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Page 2 May, 1979 THE CROSS SECTION
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THE CROSS SECTION (USPS 564-920)A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE HIGH
PLAINS UNDERGROUND WATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICT NO. 1
2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock, Texas 79405
Telephone 762-0181
PATRICIA BRUNO, Editor
Second Class Postage Paid at Lubbock, Texas
District Office at Lubbock
A. Wayne Wyatt- _----------_-._.. Manager
Don Smith __ - .-- Assistant Manager
Don McReynolds _------- Chief, Technical Division
Tony Schertz _ Chief, Support Division
Clifford Thompson ... Chief, Permit Division
Kenneth Carver __. Chief, Agricultural Division
Patricia Bruno .-. Information-Education Director
Butch Bates --_-.. Chief, Field Support Team
Obbie Goolsby . Chief, Permit Support Team
Dan Seale ___ _ Engineer Technician
Keith Whitworth _____ ------- Draftsman
Dwight Adams ______ Agricultural Economist
Mrs. Norma Fite ___---------. Bookkeeper-Librarian
Miss Kathy Redeker -__-__---._--------- Head Secretary
Miss Pennye Newberry _ _ Clerk-Typist
Miss Charmone Mears ---------__-__----- Receptionist
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Precinct 1
(CROSBY, LUBBOCK and LYNN COUNTIES)
James P. Mitchell, President -------_-----_. Wolfforth
Precinct 2
(COCHRAN, HOCKLEY and LAMB COUNTIES)
Selmer H. Schoenrock -.-----_--_____ _ Levelland
Precinct 3
(BAILEY, CASTRO and PARMER COUNTIES)
A. W. Gober -.,_ Farwell
Precinct 4
(ARMSTRONG, DEAF SMITH, POTTER and
RANDALL COUNTIES)
Jim Conkwright, Secy.-Treas. _____--- . Hereford
Precinct 5
(FLOYD and HALE COUNTIES)
Malvin A. Jarboe, Vice President ----- Floydada
COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN
Armstrong County
Carroll Rogers, Secretary
Wayside, Texas
Guy Watson, 1981 __.__._------------..__.__. Wayside
Bill Heisler, 1981--- ------------------- -- ----------- Wayside
M. L. McGehee, 1981 _----- --_______-_----- Wayside
James Bible, 1983 -_------------_---____------Wayside
James Stockett, 1983 ________.___ Wayside
Bailey County
Doris Wedel, Secretary
H&R Block, 224 W. 2nd, Muleshoe
Eugene Shaw, 1981 -__- --------- Rt. 2, Muleshoe
David Stovall, 1981 _ -------Rt. 2, Muleshoe
Ernest Ramm, 1981 - -_---__ Rt. 2, Muleshoe
D. J. Cox, 1983 - .___________.-- Enochs
Marshall Head, 1983 --- ._------------- -Muleshoe
Castro County
Garnett Holland, Secretary
City Hall, 120 Jones St., DimmittOLDHAM POT?!N
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BOUNDARY OF HIGH RAINS UNDERGROUND
WATER ODNNERMATION DISTRICT NO. I
Hale County .
J. B. Mayo, Secretary
Mayo Ins., 1617 Main, Petersburg
Clint Gregory, Jr., 1980 ----- Box 98, Petersburg
Homer Roberson, 1980 __..... Box 250, Petersburg
Henry Scarborough, 1980 --- Route 2, Petersburg
Gaylord Groce, 1982 -___-----_ Box 314, Petersburg
Bill John Hegi, 1982 .__. Route 2, Petersburg
Hockley County
Jim Montgomery, Secretary
600 Austin Street, Levelland
Billy Ray Carter, 1980 ____- Route 5, Levelland
Leon Young, 1980 -------_----_- Route 1, Ropesville
Robert Phillips, 1980 ..__ 218 Redwood, Levelland
J. E. Wade, 1982 _--------------- Route 2, Littlefield
Jack Earl French, 1982, Rt. 3, Box 125, Levelland
Lamb County
Robert Richards, Secretary
509 Phelps Avenue, Littlefield
P. A. Washington, 1980 ___ Box 124, Springlake
Jack Stubblefield, 1980 Box 397, Spade
Larry Lockwood, 1980 __ Star Rt. 2, Littlefield
Billy J. Langford, 1982 __..____-Box 381, Olton
Edward Fisher, 1982 .____------__ Box 67, Sudan
Lubbock County
Clifford Thompson, Secretary
2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock
Don Bell, 1980 -_______ Box 114, Wolfforth
Ronald Schilling, 1980 ___--__ Route 1, Slaton
Granville Igo, 1980 -. 1304 8th Street, Shallowater
Owen Gilbreath, 1982 _. 3302 23rd St., Lubbock
Clifford Hilbers, 1982 -- Route 1, Box 14, IdalouTEAM ... continued from page 1
servation Service. "With work in this
area we hope to be able to save the
farmers some irrigation energy costs
by giving them accurate information on
soil moisture and exactly how much
water a field needs."
