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<br />md nlcosured to .estoblhh sol t loading and irrig3Uon e(ficiency.
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<br />A nurn~cr of ficlds within this area ore actually being irrigated by
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<br />CSU to ins<lre rna:.iauc control cnd mClll:urc;ocnt of wnter. Recorders are
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<br />are ~de. The Eurecu is ccheduling.16 of t~se fields.
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<br />The Colorlldo ~I:lter Conservati on BOGX'd io conducting a pUot dcmonstroti<ln
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<br />project for autc~3tcd irrigation oyotcms in the Grand Valley.
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<br />Their prim~y objective is to teut voriouo modern on-form i~rication
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<br />o ystcmo &nd develop tb m for ucc in thh area. They are curccntly en31J3cd
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<br />in wark on three ayste~o; cn aut~ated border irrigation 'ystcc, an auto-
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<br />mated pump bock syatcm, 'and a drip irrigation 8yat~.
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<br />The automated border oyatc~ is establishcd on one of the Burccu'~.cchcduled
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<br />famo and serves one fl(:ld of alfalfa nnd tvo fields devoted to Jo~e' 'll!cat-
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<br />grass seed production. By use of a syst~ of clock controlled and flo~t
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<br />controlled gatca in the level concrete head ditc~ it is posaible for the
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<br />oi'cr~tor to I:l:lkc several consecutive 1tT1~ation setu at one time. Irri-.
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<br />gation across the field progresses, whetr~r or not the operator i8 present,
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<br />.and Q controlled head of ~ater is dclivared to cach border.
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<br />The aut0t:!3ted pump baek :lj'l'ltem l>:C1S not operational in 1973 but w111 ba
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<br />in UllC in 1974. Thill nyst= 'Jill collect tailullter from lrTigated pa3-
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<br />tlJ1."e3 for use on the s,,~jcc: field. Toil,J.:lt<:::r "r= this fi[,ld uill be
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<br />reu::cd on the field ancl cC::lplcte record::: uill be mnill,tnincd on th.1 qu:mti:y
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