the results lished under the joint Professor Elwood Mea tant Professor B. A. The irrigation department University of California. The collection of data of water has constituent feature of the co-c oand has been considered for many reasons. On small part of the area California is yet irrig ion has been made to principal streams, but 2. Studies of the best manner of preparing land for irrigation and of applying water, with a view to securing the adoption of better methods than those now in common use. 3. Studies of the best methods of organizing communities and districts to secure a stable and economic delivery of water to users. 3. Studies of the best manner of preparing land for irrigation and of applying water, with a view to securing the adoption of better methods than those now in common use. 4. Studies of the methods and cost of pumping water. 5. Experiments to demonstrate the best methods and value of draining irrigated lands. 6. Ascertaining the extent and waste of irrigation water through seepage, evaporation, and other causes, and the best means of lessening it. During the past year and a half work has been carried on along most of the lines indicated. The necessity for more accurate and up-to-date knowledge concerning these practical subjects has been so keenly felt throughout the irrigated districts of the state that individuals, communities, and corporations were found eager to assist the agents of the government in the prosecution of the work, and in several cases contributed funds to pay for part of the expenses. The operations which have been carried on in the field naturally come under four different headings. Each of these groups is briefly described in the following paragraphs. It is quite generally known that a large part of the water used in irrigation is wasted, but until one attempts to measure these losses he can form no true conception of their magnitude. In an address delivered before the Fourteenth National Irrigation Congress a short time ago, the writer stated that in so far as he was able to estimate, the farmers of the irrigated districts of America The collection of data of water has constituent feature of the co-culture and has been considered for many reasons. On small part of the area California is yet irrigation has been made to principal streams, but accurate knowledge or required in irrigation, land which the available ply will serve can not be The same necessity for pertaining to the duty fronts those who are irrigation enterprises. know how much land prises will cover before money in storage reserves or pumping plants. In certain tracts have been and the owners desire capacity of the works furnish an adequate su As a result of the that have been made since 1903, we know with accuracy the quantity annually used on the de-lands of the Santa Clara citrus orchards of California, in portions of valley, and in the Moderock districts of the valley. During the large number of measures been made in Yolo and ties to determine the date in the Sacramento valley The use of water is considered in its broad includes most of the propagation with which the deal. To enumerate, operation and mainten- canal systems, the di-water among users, the farm laterals and disparation of land to receive time to irrigate, the nu-gations and the quanti It is quite generally known that a large part of the water used in irrigation is wasted, but until one attempts to measure these losses he can form no true conception of their magnitude. In an address delivered before the Fourteenth National Irrigation Congress a short time ago, the writer stated that in so far as he was able to estimate, the farmers of the irrigated districts of America were expending annually about $50,000,000 for water and for the labor and equipment necessary in applying it to cultivated crops, and that fully seventy percent was wasted. This statement has been widely circulated and commented upon, but in so far as the writer knows it has not been refuted. If this is true, California loses annually from the same causes more than her proportionate share. It is not claimed that all of these losses can be prevented, because a warm, dry atmosphere is certain to rob irrigated soil of a part of its moisture and a deep soil will permit much to percolate far beyond the root zone of plants. It is believed, however, that when the water users of the state possess more accurate knowledge of the losses which occur in conveying their supplies from distant sources to cultivated fields, and realize how small a percentage of that which is applied is actually utilized by the growing crops, they will be eager to apply the proper remedies. In the spring of 1905 investigations were begun in the vicinity of Riverside, California, to ascertain what became of the water after it considered most of the propagation with which the deal. To enumerate, the operation and maintenance canal systems, the direct water among users, the farm laterals and distribution of land to receive time to irrigate, the nuptifications and the quantities of waste of water in balance and use, the effects crops, and the various conditions which tend to tard or advance the integration districts. Studies which include above lines are now in progress in the Imperial valley and Glenn counties onamento valley, and in Turlock regions of quin valley. There will be urgent need of studies in all of the localities now. The Imperial Valley great problem of the City has been solved, it is wide expanse of fertile af the Imperial valley we on an era of great Owing to the scanty rain