The Conservationists in the work-
shop looked at two different areas with
different types of soil, one in Halfway
and one in Cotton Center. The tests
showed that the field near Halfway,
which had not received an irrigation
since last fall, had good to excellent
soil moisture in the top two feet while
at three feet it required some addi-
tional moisture.
At Cotton Center, the top three feet
were very marginal, moisture wise,
with probably not enough moisture to
even start a crop.
The feel method, which most farm-
ers are familiar with, requires a soil
probe and about 15 minutes of time,
Lewis said. Cost of the probe is less
than $10.
The probe, about three-feet long, is
inserted at various depths and the
moisture is determined by actually
feeling the soil sample. "Each soil type
has its different characteristics," ex-
plained Carl Hutcherson, SCS conser-
vationist. By matching how well vari-
ous soil types will stick together with
photographic charts, they are able to
accurately measure the soil moisture
and then determine how much, if any,
should be added through irrigation.
"With very little training, a farmer
can make as accurate and speedy
measurements as with any method,"
Hutcherson said. "The soil probe is a
simple, easy tool that he can carry
around in his pickup."
Another method, the gravimetric
method, again shows total moisture in
the soil, but is a little more compli-
cated. First the individual must decideon a representative area in the field
and then decide on the depth he
wishes to take the sample.
A hole, about a foot in diameter, is
dug- six inches deep then the actual
sample is taken with a large spoon.
The sample should immediately be
placed in a plastic bag to insure that
no moisture is lost. The sample is
weighed on a gram scale and put on
a stove to cook out all possible mois-
ture. Meanwhile, the volume of the
actual soil sample is taken by placing
a plastic bag in the hole left by the
sample, filling the bag with water, and
then pouring the water in a graduated
cylinder.
When the soil sample has complete-
ly dried, it is again weighed on a scale.I
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DRYING OUT the soil sample is a gravi-
metric method of testing by cooking on a
camp stove so the soil's dry weight can
be measured.
The results are used in a mathematical
formula to discover the density of the
soil and the amount of moisture con-
tained in the sample.
"It iakes at least an hour and a half
to rtUn the tests," Hutcherson said. "It
gives more details, but when someone
is sharp with the feel method, he can
come Jg.p with a ballpark estimate that
is abi it the same. This method is a
lot more scientific, but it also gives
the general public more figures than
they r eally need. We did it just to
prove how close the feel method
come-"
The speedy moisture method is very
similar in principle to the gravimetric
method since the soil again is dried.
First, the soil sample is measured in
an Eley Volume Meter, then it is
weighed on a gram scale. The sample,
normally between 12 and 14 cubic
centimeters, is placed in the speedy
moisture meter with two large steel
balls. Through the hollow cap, a pre-
determined amount of carbide is
added.
W h r!n the carbide mixes with the
moisture in the soil, acetylene is
formee. A gauge in the handheld
teste' indicates the amount of pressure
formed by the gas. That reading is
then applied to a table to reveal soil
moisture.
"Ai best, it takes an hour to hour
and .' half to complete the test and it
requirrs $420 to $450 investment,"
Lewis explained.
The SCS is available to conduct soil
moisture tests, but Lewis said their
activities will be geared more at train-
ing individual farmers with how to
conduct the test, "using the charts thatthe SCS will furnish.
