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Show I 124 practice profitable, 'fho weather of the autumn months is moro favorable than that of the spring months for doin^ the work, and the dry winters of this locality usually make it advi aahl & to turn water into tha ditohes before they oan be cloanad in the spring, Vie oxperiar_.ee some troablo with blow sand and tumble weeds in the early spring but this trouble Is by no mesas sufficient reason for abandoning the practice of "fall cleaning. The oonstruoticn of pond3 or cisterns for stock use, similar to iho sa employed in other Irrigated sections, where ground wat er ianot available, would not ba expensive, and is one solution of t-he winter water question. Bowever, lessees cannot be oxpected to go to any greater expense thin absolutely nooessaiy^ and aa longaa it is to the vital interest of tha Indians to have leasees, and tho owners of private caaala ara pe_r.itted to run winter water, the United States oan hardly afford to atop the practice in tho Indian canals, as it would have the effect of driving settlers away from tho Indian lard. It Io one of the serious problems confronting tha project, which oust be solved befbre tha proj "at aaa be an ontire nuooesB. Suggestions for I~pro7oment: - Bany of the maintenance troubles oan be removed by consolidating the canals aa muchaa practioabls^-by tha installation of suitable diversion works and guide banks to hold tha stream in one channel; by the installation of permanent 124.. |