long season of plant growth development will large extent on irrigation is apparent that the matter of the people of south fornia will be governed the use they make of lands and the available Both are abundant. The question of proper use, spread over citrus orchards. The dates due to deep percolation and frost were determined by Dr. R. Loughridge of the University of California, assisted by J. E. Roadhouse of the San Luis Obispo polyanamic school, while the writer, assisted by Messrs. Roadhouse and Plant, undertook to determine the dates due to evaporation and the best practical methods of checking them. The results of both sets of experiments have been compiled and now being printed in Washington under the respective titles of "The Loss of Water from Furrow irrigation," and "Evaporation Losses in irrigation." The loss of water in earthen chanhas been ascertained in a large number of cases, and experiments have been made to determine the active cost and efficiency of various uses of canal linings. In the latter University of California has conducted the greater part of the tests, and the results will be published under the joint authorship of Professor Elwood Mead and Assistant Professor B. A. Etcheverry of the irrigation department of the University of California. The collection of data on the duty water has constituted a prominent feature of the co-operative work has been considered important many reasons. Only a relatively small part of the arable lands in California is yet irrigated. Provisions have been made to measure the principal streams, but without fairly Attention! Your druggist should be an experienced man. I have had over 17 years of it. Bring your prescriptions here and you will know that they are filled right. HATZFELD'S POPULAR PHARMACY Next to Postoffice ANAHEIM being investigated by Mr. C. E. Tait, a government irrigation engineer employed in the co-operative work. The Sacramento Valley—The use of water in irrigation has been studied in Yolo county during the past season by Mr. S. H. Barber, who has had a long and wide experience in fruit and crop growing in Southern California. This locality was selected on account of the long period during which irrigation has been carried on and the favorable conditions regarding soil, water, and climate which there exist. Mr. Barber's report is now being compiled and the many suggestions which it contains can not but prove helpful, not only to the farmers of this prosperous county, but to those of the Sacramento valley, generally. The work around Orland, in Glenn county, has been in charge of Mr. O. W. Bryant, a graduate in civil and irrigation engineering of the University of California. It was undertaken last spring at the urgent re- The collection of data on the duty water has constituted a prominent feature of the co-operative work has been considered important many reasons. Only a relatively small part of the arable lands in California is yet irrigated. Provisions have been made to measure the principal streams, but without fairly accurate knowledge of the amount irrigated in irrigation, the extent of which the available water supply will serve can not be determined. The same necessity for information relating to the duty of water consummation those who are planning irrigation enterprises. Men wish to know how much land such enterprises will cover before investing in storage reservoirs, canals, pumping plants. In other cases, in tracts have been acquired by the owners desire to know the quantity of the works which will wash an adequate supply. A result of the measurements have been made in the state of 1903, we know with reasonable accuracy the quantity of water used on the deciduous fruit trees of the Santa Clara valley, on Citrus orchards of Southern California, in portions of the Imperial Valley, and in the Modesta and Turin districts of the San Joaquin Valley. During the past season a number of measurements have been made in Yolo and Glenn counties to determine the duty of water in the Sacramento valley. The use of water in irrigation, adhered in its broader aspects, includes most of the problems in irrigation with which the farmer has to deal. To enumerate they are: The station and maintenance of the systems, the distribution among users, the building of laterals and ditches, the provision of land to receive water, the irrigation, the number of irrigations and the quantity to apply, contains can not but prove helpful, not only to the farmers of this prosperous county, but to those of the Sacramento valley, generally. The work around Orland, in Glenn county, has been in charge of Mr. O. W. Bryant, a graduate in civil and irrigation engineering of the University of California. It was undertaken last spring at the urgent request of the Water Users' association of Orland, and the Sacramento Valley Development association. In planning and conducting these investigations, the main purpose kept in mind was to collect data that would be of value to the people of the district and also to the engineers of the reclamation service in utilizing the natural reservoir sites on Stony Creek for the irrigation of land in the northern part of Glenn county. FOR SALE Choice Softshell Walnut Trees. Size, from 10 feet down. Apply, 1½ miles south of town, near semaphore tower. Phone Sub 337. WM. PANNIER. an17ml Sauerkraut at Dickel's. Theo. Ford's soft-shell walnuts have acquired celebrity throughout Southern California as being superior stock. Nurseries, 2¼ miles west of Orange on Anaheim road. 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