DISTRICT DEVELOPS SUPPLEMENTAL WATER TEXT
Jackie Clark, 1981 ....-- Rt. 1, Box 33, Dimmitt
W. A. Baldridge, 1981 ___. 608 W. Grant, Dimmitt
Frank Wise, 1981 ____.. Rt. 4, Box 10, Dimmitt
George Elder, 1983 __--------_-__ Dimmitt
Floyd Schulte, 1983 ---_.______------ Dimmitt
Cochran County
W. M. Butler, Jr., Secretary
Western Abstract Co., 108 N. Main Ave., Morton
Hershel M. Tanner, 1980, Route 2, Box 36, Morton
Danny Key, 1980 ----._._. Star Route 2, Morton
H. H. Rosson, 1980 .._._... Star Route 2, Morton
Keith Kennedy, 1982 .----- Star Route 2, Morton
Robert Yeary, 1982 ... Route 2, Box 66, Morton
Crosby County
Clifford Thompson, Secretary
2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock
Tommy McCallister, 1980 __--_. 209 N. Van Buren,
Lorenzo
Edward S. Smith, 1980 .____- 102 N. Van Buren,
Lorenzo
Pat Yoakum, 1980 __.__.-. Box 146, Lorenzo
Mike Carlisle, 1982 -_. Route 1, Box 274, Lorenzo
Alvin C. Morrison, 1982 _...---.._-.... Box 6, Lorenzo
Deaf Smith County
B. F. Cain, Secretary
County Courthouse, 2nd Floor, Hereford
James E. Higgins, 1981 .... 200 Star St., Hereford
Garland Solomon, 1981 - 303 Sunset Dr., Hereford
Tom Robinson, 1981 ._. 211 Cherokee Dr., Hereford
Bill Cleavinger, 1983 ---- h.... ..... .... Wildorado
W. L. Davis, Jr., 1983 -. .----------------- Hereford
Floyd County
Verna Lynne Stewart, Secretary
Floyd Co. Abstract, 215 W. California, Floydada
C. O. Lyles, 1980 _-.__....._...__. Route 4, Floydada
Connie Bearden. 1980 _.-._ Route 1, Floydada
M. M. Smitherman, 1980 ._._S Silverton Star Rt.
Floydada
Charles Huffman, 1982 ._..__._ Route 1, Lockney
Gilbert L. Fawver, 1982.--__ Route 4, FloydadaLynn County
Clifford Thompson, Secretary
2930 Avenue Q, Lubbock
S. B. Rice, 1980 ............ Route 1, Wilson
W. R. Steen, 1980 _._ .----- Route 2, Wilson
Wendell Morrow, 1980 ..___. Route 1, Wilson
Gary Houchin, 1982 ____.__. Box 54, Wilson
Freddie Kieth, 1982 _____ - Box 283, New Home
Parmer County
Pat Kunselman, Secretary
City Hall, 323 North Street, Bovina
Troy Christian, 1981 __._-..-- Rt. 1, Farwell
Dalton Caffey, 1981 ._-_ P.O. Box 488, Friona
Ronald Elliott, 1981 ____ ..-- Rt. 3, Muleshoe
Floyd Reeve, 1983 9__-------------...........i-- ona
Ralph Roming, 1983 ..--- - -------------... Bovina
Potter County
Jim Line, 1981 --_ ---------__ Box 87, Bushland
Albert Nichols, 1981 ---- Rt. 1, Box 491, Amarillo
Weldon Rea, 1981 .__---------------Bushland
Sam Line, 1983 ______-- __------------ . ------- Bushland
Mark Menke, 1983 _________--.--__ ..Bushland
Randall County
Mrs. Louise Tompkins, Secretary
Farm Bureau, 1714 Fifth Ave., Canyon
Harry LeGrand, 1981 _. 4700 S. Bowie, Amarillo
Jack Brandt, 1981 ...... Rt. 1, Box 280, Canyon
Johnny Sluder, 1981 -_.....- Box 56, Bushland
Bill Dugan, 1983 __- ____. ___.- Happy
Roger B. Gist, III, 1983 ...._... ____ ---........ HappyNOTICE: Information regarding times and places of the monthly County Committee meeting can be
secured from the respective County Secretaries.
Applications for well permits can be secured at the address shown below the respective
County Secretary's name, except for Potter County; in this county contact W. J. Hill.Dis irict siaff di tvered that lilll i
being taught in most schools on the
High Plains about water and water
conservation. A need surfaced during
public school teachers' workshops and
from questioning teachers who have
contacted the District office seeking
local facts on water. Apparently the
reason is a lack of available informa-
tion and materials for teachers to use
in the classroom.
The High Plains Underground Water
District is preparing to close at least a
portion of the information gap on this
vital issue for schools in our area. A
supplemental text and teacher's guide
are being developed for use in thegener? science 1lass-s in f1e public
school system's eighth and ninth
grade The materials are designed to
teach youngsters about water and its
wise use on the High Plains.
The preliminary drafts are being re-
viewcc for critique and suggestions by
teacher -s, principals, administrators and
water experts in Texas with an eye to
accuracy and student appeal. Initial
respc rhses have been enthusiastic al-
though potential distribution and cost
estimates are still being examined. The
text is entitled "Water, A Mini-Guide
to ltb Sources, Uses, Abuses and Con-
servaton," and is planned to supple-
ment the earth science course text.Page 2
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May, 1979
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