Show f* s § # i$ » fluctuate because of coming from melting snows which provide a heavy runoff during the day time and a very light runoff at night « In such caees it frequently happens that the heavy flow reaches the point of delivery in the middle of the night while the light flow comes in the period of daylight » Equalizing reservoirs on such streams would tend to increase effective use as much as 500£ D Out on the West Desert there are numerous locations where small reservoirs may be built to retain the runoff from melting snows and from torrential floods in midsummer* Ihere the water retained doss sot need to be held back for stock watering end where It is not of sufficient voluaie to justify irrigation development for agriculture! crops it # ould be possible to install automatic systems of delivery into distribution canals where uniform streams might be spread over the range land thus providing tlm moisture required for the production of grae © and other cover* This would tend to improve materially the range condition aud provide cases where now there is nothing but barren desert* .. . .-•'• - '• Sigaed: Lo Mo ^ insor • Irrigation Engineer Bureau of Agriculture Engineering _ u" « $ 0 Separtmant © f Agriculture |