478 UKI'OUT <»K OFFICE OK KXI'KUIMKNT STATIONS. 



riic I (all l".\|)t'iiiiu'iit Station, icco^iii/inj^" that the tiiiic lias comm' 

 when water imisl he usiH\ with odiciciicy and ccononiy in orchr to 

 supply the lands already under dilclies, is niakinj^- a study of the 

 best methods of distriliiitinti' and usLnu- water and has ecpiipped its 

 .station with s|)e(ial instruiiUMits and apparatus for canyiti}^- this on in 

 a systematic way. An a<ireement for cooporatiou in this study was 

 entered into in Octoln'r of the present yeai'. 'I'he subjects to he 

 eiubraced are the detenuination of the aiuouiit of water needed in the 

 irrit^ation of crops, the time and miinnei* of application to secure the 

 best results, and the ascertainment of the vahie of water in the irrigu- 

 tion of Held, orchard, and i(ai<len ci'ops. In addition to this study 

 cooperation in c(>rtain drainao'e studies has also been agreed upon, the 

 purpose of this beino- t<) determine the most i)ractical way in which 

 drainage may be carried out by farmers. The reclamation of the 

 overwatered lands of the West rests largely in convincing farmers 

 that drainage will jiay. Tjaborator}^ or special experiments w'ill not 

 satisfy farmers that it is sufficiently profitable to merit their attention, 

 and it is intended in Utah to inaugurate some drainage experiments 

 under the field conditions that the farmer nuist use and to culti\ate 

 the fields thus drained in the same manner that the farmer has ordi- 

 narih' followed. In other words, the efi'ort in the drainage investiga- 

 tions in Utah will be to obliterate as far as possible the experimental 

 aspect. 



WYOMING. 



B. p. Fleming, Assistant in Agricultural Engineering, University of Wyoming, in 



charge. 



The principal special work in Wyoming was measurements of the 

 duty of water, which were carried on at the agricultui-al experiment 

 station and on Sand Creek, and in the measurement of the water 

 diverted and the areas irrigated on Horseshoe and Deer creeks. Mr. 

 Fleming also assisted in measurements of water used in Wyoming as 

 a part of the interstate investigation on the Platte River. 



COLORADO. 



C. E. Tait, Assistant in Irrigation Investigations, in charge. 



The investigations in Colorado were carried on from the central 

 office in Che^'enne under the direction, in the earlier part of the sea- 

 son, of Mr. C. T. Johnston, and later in the year, of Mr. C. E. Tait. 

 Because of the large area of land irrigated, and the high value of 

 water for irrigation, a large number of reservoirs have been con- 

 structed, and with this construction the complications growing out of 

 the adjustment of rights to water in the natural streams and in the 

 stored supplies have made the questions of distribution in Colorado 



