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Show 102 of tha "continuous'1 system. V'ith tha conditions under which the project was initiated, it'was the only method practicable to employ, but the project i 3 now becoming established, and the rotation method should be adopted as soon as possible. Some progress has been made in the adoption of this-aystem in the Uintah Basin, and it is hoped that it will be in universal use in a fow yoars. Bothoda of Applicat ion:- In a ither method, water is led from the canol3 through laterals to service and head ditches. On most projects viator 13 delivered at tha highest point of each forty acre tract. Occasionally, owing to the lay of tha land, tvo or moro polnteryof dd- 11 vary are neoessary. It Is the duty of the irrigator to construct ard maintain 3d 3 service and o^oad ditches. Uhere they are poorly made, not of suffioloxit also or inprop"_rly maintained, thoy are a source of trouble and loss to tha irrigators, aa th^y are constantly breaking, no t only washing cut the fields, but both water and time are wasted that should be used in irrigation. Prom the head ditche3 the 7/ater is turned into tho fields to be Irrigated. One of two mathcd3 can be employed,, a3ids from the furrow method us«d for orchards and certain crops of vegotablos, - the border or flood- |