The Cross Section, Volume 26, Number 8, August 1980 Page: 1
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___ AGRICULTURAL\
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_ _Published monthly by High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, 2930 Avenue Q, Lu
Volume 26-No. 8 Publication number USPS 564-920, Second Class Postage paid at Lubb
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YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY.
IN 1954 the June Cross Section issue featured G. W. "Doc" ~
Willis with the District's Water Wagon. It was a red station wagon 26 YEARS LATER the District's water wdgunfl a~ tie i
equipped with an alidade, stadia rod, three Sparling flow meters, water conservation laboratory, packed with irrigation mon
two water level testers, steel tape and various hand tools. "Doc" equipment from meters, gauges, augers and probes to sc
worked as a geologist for the District. cated instruments and hand tools.
Mini Fild Vater Labs Conin
We are expanding on an idea that smaller and more compact than the mini field lab; 3) Lubbock Couni
has been paying off for over a year. large demonstration labs, but the mini- -one mini field lab and one larg
Demand for irrigation efficiency evalu- labs are outfitted with all the neces- lab, the mini lab is to be share
ations from area farmers continues to sary equipment to allow SCS teams to Lynn County and the large field
outstrip the availability of the three perform irrigation efficiency tests in to be shared with all adjoining
demonstration Field Water Conserva- the field and help operators evaluate ties; 4) Lynn County is to share
tion Labs and SCS field teams to meet their overall management systems and use of the mini field lab of the Lu
all the requests. The popularity of this detect water losses. The mini-labs are
free service with its documented bene- being equipped and delivered to Coun-
fits to irrigators in detecting water ty SCS work units now.
losses and low efficiencies in their A mini-field lab or a large demon-
irrigation systems, has resulted in a stration lab will be available in all 15 -.
flood of requests coming into the SCS counties in the High Plains Water Dis---
area field offices. The initial results of trict's service area, as well as in the I
the field evaluations suggest the value North Plains and Panhandle Under-
of the service to irrigators in water ground Water District areas.
saved, fuel saved, or increased yields Distribution of the Field Water Con-
could be tremendous. servation Laboratories located at SCS
In response to the growing demand, field stations are as follows:we're building and equipping 16 mini- 1) Cochran County SCS-one mini MOVIN 'EM OUT, SCS staff from
trailers to add to the "fleet." They are field lab; 2) Hockley County SCS-one to head back.MUN/C/PAL
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TAES Field Day
Water management research, the low
energy precision application (LEPA)
irrigation system, and crop insect and
weed control are some of the bill of
fare for this year's annual Texas Agri-
cultural Experiment Station field day
tour on September 9. The host station
this year is Halfway. The research
facility is located 14 miles west of
Plainview on U.S. Hwy. 70.
Also featured on the demonstration
tour will be tests being conducted at
the Halfway station on crop varieties,
soil fertility and mite control.
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itoring Specialists will also be on hand at
)phisti- a plant clinic to diagnose problems of
plants brought by visiting homeowners,
gardeners or agricultural producers.
Tours begin at 12:30 and end at 5 p.m.
g County SCS; 5) Bailey County SCS-
one mini field lab and one large field
Ly SCS lab, the larger lab is to be shared with
e field adjoining counties; 6) Hale County
d with SCS-one mini field lab; 7) Floyd
lab is County SCS-one mini field lab to be
coun- shared with Crosby County SCS; 7)
in the Crosby County SCS is to share in the
bbock continued on page 3 ... MINI LAB
a akseveral county field offices hitch up the mini-labs
New Sprinkler Design Gets High Efficiency
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RAISING THE SOCK, Carl Butler cheCKs
the flow from his sprinkler.Would you believe a 99.6 percent
efficiency rating on an irrigation dis-
tribution system? Carl Butler got it
with his modified sprinkler system, low
pressures, drop lines and canvas socks
under a center pivot.
Butler's unique system is circling a
640 acre tract in Hockley County a
mile east and four and a half miles
south of Anton. It is an original idea
and it is drawing a good deal of atten-
tion from farmers and irrigation manu-
facturers alike.
Butler has modified his irrigation
system with a series of pipes, joints,
and flanges. He rigged the pipes to
connect from the original water outlet
on top of the transmission line. He
has positioned drop lines to fall direct-ly over the furrow row to be watered
and to bring the water within two feet
above the land surface. A 20 inch,
swiveling, adjustable tube positions the
water in the center of the furrow. The
tube is plugged with a plastic cap
which has a precision cut hole in it.
The hole at each drop is a different
size: smaller where water pressure is
highest close to the tower at the water
intake point, and larger at the end of
the line where pressure is lower. This
allows the same amount of water to be
released into each row. The plastic
cap is covered with a flexible plastic
pipe and a canvas sock which drags in
the furrow and lays the water right
down in the row in a diffused distribu-
tion pattern which prevents soil erosionand virtually eliminates loss to evapora-
tion in the water application.
Butler has also incorporated another
unique feature into his operation. He
has plowed his rows in a circle to con-
form to the center pivot's modified
watering system. He is farming two
rows in and one out and delivering his
water between the two rows. The pivot
covers the entire section except the
corners which he furrow irrigates
conventionally.
Butler says he had no problem with
side draft while listing the circular
beds. His rows were not pulled or
widened, he says, because he used
wide equipment. He also planted 36
straight rows from one end of the field
continued on page 2. .. SPRINKLER
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High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.). The Cross Section, Volume 26, Number 8, August 1980, periodical, August 1980; Lubbock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1533065/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.