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<br />-2- <br /> <br /> <br />The other ditches on this farm are level section furrow ported <br />concrete ditches which are also irrigated by drop closed timed gates <br />(A.R.S.). The cost of installing this kind of ditch system is about <br />S100 per acre. However, in order for the ditches to operate well, the <br />fields need to be leveled. Current leveling costs are running over <br />$100 per acre, depending on how much dirt is to be moved. This farm <br />represents the kind of system that we think ;s necessary for good water <br />management. Especially in this area where many farmers are ~mployed <br />away from their farms. The use of these time operated gates makes it <br />pOSSible for farmers to successfully operate an irrigation system while <br />working at some other job. It is our hope that when on-farm improvement <br />funds become available through the Colorado River Salinity Control <br />Program that many farmers will have the oportunity to install such <br />systems. <br /> <br />1697 <br />