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Show 101 that the o oafcinuous How ia unable to satisfy. At Other tiroes too much waiter is delivered, which only serves, unless the drainage is o:xoeptiaial, to waterlog the land. 7/hen the water is flowing cc_atinucusl.y in the canals, it gives tile operators no opportunity to clean them. In the winter the water frsesea, causing breaks in the oanal3, destruction of canal structures and flooding of roads. On all older projects where the o conditions have become settled, tha ''rotation system?1 has bean adopted. Bolativaly the same amount of water is delivered, but it 13 delivered when needed in larger amounts for a speoifiod time. This system, of cairso, makes no pro- Vision for domestic or stock water, except such water as the individual rancher may store in tanks or ponds. It has ths advantage of p* -mitttag the rapid and efficient irrigation of tho land, cxd obviates njany of the difficulties inherent in the other system. At present the canal systeseeof the Uintah Project are not as a rule deaigied for uso of tin rotation method as respects the3l__e of the turnouts. Shis of oourse oan be remedied, hut at the expense of seme little time ard money. Such grounds as exist for the complaint respecting poor delivery of water are in part due to the employment 10 i |